Florence + the Machine ,30 Seconds to Mars ,Bring Me the Horizon @ Electric Castle 2019

Florence + the Machine ,30 Seconds to Mars ,Bring Me the Horizon @ Electric Castle 2019

Electric Castle Festival anunță headliner-ii pentru ediția din 17 – 21 iulie 2019 + multe alte nume importante din rock, house și electro

20 noiembrie 2018

De aproape un deceniu, publicul din România așteaptă acasă un concert Florence + theMachine, iar Electric Castle transformă, în sfârșit, acest vis în realitate.

Este una dintre cele mai creative trupe indie ale ultimei decade, construită în jurul personalității fascinante a solistei, compozitoarei și fondatoarei Florence Welch.

Din 2009, când a lansat primul album, trupa a adunat zeci de săptămâni în fruntea clasamentelor muzicale din întreaga lume, nominalizări și premii câștigate la BRIT Awards, Grammy, Mercury, BBC sau Billboard Awards, ca să le amintim doar pe cele mai importante.

Concertul din cadrul Electric Castle vine într-un moment esențial în cariera Florence + theMachine; noul lor album lansat în această vară, High as Hope,aduce schimbări esențiale în linia muzicală, influențate de schimbările radicale pe care Florence Welch le-a făcut în viața ei, o maturitate confirmată atât în plan creativ cât și personal. Anticipăm, deja, cel mai vizionar concert al anului 2019 din România.

Câștigător de Oscar, rock star, fashionicon, techinvestor, JaredLeto a confirmat prezența sala Electric Castle alături de fratele său, Shannon Leto; altfel spus,30 Secondsto Mars este oficial pe afișul viitoarei ediții a festivalului.

Cel mai recent album al trupei, America, este promovat printr-un turneu mondial ce ajunge astfel și în România, oferind publicului cea mai ambițioasă producție semnată până acum de trupă. Iar asta nu este puțin lucru pentru acești artiști care, pe lângă un șir copleșitor de premii,dețin chiar și un record Guinnes.

Nu oricine are capacitatea lui JaredLeto de a jongla între producții majore de Hollywood și arene pline de zeci de mii de fani, dar în spatele reputației de megastar stă un muzician ce a reușit să vândă peste 15 milioane de albume în cele două decenii de la lansarea trupei. Walk on Water , RescueMe, Kingsand Queen sunt cele mai recente hit-uri 30 Secondsto Mars, marcând un stil nou, cu puternice influențe electro, în muzica trupei.

BringMe The Horizon, revelația ediției cu numărul 4 a Electric Castle, revin în 2019 pe scena festivalului.

Poate cea mai ambițioasă trupă rock britanică a momentului, BMTH va lansa oficial, la începutul anului viitor, un nou album cu care vor porni imediat într-un turneu de promovare în Europa și Australia.

Doar două piese de pe viitorul Amoau fost prezentate până acum, dar fanii adevărați știu deja că albumul nu va semăna cu nimic din ce trupa a creat anterior.

Pornită la drum ca o trupă deathcore, BMTH a experimentat foarte multe genuri de-a lungul celor șase albume înregistrate, ceea ce i-a ajutat foarte mult în a cuceri public din întreaga lume și i-a transformat în cap de afiș pentru cele mai importante festivaluri din Europa, precum Electric Castle.

Alături de ei, concitadini din Sheffield și frați în stil rock, trupa metalcoreWhileSheSleeps își fac loc pe afișul ediției din iulie 2019.

Veterani ai stilului indie rock, Metric ajung în România într-un moment de maturitate al carierei lor începută acum 20 de ani, în Toronto.

Carisma solistei Emily Haines stă la baza succesului lor confirmat, de-a lungul timpului, cu numeroase premii.

Fie că sunt în turneu cu trupe precum Smashing Pumpinks sau pe cont propriu, Metric au aceeași plăcere de a hipnotiza chiar și spectatorii care îi descoperă pentru prima dată live.

Pentru că nimic nu e la fel în muzica indie, The Vaccines completează lista reprezentanților acestui gen muzical la Electric Castle 2019.

E greu de crezut că au trecut deja 8 ani de când „If U Wanna” semnată The Vaccines era unul dintre cele mai mari hit-ului ale verii, timp în care trupa a trecut prin mai multe componențe, mai multe albume dintre care cel mai recent, Combat Sports, lansat în acest an.

Fie că se află în studio cu Lady Gaga și Snoop Dog sau creează proiecte alternative cu Skrillex, Boys Noize rămâne același DJ și producător revoluționar din zona acid techno.

Prezența lui va fi o premieră în festival, alături de cea a mult‑contestaților Chinese Man, trio‑ul francez de trip hop care, în ciuda discuțiilor mereu reaprinse asupra numelui lor, surprind public cu set‑uri în care fragmente din Biblie citite de Samuel Jackson se amestecă cu ritmuri din muzica trupei Queen.

Nominalizați anul trecut pentru un Grammy, SofiTukker vor ajunge la Bonțida în plin turneu european.

