| Flow Flow Festival is a music and arts festival in Helsinki, Finland. The next, 10th edition of the festival will be organized on 9–11 August, 2013. The music presented at Flow is a strong and varied selection of up and coming and established artists from indie-rock to soul and jazz and from folk to contemporary club sounds, both from the Finnish and the international scene. Alongside interesting and topical music, Flow is about urban spaces, visual arts, cosy decoration, quality of services i.e. good food and drink. The age limit is 18 years. Flow is both mental and physical state of being, where feeling flows collectively through music into larger entity. http://www.flowfestival.com/ |
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The legends of alternative rock, My Bloody Valentine, hot on the heels of their praised comeback album, electro artist Grimes and many other acts have been added to the lineup of the Flow Festival. All tickets come on sale today on Friday the 5th of April.
Founded in the early 1980s, Irish band My Bloody Valentine returned from a 22-year break from recording in February, and will now perform at Flow this August. Their previous record, 1991's Loveless, has become one of the most highly praised, undeniable classics in its genre with its uncompromising buzz. This year's m b v is one of the most impressive comeback records ever.
Other new additions to Flow's lineup are New York's Parquet Courts with its garage-sounding ruckus and roll, the new star of alternative pop, Grimes, and Junip, the band fronted by the master of timeless folk José González. Last year's Visions from Canadian Grimes was at the top of countless best of the year lists and Pitchfork picked Oblivion as the best song of 2012. Grimes follows-up her success with a fourth album expected in autumn 2013. Junip is also set to release new material in April.
Local additions to Helsinki's Flow Festival are jazz acts Dalindèo and Verneri Pohjola & Black Motor, two acts from the top of Finnish hip hop, Loost Koos and Laineen Kasperi ja Palava Kaupunki, as well as the bunch of reggae artists brought to Flow's backyard by the Reggae Sundays club including Bitty McLean, Gappy Ranks and Christopher Ellis.
All Flow Festival tickets will come on sale today on Friday April 5th and the day-by-day schedule of the festival has been released. More acts will be added to the lineup during the spring.
Earlier, artists such as Kraftwerk 3D Show, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The Knife, Bat For Lashes, Beach House, Kendrick Lamar, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Haim, Solange, Azealia Banks and Of Monsters And Men have been announced in the lineup.
The tenth Flow Festival will be held 7–11 August 2013 in Suvilahti, Helsinki.
Bat For Lashes, Hudson Mohawke, Julia Holter, Black Lizard, Jaakko Eino Kalevi and Aino Venna are added to the musical palette the Flow Festival will offer in August 2013. Flow also launches its new Magazine section online.
One of the most admired songwriters of her generation, Bat For Lashes, is added to the Flow Festival’s lineup. The British Natasha Khan aka Bat For Lashes released her eagerly waited third album, The Haunted Man, last autumn. It is further proof of Khan's unerring ability to create a consistent masterpiece out of unique pop songs – one of them was the single Laura, one of 2012's most praised songs. The artist is known for her intense gigs, so expectations are high for her Flow performance.
Other additions to this summer's Flow are Californian Julia Holter, whose experimental pop has astounded audiences and critics and Scottish top producer and DJ Hudson Mohawke. The program also saw additions from the domestic scene with psychedelic garage rock band Black Lizard, Jaakko Eino Kalevi's bright and vibrant electro, and one of the most recent success stories of the Finnish indie scene, Aino Venna.
Flow Festival is also launching its new Magazine section online. The publication breaks the boundaries of traditional festival websites and also features content loosely related to the festival. There will be fresh insights on Flow artists and their music, texts on general cultural phenomena as well as reports on how the festival is coming together and Flow's ten-year history.
The tenth Flow Festival will be held 7–11 August 2013 in Suvilahti, Helsinki.
Flow Festival 2013 is organised in co-operation with:
Main partner: Nokia
Partners: Brand Factory, Clear Channel, Heineken, Helsingin Sanomat/NYT, Radio Helsinki, Red Bull Music Academy, RGB, Sun Effects, Yellow Tail, Carrera
Supported by: City of Helsinki Cultural Office, Ministry of Education
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www.facebook.com/FlowFestival
www.twitter.com/FlowFestival
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The hip hop sensation is joined by two of the year's most promising bands, Haim and AlunaGeorge, to play at the Flow Festival in Helsinki.
Kendrick Lamar, whose debut album Good Kid, m.A.A.d City went to the top of the U.S. album chart and pleased both fans and critics, will be performing at the Flow Festival in August. He has been praised for his live shows and these days the championship belt of West Coast rap rests comfortably around this 25-year-old's waist. Lamar's raps and sounds have also been endorsed by rap-royalty such as his label boss Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg.
Flow will also feature two hotly tipped newcomers as California-based Haim and London-based AlunaGeorge join the lineup. With their fresh blend of r'n'b and indie pop, Haim's group of sisters were voted to the top of BBC's Sound of 2013 list. It makes the band's debut eagerly expected. The top of the BBC ranking also featured AlunaGeorge, whose hits Your Drums, Your Love and You Know You Like It have made their mark with a marriage of electro-pop and swaying r'n'b. Their debut, Body Music, is also one of the summer's most anticipated debuts.
Earlier, artists such as Kraftwerk, The Knife, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Azealia Banks, Of Monsters & Men and Solange have been announced in the lineup.
