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Estonia joined Euro, AIDES and BERT ON BEATS at EuroSonic this week!

Bert on Beats

Year 2011 got a kick-start in Estonia – the country is the first out of former Soviet block to join Euro and Tallinn took hold of the title of European Capital of Culture in 2011. Estonian bands have been busy in 2010 and the start of New Year will bring indie-rockers AIDES and the dance-floor mogul BERT ON BEATS to EuroSonic!

To celebrate the occasion and bring the Estonian euphoria to Groningen, the Estonian team - European Capital of Culture Tallinn 2011, Tallinn Music Week, Rabarock and Raadio 2 have joined forces with friends from Latvia and are throwing a celebration party in Groningen on Friday, 14^th January at the legendary Café Knarie at 19:00 – 20:00. I will be a perfect occasion to wish Estonia happy 2011 and happy Euro and run off to the venues of Groningen and catch the hundreds of fantastic bands and artists, out of whom 2 being Estonian:

Aides – Friday, 14 January, Huize Maas, front 21:30-22:15

They are three guys, who mix together their influences from rock, ambient, punk, indie, metal and jazz backgrounds. In 2010 the band known for their painful perfectionism finally released their eponymous debut album, wrapped in soft white moleskin, packed with 11 tracks of their very own so called intense-rock sound. Influences by Kings of Leon, Porcupine Tree and Radiohead have been mentioned, but Aides gallantly just keeps on doing what they do best: writing inventive rock music and giving impressive live shows. TODAY they are presenting their brand new video for the hit song “Unbelievable” on Estonian national TV www.etv.ee/eestitop7 and rumors tell it will be a piece of art in its own right to set new standards on video-making in Estonia. “It’s a multi-layered story, revolving around a lonely man, living in a lonely basement, whose head is replaced by a bulk of wires and cables,” comments the band’s Estonian-Russian lead singer Kostja. Check out the teaser for video 

www.aides.ee

Bert on Beats – Friday, 14 January, Simplon, up 01:15-02:00 & Bert on Beats dj-set at unofficial EuroSonic afterparty, Draaibar @ Drie Gezusters 03.00-04.00! Bert on Beats, a.k.a. DJ Critikal is the hottest new artist to release on Berlin-based label Man Recordings. He fuses the rich legacy of UK bass science with the beat alchemy of Angolan Kuduro and other New World genres, establishing a trans-national, hyper-hybrid sound that directs towards the future. In between his single releases, remixes followed for Buraka Som Sistema, Ku Bo, Gotan Project or Sekta. His tracks currently get support from world class DJs such as Sinden, Brodinski, Feadz, Foaomo or Douster amongst others. BBC Music Reviews has recently commented on the Man Recordings compilation: "One of the highlights is Zuluairlines by Bert on Beats which perhaps best sums up the clash of schizophrenic rhythm structures as a kalimba fades into a dizzying bin-busting bass which writhes manically in and out of 4/4 rhythms.” Enjoy a mixtape by Bert on Beats, especially made for EuroSonic in Soundcloud and have a look at his video  to get an idea of the kind of mental beats he has crafted for you.

Bert On Beats “Antenna of Tallinn” album release is scheduled for February/March 2011.

www.myspace.com/bertonbeats

Happy 2011 and see you all at EuroSonic!

Info: helen@tallinnmusicweek.ee

Estonia joined Euro, AIDES and BERT ON BEATS at EuroSonic this week!

Bert on Beats

Year 2011 got a kick-start in Estonia – the country is the first out of former Soviet block to join Euro and Tallinn took hold of the title of European Capital of Culture in 2011. Estonian bands have been busy in 2010 and the start of New Year will bring indie-rockers AIDES and the dance-floor mogul BERT ON BEATS to EuroSonic!