Între rock și electro, e întotdeauna loc de muzică clasică, cel puțin la fiecare ediție Electric Castle. Kronos Quartet, un proiect ce există de peste 40 de ani și care a câștigat de-a lungul anilor premii Grammy sau Polar, e partea de rafinament clasic reinterpretat în viitoarea ediție a festivalului.

Alte nume confirmate:Lemaitre, Mono, Tommy Cash revine la rândul său, HandsomeFurssau Viagra Boys. Proiectul HospitalityNightcontinuă și în 2019, cu London Electricity, Dynamite MC, Spyși Danny Byrd într-o seară dedicată.

Abonamentele pentru Electric Castle 2019 se pot cumpăra la prețul de 399 lei, pânâ în 20 decembrie, de pe www.electriccastle.com.

Cei care vor să intre mai repede în atmosfera Electric Castle pot asculta de pe acum noul playlist oficial al festivalului, scanând imaginea alăturată cu aplicația Spotify (Android sau iOS).

Concert Florence + The Machine @ Italy 2019

FLORENCE + THE MACHINE RETURN TO ITALY WITH THEIR HIGH AS HOPE TOUR

17 MARCH 2019 – BOLOGNA (UNIPOL ARENA)

18 MARCH 2019 – TURIN (SHOVEL ALPITOUR)

TICKETS:  https://www.livenation.it/show/1174808/florence-the-machine/torino/2019-03-18/it

FLORENCE HAS OVERCOME HIS DEMONS AND HE FOUND HOPE

Over the past ten years, the singer went from rebellion to the control

Florence Welch first appeared on the music scene in South London in 2008, in a whirl of hedonism, red hair and glitter like indie band leader Florence + The Machine.

Now – a decade after – the band has three albums multi-platinum and countless awards including Grammys, BRIT and MTV, While the 32-year-old frontwoman boasts several ad campaigns for Gucci and a book of poems by success.

With one of the most distinctive voices of his generation, the sound of Florence combines a music that makes you dance with lyrics described by the Director of Ladybird Greta Gerwig as ‘ able to evoke the deepest, the darkest pit of pain ‘. Case in point: Florence + The machines are headliners at Glastonbury in 2015, where she hovered on the Pyramid Stage in a magnetic performance that did move all present.

The single Hunger, from the new album High As Hope, is a classic example of this tension. This song is deceptively perky and optimistic, revealing his long struggle with drugs and eating disorders.

Photograph by Quentin Jones. Styling by Donna Wallace. Florence Welch wears Gucci.

While he recorded the last album (his fourth), Florence has discovered a new sense of clarity and openness, revealing his demons as described so blunt his efforts through songs. The summer release of the album also coincides with his first book, Useless Magic: Lyrics and Poetry (you will find his notes and drawings on these pages). It is in the book that Florence promises readers: “You can have anything you want”.

Among women who inspire the work of Florence there is her friend and fellow poet Yrsa Daley-Ward, whose sincere approach to poetry in Bone and The Terrible made her a global phenomenon and a wonder of social media.

In his book, Florence thanks Yrsa for your inspiration, his support and his high targets ‘. ELLE listens while the two friends discuss how to combat their addictions, the healing power of writing and joy that can give a good silk pajamas.

FLORENCE WELCH: We met through my book club, Between Two Books, No? The extraordinary poet Nayyirah Waheed wrote an amazing piece on your work. And I remember reading Bone and I said ‘ Oh, shit. It was so great.’ The poem talks about people, but it is also accessible. I think there’s a real resurgence of poetry, and it’s so exciting to see how contemporary poets are using social media as a new platform.

YRSA DALEY-WARD: It’s like some kind of rebirth. But I think people have always wanted to read or hear or see something that would make them feel less alone. How did you start writing poetry?

FW: I had changed my lifestyle – that is, I had to stop drinking. Esageravo during the party and I was getting to the point where I always felt apart.

The scary thing is that I thought what made me big creative was being a hedonist. But at some point it was quite difficult to compose new songs because I suffered a lot and everything I could write was: ‘ How do I get out of this trap?Is the central theme of my notes was: ‘ I’m stuck, They fuckin’, I don’t know how to stop: help, help, help!’

I quit drinking shortly before How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful. Show people this side of yourself, that is so scary for you, and having people accept it with love, sing it along with the other – was really a great catharsis. So I found that my mind was more open. I started to write everything and let it run.

 

YDW: Look a different sense of vulnerability when you write poems?

FW: What I discovered is that – as with the songs – the poem was a safe haven in which to tell the truthYou said it yourself‘ If you are afraid to write itIt’s a good sign.’ I definitely felt that with some of the songs of this album I was really scared.

I SUFFERED A LOT AND EVERYTHING’ THAN I COULD WRITE WAS‘ HOW DO I GET OUT OF THIS TRAP?’ “

YDW: Why all this fear?

FW: I was horrified by what I was doingI was so scared before HungerI don’t knowhave you felt like this before The Terrible It was published?