The tenth Flow Festival will be held 7–11 August 2013 in Suvilahti, Helsinki.
Flow Festival 2013 is organised in co-operation with:
Main partner: Nokia
Partners: Brand Factory, Clear Channel, Heineken, Helsingin Sanomat/NYT, Radio Helsinki, Red Bull Music Academy, RGB, Sun Effects, Yellow Tail
Supported by: City of Helsinki Cultural Office, Ministry of Education
www.flowfestival.com
www.facebook.com/FlowFestival
www.twitter.com/FlowFestival
http://vk.com/flowfestival
Flow Festival adds the phenomenal Krafwerk 3D Show to the program
Kraftwerk, the pioneers of electronic music, perform their 3D visual spectacle at Flow Festival in August.
In addition to this, numerous other interesting artists from today’s club music scene will act in Suvilahti, Helsinki.
Accompanied by a strong visual spectacle, Kraftwerk will serve a setting of their music from all the past decades. The concert will include a unique 3D visualization, for which the audience will be handed out 20,000 pairs of 3D glasses. These sold-out and critically acclaimed 3D shows have already amazed London’s Tate Modern and New York’s Museum of Modern Art.
It’s not only electronic music legends that represent what Flow is about: emerging innovators Disclosure will also be presenting their forthcoming debut album to Flow’s expectant crowds. Additionally, Nu-Disco frontliners Tensnake from Germany,Todd Terje from Norway and the queen of deep house Maya Jane Coles are now added to the electronic strand of this exciting mishmash of musical talent.
The acts previously announced to perform at Flow include The Knife, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Azealia Banks, Of Monsters & Men, Solange, Blixa Bargeld, Goat, Jupiter & Okwess International, Ebo Taylor & the Odapajan, Mykki Blanco, Karenn as well as the Finnish acts Sarah Kivi & Non-Orchestra and Karri Koira.
Additional lineup announcements for Flow’s program will be published as the spring advances. The tenth Flow Festival will be held 7–11 August 2013 in Suvilahti, Helsinki.
Flow Festival 2013 is organised in co-operation with:
Main partner: Nokia
Partners: Brand Factory, Clear Channel, Heineken, Helsingin Sanomat/NYT, Radio Helsinki, Red
Bull Music Academy, RGB, Sun Effects, Yellow Tail
Supported by: City of Helsinki Cultural Office, Ministry of Education
www.flowfestival.com
www.facebook.com/FlowFestival
www.twitter.com/FlowFestival
http://vk.com/flowfestival
Flow Festival announces the first artists to perform in Helsinki's Suvilahti on 7–11 August 2013. The tickets will go on sale on Monday 28 January.
The tenth edition of Flow Festival will kick off with the Opening Concert featuring The Knife on Wednesday 7 August. The elusive Swedish duo will release their new album during the spring, just in time for their upcoming Helsinki performance.
The first line up announcement for the festival weekend includes legends and topical newcomers alike. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds are set to return to the live circuit and will make Flow Festival a part of their tour schedule. Blixa Bargeld, a previous long-time member the Bad Seeds and the german industrial band Einstürzende Neubauten, will perform solo at the festival, showcasing his experimental sound excursions. The queen of unorthodox hiphop, Azealia Banks and the hotly-tipped R&B act Solange are new additions with strong contemporary resonance. Both of them will release their debut album soon. Other newly-emerged acts on the rise are a punk-influenced queer rapper Mykki Blanco, Iceland's Of Monsters and Men, forging their multi-layered brand of folk-tinged indie-pop, and Sweden's Goat, showcasing their personal sound with influences from various musical cultures. The British techno producer duo Karenn will keep the clubbers happy.
African rhythms continue to be a strong part of the Flow Festival experience, as the traditional-meets-modern sounds of Jupiter & Okwess International from Congo and the afro beat stylings of the key Ghanaian highlife artist Ebo Taylor will be heard in Suvilahti. The first Finnish artists announced for this year are the moody electronic combo Sarah Kivi & Non Orchestra and the crowd favorite and one of the recent success stories on the local scene, the R&B artist Karri Koira.
As previously, Flow will again feature a wide variety of visual arts and film on its program, which will take its shape during the spring. The tickets for Flow Festival 2013 will go on sale on Monday January 28 at Tiketti. The first tickets to go on sale are the three and four-day festival passes and the Wednesday Opening Concert tickets.
Flow Festival 2013 is organized in co-operation with:
Main partner: Nokia
Partners: Brand Factory, Clear Channel, Heineken, Helsingin Sanomat/NYT, Radio Helsinki, Red Bull Music Academy, RGB, Sun Effects, Yellow Tail
Supported by: City of Helsinki Cultural Office, Ministry of Education
www.flowfestival.com
www.facebook.com/FlowFestival
www.twitter.com/FlowFestival
Tickets: Tiketti www.tiketti.fi, p. +358 600-1-1616
4 days: FRI–SUN + Opening Concert / 180 €
3 days: FRI–SUN / 150 €
Opening Concert WED 7 AUG / 54 €
+ additional seller fees.
The Baltic Sea ticket is available for all types by adding 2 € to the sale price.
Ticket purchases limited to 6 per person. Identifying of ticket holders by name is required upon purchase, photo ID required upon wristband change. Ticket policy inquiries: info@tiketti.fi
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