A raft of new additions to the line-up for this year’s Ether festival have been announced, including Squarepusher and Fever Ray.
Tom’Squarepusher’ Jenkinson will headline a concert on Friday 24th Aprilat Cloe Ballroom, supported by South Africa’s hotly-tipped Blk Jks and DJ Mo. There’ll be a full light show, and Jenkinsonwill be joined by virtuoso drummer Alex Thomas. Also newly announced: ashow on Sunday12th April in the Purcell Room from Adam Matt, OrenMarshall, OMM and The Boxettes.
The support acts forpreviously announced concerts have now been revealed. Charli XCX willopen for Peaches, who’s playing the Royal Festival Hall on Friday 10thApril, and Royksopp will be joined by their sometime collaborator, TheKnife’s Karin Dreijer Andersson, who’ll be performing solo as Fever Rayfor the first time ever on UK shores. Tim Exile will play a free"post-show" for Mouse on Mars on Friday 17th April in the CloreBallroom, and Plaid will follow their performance on Saturday 18thApril with gamelan master Rahayu Supanggha with a piece called Sculpture unveiled in the Front Room of the Queen Ellizabeth Hal.
Thereare a bunch of free events on as well: as part of Ether 09′s ‘ElectricAfrica’ strand, Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit will perform as The VeryBest at the Clore Ballroom on Sunday 12th April – don’t miss thischance to catch this unlikely partnership bring its exuberant fusion ofAfrican vocals and DJ’d western pop to life. At 5.15pm on April 10th inQEH’s Front Room, electro soldier Andrea Parker will be spinning, andat the same time in the same place on April 17th there’ll be a livecollaboration between Tim Exile, who’s new album Listening Tree isforthcoming on Warp Records. Look out too for performane/installationworks from Ujino on the Festival Terrace and outside The HaywardGalllery. Away from the Southbank Centre, The Whitest Boy Alive willplay a free in-store at Rough Trade East on Friday 17th April, inassociation with Ether.
Film-wise, there’s plenty onoffer n’all: Jonathan Demme’s Stop Making Sense, still the greatestconcert film of all time, will be screening on April 9th and 10th atthe BFI Southbank, showing Ether headliner David Byrne in his jerkyprime as leader of Talking Heads. A film-based event called TrueStories takes place on Friday 10th April and, later that day, there’s achance to catch The Delian Mode – a documentary about the life of BBCRadiophonic Workshop heroine Delia Derbyshire. British Sea Powerprovide a live score for Man of Aran at the BFI on Thursday 23rd April.
Last,but not least, the Purcell Room will be hosting a series of talks. OnApril 16th, Sukhdev Sandhu (author of Night Haunts) and John King(author of Human Punk) will discuss post-punk; on April 20th, ChristianFennesz, Rosy Parlane and CM Von Hausswolff will talk about their workand the label to which they’re attached, Touch . Maverick Germancomposer Heiner Goebbels will discuss his own oeuvre on Friday 24thApril, shortly prior to the London Sinfonietta performing portions ofit, and then, later that night, Rob Da Bank will consider ‘FestivalsFuture’.