To celebrate the occasion and bring the Estonian euphoria to Groningen, the Estonian team - European Capital of Culture Tallinn 2011, Tallinn Music Week, Rabarock and Raadio 2 have joined forces with friends from Latvia and are throwing a celebration party in Groningen on Friday, 14^th January at the legendary Café Knarie at 19:00 – 20:00. I will be a perfect occasion to wish Estonia happy 2011 and happy Euro and run off to the venues of Groningen and catch the hundreds of fantastic bands and artists, out of whom 2 being Estonian:

Aides – Friday, 14 January, Huize Maas, front 21:30-22:15

They are three guys, who mix together their influences from rock, ambient, punk, indie, metal and jazz backgrounds. In 2010 the band known for their painful perfectionism finally released their eponymous debut album, wrapped in soft white moleskin, packed with 11 tracks of their very own so called intense-rock sound. Influences by Kings of Leon, Porcupine Tree and Radiohead have been mentioned, but Aides gallantly just keeps on doing what they do best: writing inventive rock music and giving impressive live shows. TODAY they are presenting their brand new video for the hit song “Unbelievable” on Estonian national TV www.etv.ee/eestitop7 and rumors tell it will be a piece of art in its own right to set new standards on video-making in Estonia. “It’s a multi-layered story, revolving around a lonely man, living in a lonely basement, whose head is replaced by a bulk of wires and cables,” comments the band’s Estonian-Russian lead singer Kostja. Check out the teaser for video 

www.aides.ee

Bert on Beats – Friday, 14 January, Simplon, up 01:15-02:00 & Bert on Beats dj-set at unofficial EuroSonic afterparty, Draaibar @ Drie Gezusters 03.00-04.00! Bert on Beats, a.k.a. DJ Critikal is the hottest new artist to release on Berlin-based label Man Recordings. He fuses the rich legacy of UK bass science with the beat alchemy of Angolan Kuduro and other New World genres, establishing a trans-national, hyper-hybrid sound that directs towards the future. In between his single releases, remixes followed for Buraka Som Sistema, Ku Bo, Gotan Project or Sekta. His tracks currently get support from world class DJs such as Sinden, Brodinski, Feadz, Foaomo or Douster amongst others. BBC Music Reviews has recently commented on the Man Recordings compilation: "One of the highlights is Zuluairlines by Bert on Beats which perhaps best sums up the clash of schizophrenic rhythm structures as a kalimba fades into a dizzying bin-busting bass which writhes manically in and out of 4/4 rhythms.” Enjoy a mixtape by Bert on Beats, especially made for EuroSonic in Soundcloud and have a look at his video  to get an idea of the kind of mental beats he has crafted for you.

Bert On Beats “Antenna of Tallinn” album release is scheduled for February/March 2011.

www.myspace.com/bertonbeats

Happy 2011 and see you all at EuroSonic!

Info: helen@tallinnmusicweek.ee

TALLINN MUSIC WEEK goes to RIGA!

On Wednesday, the 15^th of December, Estonian showcase festival Tallinn Music Week, in co-operation with I Love You Records and KN3, invite you to come and be part of a cosy evening at I Love You bar where music industry professionals Paul Cheetham (Popkomm, Clockwork Music management), Inese Saulaja (MicRec Publishing, KN3), Helen Sildna (Tallinn Music Week, Musiccase) and others will cast some light into the opportunities that Tallinn Music Week show-case festival and music industry conference can offer to Latvian artists, music business companies and the whole music scene in general. The evening starts at 6.30 PM.  

Later in the evening, Nabaklab Club will host a showcase of the hottest Estonian acts at the moment. The concert will kick off with IIRIS – a pop sensation whose quirky song-writing, natural charm and staggering vocal skills have been compared to the likes of Björk and Kate Bush. Iiris has been the success story of Tallinn Music Week 2010 as she took home the prestigious Skype “Go Change The World” award, voted by the foreign delegates of TMW, and got elected to the line-ups of Popkomm and Music & Media Finland. Iiris is currently producing material for her debut album and negotiating deals with labels and publishers around the world. On the 16^th and 17^th of December, IIRIS will be a special guest to Instrumenti at their Sapnu Fabrika concerts.

Tallinn Music Week is also proud to introduce Aides – a trio that doesn't care about musical boundaries. Aides consists of three guys who draw their influences from punk, rock, metal and jazz. Their music is full of energy and intelligence - whether they are pumpin’ the crowds with heavy riffery & drumming or with atmospheric interludes and jams. Their unique sound has given Aides a chance to share stage with a number of world class artists - Alice Cooper, Foreigner, Franz Ferdinand to name a few but their music makes you think of bands like Muse, Porcupine Tree, Radiohead or Kings of Leon. Estonian music press has given them an array of titles - "the fathers of Estonian post-rock", "the inventers of intense-rock" or "most promising band from the Estonian alternative rock scene", but Aides gallantly just keeps on doing what they do best: writing some inventive rock music and giving impressive live shows. Aides has been chosen to play at EuroSonic Festival 2011 in Holland.

