OFF FESTIVAL KATOWICE 2015: PRESENTING RUN THE JEWELS AND SUNN O)))

European Festival Awards finalist OFF Festival Katowice reveal their first acts for 2015.

Growing in prominence year on year, OFF is renowned for it's forward-thinking, eclectic music policy. From the greatest alternative music stars from around the world to showcasing artists from the increasingly strong Polish scene, OFF has inspiring music in abundance.
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OFF FESTIVAL KATOWICE 2015: PRESENTING RUN THE JEWELS AND SUNN O)))

Run the Jewels, the greatest sensation on the hip-hop scene in recent years, and Sunn O))), the band that gave new meaning to the term “extreme metal,” The Julie Ruin, Girl Band, Jacek Sienkiewicz, and Kristen: come see them all August 7–9 in Katowice.

Run the Jewels
The best rap debut of 2013? That would be Run the Jewels. The best hip-hop record of 2014? Run the Jewels, again. And this duo’s power reaches far beyond the world of hip-hop: RtJ2 made it to number one on Pitchfork’s Top 50 Albums of 2014. New York’s El-P and Killer Mike from Atlanta are an odd couple: they differ wildly when it comes to temperament, style, and language, but that also means they complement each other perfectly as they provoke, inspire, and broaden the limits of their genre. If you don’t see Run the Jewels in the top spots of all the hit lists, that’s only because their flavor of hip-hop is way ahead of its time.

Sunn O)))
Stephen O’Malley has been here before: he appeared at the OFF Festival two years ago with his project KTL and took charge of the Experimental Stage for a day. We’re thrilled to have him back again, especially since he’s returning to Katowice with his loudest band (literally and figuratively). Sunn O))) blurs the boundaries between aesthetic and physical experiences in music: their take on drone metal is a fulfillment of the apocalypse, the most extreme musical sensation that today’s humans (and their technology) can handle. And if that weren’t enough, these Americans record excellent albums, like their most recent opus Monoliths & Dimensions, or last year’s collaborative sensation, Soused, a joint effort between the band and the singer Scott Walker.

The Julie Ruin
The claim that the history of punk rock was written by men simply isn’t true. And if you don’t believe us, just watch The Punk Singer, the award-winning 2013 documentary about Kathleen Hanna, leader of the legendary band Bikini Kill. Or come see her new act The Julie Ruin, who were supposed to appear at the OFF Festival last year, but couldn’t make it due to the artist’s health problems. But they’re sure to be here this time! The Julie Ruin features a Kathleen Hanna that isn’t as raw and furious as she was in the 90s, but their record Run Fast (Dischord) is a great post-script to the story of the Riot Grrrl scene and bands like Sleater-Kinney, Heavens to Betsy, and Bratmobile.

Girl Band
As the name suggests, Girl Band are four guys that will give you hearing loss along with renewed faith in the future of noise rock. These Irishmen will enchant you with their frenetic, hypnotizing numbers that sound like Sub Pop’s golden age mixed with krautrock and the gloomy flippancy of The Birthday Party. They’ve got three enthusiastically received (and sold out) singles and a full-length debut in the works. And a show at the OFF Festival.

Jacek Sienkiewicz
One of the biggest names on the Polish electronic scene and its ambassador in clubs all around the world. Taking inspiration from the Detroit and Chicago scenes, Sienkiewicz gave new form to techno in Warsaw and Berlin clubs. Now he’s in the big leagues, releasing records on Cocoon – the label owned by German electronic legend Sven Väth – but he still hasn’t forgotten his roots, and supports young, promising artists through his own label, Recognition. He’s performed his intelligent dance music at the world’s leading events, and now we’re happy to welcome him to the OFF Festival.

Kristen
We once again have the pleasure of inviting you to a performance by these criminally underrated veterans of Poland’s independent music scene. Kristen has spent nearly two decades drifting on the stormy waters between garage rock, psychedelic rock, and improvised music, to the delight of connoisseurs and to the envy of fellow musicians. Their seventh album, The Secret Map, is impressive in its maturity and versatility – the kind few artists in Poland or abroad could boast of.
 

OFF Festival 2015 Tickets
Tickets are now available for 200 PLN at the OFF Shop, www.offshop.pl.
The price of a camping spot is 60 PLN, with an additional night (August 6/7) for 20 PLN.
Buy tickets here: https://en.offsklep.pl/

About OFF Festival:
A truly unique boutique music festival, OFF Festival takes place annually in August in ‘Three Lake Valley’, Katowice – a beautiful green oasis in the heart of industrial Silesia. OFF Festival is a way of life, one that flies in the face of current trends and stays true to itself, and the ethos of organiser Artur Rojek is firmly aimed at supporting art and music with the festival bringing many acts to Poland for the first time.
Growing in prominence year on year with this years event promising one of the strongest line-ups to date in line with Rojek’s forward-thinking, eclectic music policy. From the greatest alternative music stars from around the world to showcasing artists from the increasingly strong Polish scene, OFF has inspiring music in abundance.
Over the years, OFF has amassed its own demanding yet appreciative audience who come to witness Artur Rojek’s musical vision come to fruition. Having gained and a well deserved reputation in Poland and abroad, it’s not without reason that it has been said and written that OFF is the best alternative festival in this part of Europe and the only place east of Berlin where one can catch a glimpse of the boldest and eclectic acts on stages worldwide.
As well as music, OFF features a number of accompanying events: film, art, performance and poetry. It’s also an event which keeps the environment in mind – all food and drinks come in environmentally-friendly packaging and there is a big emphasis on recycling. It’s a completely safe place, an event where diverse tastes and appearances are welcomed and where everyone is the same because everyone is different.

Website: http://off-festival.pl/