YDW: AbsolutelyThere were things that I had never told anyone. I would say to myself: ‘ OhfantasticActually I did it on purpose to ruin my life ‘.

FW: Yes, exactlyThere are things in Hunger of which I have not yet talked to some of my oldest friendsI don’t talk about even with my motherMy little sister said to me ‘ what are you doingYou can’t talk about this stuff and put it in a fucking pop song!’ [Ride]

 

YDW: Is as a breakthrough, No?

FW: I’m not a believer but for me the singing has always been a religious thingWhen I sing I’m always alone.

YDW: But it’s great because it’s as if incarnassi a goddessIt’s so naturalinstinctive.
FW: There is a question I get oftenHow does it feel to be a woman headliningIt is one thing that I find curious because when I perform I don’t really know if they are a woman or a manI feel in between the twoI am convinced that within each of us there is one male and one femaleI don’t know what energy there is when I’m on stageIt seems almost no genre.
YDW: Is the power, We all have inside …
FW: When I’m in the studio, I know what I’m doing and what I want to do. But when I was younger, especially if there was a bigger man, I always ended up making what I thought they wanted me to do – and then I was fine no. Then when I went to work with Isa, She made me just sit and do what I wanted at the piano and hit the walls with chopsticks and it was from there, from that safe space of an Assistant female, He was born on sound of Florence + The Machine. I’m sure the type of music I want to do now and the way I want to create it. But it took a while.

 

YDW: We are conditioned to not feel safe to walk into a room and say ‘ I know what I’m doing ‘.
FW: That’s right! I do it for ten years now. And this time I finally said ‘ Yes, I am co-producing this album.’ I also realized that I had actually always done but I didn’t know I was allowed to choose the title [ride]. I’m not an angry person but often this fierce side comes out in the music, in texts or in songs and I am surprised. You know those emotions that you put in your work but you are not aware in everyday life?
YDW: At 100%. I grew up in a family believer and I had grandparents Jamaicans. I learned to repress anything and be the most educated person in the world. Now if something doesn’t sit well with me, I do not see. I learned how to experience a feeling and let her go. At that time you’re sick but don’t know really until I write and think is a timeI’m really furious!’
SHE MADE ME JUST SIT AND DO WHAT I WANTED AT THE PIANO AND HIT THE WALLS WITH CHOPSTICKS AND IT WAS FROM THERE THAT IS BORN THE SOUND OF FLORENCE + THE MACHINE

 

FW: Yes! Also I think „FuckI didn’t realize before writing it!„It’s a sort of revelation that you don’t know until you’re in the process of writingI started watching to my childhoodIt was very chaoticThere was the deathdivorce and the break-up of the familything that led me to an empty feeling.
I love the way you use your socialYou seem so passionate in talking with people and give adviceAlso I love Instagram as a means to publish poetry and artworkBut addictiveI always try to put stakes.
YDW: You have towhy you need a breakCan steal your timeI think you have to get in and out and observe with real attention

FW: I am very anxious every time I publish something – I feel this vulnerability in showing something of my own to the whole world. [Ride] Oh my God, Basically I have this app on my phonethat is the app of the Moonand tells me when there’s a full moon.

YDW: Me, too!

FW: Have you ever received strange messages from the Moon saying ‘ have you been drinking orange juice expired todayEH?’ [laugh so muchAnd I thoughtWho writes these messages on the Moon?’ Why I would do that jobI would like to be the person who sends messages in place of the MoonThe best thing about Instagram is that Patti Smith has an account nowI wrote a song about herPatriciaShe texted me on Instagram to thank me and I‘ OhIt’s amazing!’.

YDW: In other newsThis morning I was going to send you a picture

 

FW: Oh my GodDid you get the Pajamas [sleepwear collection of Florence to Liberty London]? I’m so glad you like themI’ve always been obsessed with Liberty printsthen they let me go into their archive of 18th-century fantasies of the sixties.

YDW: They are so beautifulI really feel elegant when I wear themAre the cutest thing I’ve ever had in the HouseI also like what you wear during your performancesYou’re always wrapped in beautiful fabrics and silks.

FW: I swear – When I started performing I was very messyBut now if I can move fine wearing something everything goes the right way.

Alessandro Michele of Gucci really understands the way I performIt’s strangebecause I’ve never met anyone that has an aesthetic so similar to mineMany of the ideas for my performances are by Otis ReddingMick Jagger and Nick Caveso masculine influencesBut then I always made up for it with the femininity of clothesTry to be scary and strongbut in a Nightgown.

YDW: And I love itThis power… Are you channeling every single part of your energy.

FW: I was watching this documentary on the Beatles, they did see a concert with Allen Ginsberg and the Beat poets at the Royal Albert Hall in the years ‘ 60 and I thought we should do it again! I would love to call poets like you, listen to the poems. I may need your help. We should collect a whole lot’ of poets if seek them together…

YDW: Yes! My God. It would be great.

FW: It’s decided then! We’ll do! Ah well, won’t let you go, but I miss you!

YDW: It was a pleasure. I wish you much love!

 

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