Up to 39 bands from all five continents will be at PrimaveraPro 2016 to demonstrate just what they are capable of before representatives of a major part of the world music industry, not to mention thousands of members attending Primavera Sound. At its new edition, its most ambitious and diverse to date, PrimaveraPro will have more participating countries than ever, 11, amongst which there are some fascinating newcomers including South Korea and Peru. All of them will present their most exciting emerging acts, with the objective of establishing closer ties between the independent scenes of the countries and to boost cultural exchange on a worldwide level. Poland will be represented by the Don't Panic! We're from Poland team who are bringing two very different but hugely engaging acts.
Founded in 2007 in Warsaw, Merkabah is an avant-garde heavy metal band that has carved its own experimental path through the fertile terrains of math-rock and free jazz from their roots in post-rock and psychedelia. In their live outings, they have supported heavyweight bands such as Behemoth and Ufomammut.
RSS B0YS are an anonymous duo who churn out fuzz-filled techno and trap borne from the distorted depths of the Internet. Since their inception in 2012, they have released records in Poland and abroad, playing concerts in packed clubs and at huge festivals.
Stara Rzeka (Old River) is a one-man project by Kuba Ziołek, in which the multi-instrumentalist from Bydgoszcz moves between black metal, psychedelia and folk. The band has been lauded by the British press, including the Quietus.
The bands have been brought to the festival by the Don't Panic! We're From Poland team from Culture.pl. Since its creation, the phrase 'Don't Panic! We're From Poland' has become synonymous with new, high quality music from Poland, a country whose booming music industry is aching to be explored abroad. Within the last couple of years, Don't Panic has enabled Polish artists to perform at festivals such as: SXSW, CMJ Music Marathon and Culture Collide in the United States; The Great Escape, Liverpool Sound City in the UK; Reeperbahn Festival, C/O Pop in Germany; Eurosonic Noorderslag in Holland; Waves Vienna in Austria; and Tallinn Music Week in Estonia. So far, Don't Panic! We're From Poland has been responsible for over 40 events in 14 countries.
All bands participating in PrimaveraPro will perform both on the daytime stage in the CCCB (open to the general public as part of the activities of Primavera al Raval) and on the NightPro Showcase stage in the Parc del Fòrum as part of Primavera Sound 2016.
You can find out more about the Polish acts below:
– Merkabah: https://merkabahpl.bandcamp.com
– RSS B0YS: https://www.facebook.com/RssBoys
– Stara Rzeka: https://stararzeka.bandcamp.com/
Sources: press materials, Don't Panic, compiled by AZ, 29 Mar 2016