The festival’s director, Tri Minh, said this at a press conference at the Goethe Institut in Hanoi this morning.
The festival, the sixth of its kind, will be held on April 12 at the Vietnam National Museum of History and at the Chu Van An stadium in Hanoi the following day.
The first event will delight audiences with an exclusive electronic sit down concert of experimental music by Richard Eigner from Austria, Daito Mannabe (Japan), The Six Tones and guest (Sweden and Vietnam), John Leftcutter and Horacio Pollard from the UK and The Sound We See, a group of musicians from various countries.
The second event will feature the ebullient DJ dance artists with Pitch Tuner from Germany, MIMETIC from Switzerland, Glitterbug from Israel and Vietnamese DJs Kruise and Slim V.
These popular and talented artists will inspire audiences with their passionate performances and fresh, new audio and visual experimentations using both cutting-edge and traditional technologies.
“I am sure that the event will fuel the energy, joy and vitality of Hanoi’s youth with exciting music in various genres of experimental, electro pop, dance, new age and world music that can’t be replicated on any other stage,” said Director of the Hanoi Goethe Institute, Almuth Meyer-Zollitsch at the press conference.
In addition to the performances, this year’s festival also includes a fundraising event for visually impaired children at Nguyen Dinh Chieu school on April 12, as well as short training courses for students and others interested in electronic music, which will be held at the Goethe Institute by the artists taking part in the festival.
“We hope that the festival will create a platform for both Vietnamese and international artists to exchange experiences with this kind of music while pushing the boundaries for electronic and experimental music performances in Vietnam, eventually developing a “mega music market” in the country,” said musician Tri Minh.
Tickets for the festival are available from April 1 at the Goethe-Institut Hanoi, No. 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street; the British Council, No. 20 Thuy Khue Street; and the Japan Foundation, No. 27 Quang Trung Street.
The Hanoi Sound Stuff Festival, the first exchange of artistic electronic music to be held in Vietnam, was initiated by Tri Minh in 2008 to enthusiastic response from both Vietnamese musicians and listeners. The festival is organised by the Vietnam Academy of Music and M.A.M. productions, in partnership with the Goethe-Institut Hanoi with support from the Japan Foundation, British Council, the Austrian embassy in Vietnam, the C and D foundation, and Future Shorts Hanoi.
Photos from Hanoi Sound Stuff 2012