Last but not least, on their way to Lithuania, a five-piece electro-dance-rock group Epordwerk, led by Karl-Kristjan Kingi, the energy bursting drummer of Bedwetters, will stop by from Nabaklab to make their mark in Riga and give some good old rock’n’roll to the Latvian music fans. 

Tallinn Music Week is a music industry networking event and show-case festival, happening in Tallinn for the third time, on 24-26 March 2011. The festival is a music export platform for Estonian and the neighbouring countries’ talent, as well as a tool to encourage professionalism and growth of our region’s music business. Tallinn Music Week welcomes around 100 international delegates to the festival each year, to build professional contacts with local industry and get acquainted with local artists and music scene.

The 3^rd ever TMW festival will happen 24-26^th March in 2011, when Tallinn will hold the title of being the European Capital of Culture.

Tänasest on avatud artistide sooviavaldusvoor Tallinn Music Week festivalile 2011

Tallinn Music Week 2011 toimub kuupäevadel 24-26 märts ning on osa Euroopa Kultuuripealinna Tallinn 2011 muusikaprogrammist. Tegemist on kolmandat aastat aset leidva Eesti muusika showcase-festivaliga, mille eesmärgiks näidata kodupublikule põnevaimat ja aktuaalseimat Eesti muusikat ning tutvustada meie parimaid artiste ka välismaisele muusikatööstusele ning muusikapressile. Igal aastal saabub märtsi lõpus toimuvale muusikatööstuse konverentsile ja Eesti muusika festivalile ligi 100 tipp-professionaali üle maailma, mis annab Eesti artistidele unikaalse võimaluse jääda silma olulistele festivalidele, mainekatele plaadifirmadele, ülemaailmsetele agentuuridele ja välispressile.

Alates tänasest on ametlikult avatud veebipõhine taotlusvoor kõigile asjast huvitatud bändidele, kel huvi järgmisel Tallinn Music Weekil üles astuda.Taotlusvoorus osalevad võrdsetel tingimustel ka artistid meie naaberriikidest, kuid festivali prioriteet on keskenduda just Eesti talendile. Taotlused on oodatud kõikvõimalikke muusikastiile viljelevailt muusikakollektiividelt, kes tunnevad, et on valmis tegutsema ka välisturgudel ning panustama nii muusikalisse arengusse kui professionaalsesse asjaajamisse.

 Taotlusvoor on avatud kuni 16. jaanuari südaööni ning kaaluka argumendina võetakse otsustusprotsessis arvesse ka artisti oskust presenteerida end läbi tutvustava teksti, promopiltide ja muu lisamaterjali, mis sooviavaldusega kaasas käivad.  Taotlusvorm on kättesaadav siin: http://www.tallinnmusicweek.ee/artist_register.php

Avatud on ka delegaatide registreerimine Tallinn Music Week konverentsile varajase registreerija soodushinnaga 60 EUR: http://www.tallinnmusicweek.ee/register_2011.php

Konverents toimub 25-26 märtsil 2011 Nordic Hotel Forumi konverentsikeskuses.

Lisainfo:
www.tallinnmusicweek.ee

www.facebook.com/tallinnmusicweek

info@tallinnmusicweek.ee

Tallinn Music Week 2010:

3 ööd

18 kontserti

100 artisti

6000 kontserdikülastust

107 välisdelegaati 17 riigist

29 608 unikaalset kodulehekülastust 74 riigist

Mida tähendab Tallinn Music Week artistidele?

Pole vaja olla just ülemäära taibukas, et mõista, mida tähendab Tallinn Music Week muusikasõpradele ja fännidele. See on põnevate kontsertidega kaetud nädalavahetus, terve linn on elu täis ning avastamisrõõmu jagub kuhjaga. Samas paistab, et meie artistidele on jäänud arusaam festivali ideest kohati kaugeks. Seetõttu on mul olnud võimalus nii mõnelgi üritusel tunde seletada kõikvõimalikke detaile. Püüan mõnele sagedamini esilekerkivale küsimusele kiire kokkuvõtva vastuse siinkohal kirja panna. See kordab küll osaliselt eelnevatel aastatel esinenud artistidele saadetud infokirja, kuid kordamiseks on täpselt õige aeg, sest Tallinn Music Week 2011 artistide avalduste vastuvõtt algas just nüüd.

