Okay, there was an initial thread last year but as the dates are more specific, here's a rolling thread for what will hopefully be an annual thing!
Official page via Myspace and here's the lineup:
Friday 8.31.07 }
PANTHER
THE JOGGERS
THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY?
ALEXIS GIDEON
VALET
MODERNSTATE
Plus very special guests ...Sublime Frequencies presents::
Niger: Magic and Ecstasy in the Sahel
a film by Hisham Mayet
{70 minutes}
A celebration of life in the Sahel region of Africa, this film showcases many of Niger¹s venerable music styles. Tuareg Electric Guitar trance rock, Bori cult dance ceremonies, Fulani Folk, and Roadhouse Gospel Rave-ups are some of the segments included in this latest "Folk Cinema" classic from Sublime Frequencies! Filmed in December of 2004 on location in Niger, Hisham Mayet delivers a spontaneous, raw, and inspiring collection of images, music, and ceremony (again with a single camera presentation) from a nation mired in poverty and continual post-colonial disappointment. Quoting from Mayet¹s liner notes: "This is not music as commodity, this is music as survival. There is a saying in Niger that goes, "when we die we know we are going to heaven because we already live in Hell" well I think its more like the purgatory that we all live in and they sure have managed to transcend with an incredible natural resource: Music. Dig it!"
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{ Saturday 9.1.07 }
CALIFONE
DARK MEAT
BOWERBIRDS
PLANTS
ETERNAL TAPESTRY
BUILDERS & BUTCHERS
WHIP
STRANGERS DIE EVERY DAY
Sublime Frequencies Presents::
PALACE OF THE WINDS
a film by Hisham Mayet - filmmaker in attendance
(45 minutes/color)
An entrancing look at the culture and music of the Saharawis from the Western Sahara and Mauritania. This film explores the rich heritage of a culture that is cloaked in mystery and mired in struggle. Journey from the northern fringes of the Western Sahara to the Mauritanian capital of Nouakchott. Explore the intoxicating tapestry of sight and sound that this obscure region has to offer from some of its most legendary musicians.
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{ Sunday 9.2.07 }
DAMO SUZUKI (of Can) with EMIL AMOS, ADAM FORKNER,
YELLOW SWANS & special guest musicians
MASTER MUSICIANS OF BUKKAKE
CLIMAX GOLDEN TWINS
THE SEA DONKEYS
TARA JANE O'NEIL
EVOLUTIONARY JASS BAND
CEXFUCX
ILYAS AHMED
KATHARINA TUNICATA
hosted by DJ OLD FRONTIER
Sublime Frequencies Presents::
MY FRIEND RAIN
a film by Robert Millis - filmmaker in attendance
(45 minutes/ Color)
A collage of musical segments, tropical backdrops, and mysterious celebratory events from rainy mornings in the lowlands of the Ayerwaddy river to the humid nights of Java's Dangdut scene. Captured live and in the moment by Robert Millis and Alan Bishop on location in Thailand, Burma, Indonesia and Laos.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 04:00 (eighteen years ago)
the whole thing's finally come together -- more info. here:
HALLELUWAH 2: A FESTIVAL OF ENTHUSED ARTS
Presented by Blackbird, Yeti & PSU’s Popular Music Board
Three-days at Holocene, Portland, OR: Aug. 31-Sep. 2 (1001 SE Morrison, Portland OR 97214)
The event that ‘Portland Mercury’ called “the greatest festival of all time” (without a hint of hyperbole, of course) returns to Portland, OR on Friday, August 31.
This year we’ve got a slew of Portland’s finest musicians paired with such internationally renowned musicians as Califone, the Blow and Damo Suzuki (which is sweet since he inadvertently named the festival some 35 years ago). There’s a literary program put together this time by Yeti magazine and new films shown each night from Seattle’s brilliant DIY ethnography crew Sublime Frequencies. And we’ve enlisted the artist and Albina Press curator Gretchen Vaudt and photographer Norm Sajovie to mount a full installation solely for the festival.
{ Friday 8.31.07 }
* The Blow, Panther, They Shoot Horses Don’t They?, The Beauty, White Rainbow, Alexis Gideon, Valet, Metal, The Joggers & Modernstate. Hosted by DJ Spencer Doran, DJ BJ & DJ Hanukkah Miracle.
* Sublime Frequencies presents: ‘Niger: Magic and Ecstasy in the Sahel,’ a film by Hisham Mayet. 70 minutes.
* Doors at 6PM; film starts 6:30 PM promptly.
{ Saturday 9.1.07 }
* Califone, Dark Meat, Bowerbirds, Plants, Eternal Tapestry, Builders & Butchers, Whip, Strangers Die Everyday & a special appearance by Rob Walmart (performing from inside a van outside the venue). Hosted by DJ Yeti.
* Sublime Frequencies Presents: ‘Palace of the Winds,’ a film by Hisham Mayet (filmmaker in attendance!) 45 minutes.
* Action-packed and NOT-BORING literary event curated by YETI magazine with Jana Martin (author of ‘Russian Lover,’ a Yeti publication), Curtis Knapp, Tom Blood, Vanessa Veselka & Mike McGonigal.
* Doors at 4PM; literary program starts 4:30 PM promptly (even if it’s nice outside).
{ Sunday 9.2.07 }
* Damo Suzuki (performing with the Portland All-Stars: Honey Adams, Yellow Swans, Adam Forkner, Emil amos & Dan Wilson), Tara Jane O’Neil, Ilyas Ahmed, Master Musicians of Bukkake, Evolutionary Jass Band, Climax Golden Twins, Cexfucx, the Sea Donkeys & Katharina Tunicata. Hosted by DJ Old Fronteir.
* Sublime Frequencies Presents: ‘My Friend Rain,’ a film by Robert Millis (filmmaker in attendance!) 45 minutes.
* Doors at 6PM; film starts 6:30 PM promptly.
(Very) loosely put, Friday is the more dance-oriented night, while Saturday is more folk and rock-based, and Sunday’s performers lean more towards improvisational freak-outs and drones. We didn’t want to divvy it up by genre too much, so there are plenty examples to the contrary.
Three-day passes are available for $30.00 via Brown Paper Tickets at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/19043
― Mike McGooney-gal, Friday, 24 August 2007 07:49 (eighteen years ago)
aw I missed Ned in PDX :(
White Rainbow were really good last year also.
my birthday is the 4th so this is looking like my yearly birthday fest.
however this year I planned a coastal camping trip with my GF, so I leave in an hour.
hope y'all make yer money back again this year!
― sleeve, Sunday, 2 September 2007 18:10 (eighteen years ago)