Across the Floor

The union Across The Floor is amongst the local actors from Aarhus’ music environment who is invited by 2017 to contribute content to one of the many places in Aarhus city that will be filled with music during the finale party on December 9th.

The union, which works with experimenting music and sound art, presents a programme with experimenting music and sound artists at Aarhus City Hall from 8.60 pm to 1.30 am.

Besides the main stage at the city hall building, there is also, in collaboration with the local label Taarnet Tapes, scheduled three concerts at a smaller stage in the basement below city hall where talents from the experimenting growth layer will be entering the scene.

As a supplement for the musical experience the audience will also have the opportunity to discover a visual world with video projections and staging of the city hall’s architectural dimensions in ways you have never experienced them before.

Read more about Across the Floor and Taarnet Tapes.

PROGRAMME:

7.00 PM: Alex Mørch (Basement stage)

7.45 PM: Pantherhouse (Basement stage)

8.30 PM: Nils Gröndahl (Main stage)

9.15 PM: Tettix Hexer (Basement stage)

10.00 PM: Narcosatanicos (Main stage)

11.15 PM: Michael Rother(plays NEU!, Harmonia & Solo Works) (Main stage)

Main stage (City Hall):

Michael Rother:
To many people, multi-instrumentalist Michael Rother is one of the key figures from the innovative period of the German music scene in the 1970s. He is a former member of the legendary German Krautrockband NEU! and was also briefly a member of the band Kraftwerk. His music has been a source of inspiration for several generations of musicians such as David Bowie, Brian Eno, Radiohead and Sonic Youth. With him he brings his ensemble that consists of Franz Bergman (Camera) and Hans Lampe, who played the drums at the genre defining album ‘Neu! '75’.Expect a journey into the history of music with one of the great artists who has contributed in defining modern rock music culture as we know it today. Nothing less.

Learn more about Michael Rother here.

Narcosatanicos:
Narcosatanicos is an Aarhus-based band that plays avant-garde noise rock. The band has moved about in the Danish underground since 2013 and during this past year they have enjoyed attention within the international experimenting rock scene. Recently they released their second album on the legendary label Bad Afro Records. The universe of the band is a controlled and chaotic noise inferno which is both disturbing and cleansing at the same time.

Learn more about Narcosatanicos here.

Nils Gröndahl
Nils Gröndahl is an experienced live musician who, besides his long-time engagement in the Aarhus-band Under Byen, has played with several Danish bands (Broken Twin, Liberty Balance, Jacob Bellens etc.) In continuation of his solo record ‘Endlos Routinen’, Gröndahl has played a number of acclaimed concerts, among others on SPOT Festival. With the use of loops, distorted violin and primal screams, Gröndahl peels himself to the bone as a performer in a profound and refined way and exposes the state of the modern man with a moving energy and masterly musicality.

Learn more about Nils Gröndahl here.


Basement Stage (below City Hall)

Pantherhouse: 
Pantherhouse is a solo project by Jacob Eddison (formerly Acid Twin). In his compositions, Jacob combines the use of loops, field recordings and cassette tapes in creating slow, crackling and melodious soundscapes with great depth and width.

Learn more about Pantherhouse here.

Tettix Hexer
Tettix Hexer is an intense, emotional solo project by Jens Leonhard Aagaard. The music is driven by floating synths that spin twisted and mythic sound images and lead the mind towards freaky dreams and endless nights.

Learn more about Tettix Hexer here.

Alex Mørch
During the past year, Alex Mørch has established himself as one of the most exciting upcoming names in experimental music in Aarhus. With a broad artistic range from Noise to Opera, Mørch creates concerts that are often concept based performances and both captivating and fabulously unpredictable.

Learn more about Alex Mørch here.

Across the Floor is part of the European Capital of Culture Aarhus 2017 finale.

See all the concerts here