Alustuseks toon välja, et mind on üllatatud küsimusega: “Miks peaksin esinema Tallinn Music Weekil, kui mul on oma toimiv kontaktvõrgustik?”. Vastus on tõesti üllatavalt lihtne - kui sinust või su bändist kirjutab kogu maailma musapress, kõikvõimalikke lepinguid peab kasutama kaminas tule tegemiseks ning esinemispakkumisi on rohkem kui kunagi esineda jõuaks, siis ilmselt pole tõesti väga head põhjust oma aja ja energia kulutamiseks. Samas usun, et meil on siiski bände, kellel on sinnani jõudmiseks vaja veel paar olulist sammu teha.

Nende sammude tegemiseks aga ongi just TMW hea. Selle asemel, et huupi demosid ning kirju saata ja neile tõenäoliselt mitte vastust saada, pakub TMW võimalust oluliste tegelastega päriselt rääkida. Lisaks kohalikule kaadrile tuleb festivalile ca 100 muusikatööstuse professionaali üle Euroopa, kes on võtnud terve nädalavahetuse just selleks, et uurida, mis siin Eestis siis ka toimub. Peab ütlema, et härrad ja prouad on olnud siiani meeldivalt positiivselt meelestatud. Väliskülaliste kommentaaridest meenuvad näiteks fraasid: ääretult mitmekesine ja maitsekas muusikaskene, üllatavalt palju häid leide. See kõik tõestab, et meil on väga andekaid tegijaid. Suurimad puudujäägid on aga rahvusvahelises kommunikatsioonis, efektiivses promos ja professionaalses suhtluses.

Eelnev viib aga teise väga hea küsimuseni. Ei, tegemist ei ole superstaari finaalsaatega ning kontsertsaalides ei ole pingirivi, kuhu tähtsad tegelased püksepidi kinni kleebitud. Jah, on küll täiesti võimalik, et keegi neist on puhtalt omal initsiatiivil sattunud just sinu kontserti vaatama, kuid festival ei saa garanteerida kellegi kohalolekut. Samuti ei saa festival olla käehoidjaks bändidel – Tallinn Music Week on platvorm kvaliteetseteks kontaktideks. See on just see koht, kus bänd või õigemini bändi esindaja, peab tegema ise esimesed sammud. Just tema ülesanne on saada artistile olulised tegelased õigeks ajaks kontserdile ning nendega eelnevalt ja järgnevalt vestlema.

Eesmärk ei pea kindlasti olema saada kõik festivali delegaadid oma kontserdile. Juba enne selle kandideerimisavalduse täitmist peaks artistidel olema selge, millised on nende ambitsioonid ning realistlikud võimalused nende täitmiseks. Eesmärk peaks olema nende sihtide realiseerimiseks vajalike inimestega suhtlemine ning nendele oma etteaste presenteerimine. Selleks, et kontakteerumine nii Eesti tegijate kui väliskülalistega lihtsam oleks, pakub festival igale bändile / esinejale võimaluse saata oma esindaja (ideaalis manageri) delegaadina TMW konverentsile. Delegaadistaatus annab teile oma log-in juurdepääsu festivali delegaadiandmebaasile, kus avaneb vaade kõigi registreerunute kontaktandmetele ja ka ettevõtte tutvustusele. Sel moel saab lihtsal viisil uurida, kes peaks just teie kollektiivi jaoks õige ja olulisem kontakt olema, et temaga siis eelnevalt juba ühendust võtta ning TMW ajaks siin kohtumine kokku leppida või / ja teda oma kontserdile kutsuda.

Aga kes üldse väliskülalistest tulemas on? Täpne nimekiri selgub muidugi alles festivali alguseks, kuid suures plaanis jaguneb see nii, et Tallinn Music Week kutsub laiema profiiliga tegelasi, musameediat, festivalikorraldajaid. Kindlas teemas olulisi tegelasi kutsuvad vastavate showcase’ide korraldajad. Viimased on kindlasti küll kõvasti harjutanud, kuid pole veel päris selgeltnägijad. Selleks, et nad saaks aidata teid just soovitud moel, tuleb selgelt märku anda oma ambitsioonidest. Sellel aastal on kandideerimisvormis selleks ka spetsiaalne lahter. Peaks olema iseenesestmõistetav, et nimelisi soove ei pruugi olla võimalik täita, kuid kui suund on selge, siis kahtlemata tehakse kõik võimalik, et teie osalemine festivalil oleks teile maksimaalselt kasulik.

