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Ostensibly, not much happens in Totnes anymore. Barely 25’000 people, rural as. Culturally, little bits here and there, but since the loss of its local arts college, and the hundreds of young artists that left with it, a hole appeared.
For some, the feeling is not so much gentrifying, as atrophying… Sea Change, now in its fourth year, has stepped up somewhat to inject new life. A micro festival with a big heart and boots its rapidly outgrowing, its firmly stamping an impression on the Totnes/Dartington landscape with a broad mix of music, arts and culture that’s rarely seen in this remote far flung outpost tucked away in the South West corner of this sceptred isle.
What is it? Well, its ‘family friendly’ but don’t let that put you off, there’s something for everyone, just open your ears and listen. In another time, in another place I could be disparaging, ‘ah it’s just pop music’, unlikely to tickle my ears at any point. I don’t listen to 6music, my culture is my radio not your radio, so much passes me by, and yet, and yet, and yet… These bands, who I’m sure I could be equally disparaging off on vinyl, too ‘well produced’, too ‘slick’ just come into their own in a live setting. Guitars make some of my favourite guitar noises, hey look there, the bassist is windmilling like the best of the 90’s death metallers, synths wail, whine and bleep, that drummer, what is this, indie pop? Damn she’s hitting those drums as hard as she fucking can, high waisted beige trousers, tucked in vintage top, tiny moustache looking like he’s trying to find a way out of east Berlin c:1980, I’m falling and falling hard…
There’s weird, there’s beautiful, there’s fast and loud, and of course the other. Probably boring too, but hey that’s festivals. If the music gets too much there are talks and installations in one of the UK’s most iconic modernist buildings, and a warm end to each evening in a gymnasium that vibe’s just the right side of school disco cum 90’s squat rave. I’m already excited for next year. You should be too…
Sea Change Festival is organised by the lovely Rupert from Drift Records. Go check it out…
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Our Big Ears footage is on the way, but in the meantime we’d like to do a recap of our video playlist with music by artists that performed at this year’s fest!
Keep an eye on our Youtube channel for more BE goodness.
Day 1 / Thursday – Altered Statesman, Artifacts Trio, Avey Tare, Clarice Jensen, Kukangendai, Joan La Barbara, Mathias Eick Quintet, Peter Gregson, Roomful of Teeth, Rachel Grimes, Derek Gripper, Theo Bleckmann, Bill Frisell
Day 2 / Friday – The Comet is Coming, Meredith Monk, Harold Budd, Ralph Towner, Mary Lattimore, Mary Halvorson, Kara-Lis Coverdale, Peter Gregson, David Torn
Day 3 / Saturday – Brooklyn Rider, Carla Kihlstedt, Nils Frahm, Thumbscrew, White Gregg, Chris Eldridge, Mimi Goese, Wadada Leo Smith, Kristina Anna Valtyrsdottir, KTL, Jerusalem In My Heart, The Messthetics, Kara-Lis Coverdale, Makaya McCraven, This Is Not This Heat
Day 3 / 12 Hour Drone – Abstract Black, Ben Neill, Ben Shemie, Carl Stone, Diatom Deli, Hanna Benn, Clarice Jensen, Kara-Lis Coverdale, Mehdi Nassouli, Nief Norf, Peni Candra Rini
Day 4 / Sunday – Art Ensemble of Chicago, Doug McCombs, Alvin Lucier, Petra Haden / Bill Frisell, Harold Budd, Gabriel Kahane, Kayhan Kalhor, Kieran Kane / Rayna Gellert, Matt Nelson, Nelson Patton / Lonnie Holley, Nik Bartsch’s Ronin, Shane Parish, Richard Thompson, Vijay Iyer, Yves Tumor
Further Reading
Immune to Boredom
Knoxville News Sentinel
WATE 6
Blank News
WBIR
UT Daily Beacon
Magnolia Records
Arts Knoxville
Knox TN Today
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]]>Its a beautiful day in Knoxville, TN and we’re continuing our journey with Big Ears 2019. Some of the performances we had a pleasure to witness last night included Mercury Rev, Theo Bleckmann, Bill Frissell and Rachel Grimes.
Moving on – we have an equally impressive list of performance scheduled for today! Here are 15 videos we picked to give you a better idea – dive in!
This one features The Comet is Coming, Meredith Monk, Harold Budd, Ralph Towner, David Torn, The Messthetics and more!
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