ETHER FESTIVAL FULL LINE-UP:
UJINO UGLY KNITTING18 February – 24 April 2009, The Hayward Project Space, Admission FREE UJINO SHERBET DAB SWIVELMarch 09 – 24 April 2009, Festival Terrace, Admission FREE BFI Southbank event: STOP MAKING SENSE Thursday 9 April, 8.50pm, NFT 2 & Sunday 12 April, 6.10pm, NFT 3, Tickets £12.50Conversation PieceBRIAN ENO & JON HASSELLThursday 9 April, Queen Elizabeth Hall, 6.30pm, Tickets £12 Hear Colours present: FACE:ON A stunning 3D interactive art installationRoyal Festival Hall Foyer, 10 – 13 April 2009, Admission FREE ANDREA PARKERFriday Tonic Friday 10 April, The Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 5.15pm, Admission FREEPEACHES+ CHARLI XCXEvery Little Defect Gets RESPECTFriday 10 April 2009, 7.30pm, Royal Festival Hall, Tickets £25 £22.50POST-SHOW SET TBCFriday 10 April, The Clore Ballroom, Admission FREE UJINO PERFORMANCEFriday 10 April, Festival Terrace, 6.30pm & Concrete at The Hayward, 11pm, Admission FREE BFI Southbank event: TRUE STORIES Friday 10 April, 4pm, NFT 2 & Sunday 12 April, 8.30pm, NFT 3, Tickets £12.50THE DELIAN MODESaturday 11 April, Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall, 6.30-9pm, Admission FREE RÖYKSOPP+ FEVER RAYSaturday 11 April, Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm, Tickets £22.50, £20, £17.50POST-SHOW SET – TBCSaturday 11 April, The Clore Ballroom, Admission FREEUJINO PERFORMANCESaturday 11 April, Festival Terrace, 6.30pm & Concrete at The Hayward, 11pm, Admission FREE BOXCON 09 Sunday 12 April, The Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 4pm, Admission FREE BOXCON 09 CLOSING CONCERTSunday 12 April, Purcell Room, 7.45pm, Tickets £8DAVID BYRNESongs of David Byrne and Brian Eno Sunday 12 and Monday 13 April 2009, Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm, Tickets £45 £40 £35ELECTRIC AFRICA: ESAU MWAMWAYA + RADIO CLIT a.k.a. THE VERY BESTA.J. HOLMES & THE HACKNEY EMPIRESunday 12 April, The Clore Ballroom, Admission FREEUJINO PERFORMANCESunday 12 April, Festival Terrace, 6.30pm Admission FREE ZUN ZUN EGUIMonday 13 April, The Clore Ballroom, 6.30pm, Admission FREETalk: POST PUNK: SUKHDEV SANDHU WITH JON KING Thursday 16 April, Purcell Room, 8pm, Tickets £10 TIM EXILE IN COLLABORATION WITH SARAH NICOLLS Friday Tonic Friday 17 April, The Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 5.15pm, Admission FREE
MOUSE ON MARS Friday 17 April, Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm, Tickets £17.50 £15TIM EXILEFriday 17 April, The Clore Ballroom, Admission FREETHE WHITEST BOY ALIVEFriday 17 April, Rough Trade East, 7pm, Admission FREE PLAID AND SUPANGGAH + JON HOPKINS Saturday 18 April, Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm, Tickets £15 £12POST-SHOW-SET – SCULPTURE Saturday 18 April, The Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 10pm, Admission FREE NOISE OF ARTDeep Space Disco Sunday 19 April 2009, Queen Elizabeth Hall, 6.30pm, Tickets £16J SPACEMAN & MATTHEW SHIPP SpaceShipp + HAUSCHKA Monday 20 April 2009, Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm, Tickets £17.50 £15Talk: TOUCH featuring Christian Fennesz, CM von Hausswolff & Rosy Parlane Monday 20 April, Purcell Room, 6.30pm, Tickets £10TOUCH PRESENTS CHRISTIAN FENNESZ, ROSY PARLANE & CM VON HAUSWOLFFTuesday 21 April 2009, Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm, Tickets £17.50 £15BFI Southbank event: BRITISH SEA POWERR LIVE: MAN OF ARAN Thursday 23 April, 7pm, NFT 1, Tickets £20HEINER GOEBBELSPre-concert talk Friday 24 April, Purcell Room, 6.30pm, Admission FREE LONDON SINFONIETTA & ORCHESTRA OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT Heiner Goebbels – Sampler Suite (Surrogate Cities) and Songs of War I Have SeenFriday 24 April 2009, Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7.30pm, Tickets £22 £15 £9POST-SHOW-EVENT – LONDON SINFONIETTA Friday 24 April 2009, The Front Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall, Admission FREE Talk: ROB DA BANK: FESTIVALS FUTUREFriday 24 April, Purcell Room, 8pm, Tickets £10SQUAREPUSHER+ BLK JKS+ DJ MOFriday 24 April, The Clore Ballroom, 8pm, Tickets £20