Märkimata ei saa jätta ka nii üldiselt kui detailides harivat seminariprogrammi, mis on just õige koht aktiivseks osavõtuks. Lisaks sellele, et seal on võimalik küsida teemakohaseid küsimusi ning nii mitmedki asjad endale märgatavalt selgemaks teha, on see ka koht, kus on kindlasti ka kõik olulised delegaadid kohal – avatud ning valmis suhtlema. On üpris hämmastav, et nii mõnedki teist on jätnud selle ülimalt mugava võimaluse kasutamata.

Festivali kasulikkusest on saanud aru ka välisartistid, kellest juba mitmed on andnud märku soovist osaleda. Ehkki festivali fookuseks on tõesti endiselt just Eesti muusika, siis festival ei välista, et ausa konkurentsi tulemusel esineb Tallinn Music Weekil ka sel korral mõni välisesineja. Pole erilist mõtet selle pärast liigselt murelikku nägu teha – suures plaanis peate konkureerima edu nimel nii või teisiti kõikide oma teema artistidega ning kui nö koduväljakul võistlemine on juba üle mõistuse keeruline, siis ehk peaks vaatama kõigepealt ikkagi iseenda seis põhjalikult üle. Tuletan meelde, et ka nemad kandideerivad ning esinevad täpselt samadel tingimustel.

Enne kandideerimist mõelge hoolikalt, kuhu te jõuda tahate. Tehke korda oma koduleht, MySpace, Facebook ja kõik muud, mis teil on. Eesmärk peaks peaks ju olema jätta endast parim mulje. Ja seda tegelikult ka siis, kui Tallinn Music Week pole lähenemas. Seejärel aga esimese sammuni – vajalikke vorme täitma.

Lõpetuseks - kuna mulle hakkas see lause meeldima, siis rõhutan seda veel - Tallinn Music Week on platvorm kvaliteetseteks kontaktideks. Reaalseid kokkuleppeid ei tehta üleöö ning loodud kontaktidest alles sisuline töö algab. Edasi tuleb bändi esindajal teha süstemaatilist ja tarka tööd, et jõuda soovitud tulemusteni.

Jooksva info ja vajalikud vormid leiate järjest täienevalt festivali kodulehelt:
http://www.tallinnmusicweek.ee

Edu!

Ivo Kiviorg, rada7.ee
 

Goresoerd and Tukkanuotta pick the fruits of Tallinn Music Week 2010

Nailboard Records and the Finnish hard-hitting metal label Stay Heavy are cooperating towards a killer split release, the blame for which is attributable to the showcase festival Tallinn Music Week 2010. This was the first time Estonia’s leading dread metal demolition brigade Goresoerd shared the stage with fellow delinquents from the ghettos of Helsinki, Finland — Tukkanuotta. The second one of such vile affiliations recently took place in Tallinn’s Rock Café at the tattoo fest “Street Mirror Expo 2010”.

For the first time Goresoerd are releasing “Kõik on segi” (“Everything Is Out of Order”), a track left out from the album „Tüdruk ja Surm” (“The Maiden and Death”), in addition to the dazzling hit song „Surm ka ei tea“ („Even Death Does Not Know“). Both of Tukkanuotta’s tracks are exclusive to this release.

The Goresoerd/Tukkanuotta split album

Released in Estonia on November 22, in Finland on November 24

Tukkanuotta

1. Tukkanuotta

2. Kivimetsän broidi

Goresoerd

3. Surm ka ei tea

4. Kõik on segi

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Goresoerd’s dispatch to Finland supported by Tallinn Music Week

In the beginning of 2011, both bands will make several appearances in Finland. Also, Goresoerd have a small tour planned for March, with the following dates already confirmed:

March 3 — Vastavirta Club, Tampere

March 4 — Lucky Monkeys, Lappeenranta

March 5 — Darkside Club, Helsinki