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Mission of Burma

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Mission of Burma were known for their unusual live performances during their early years. They recorded live sounds on tape,...

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Boris

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Boris formed in the early 90s as a four piece just-for-fun endeavor with the sonic template of influences like Melvins and Earth....

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NoMeansNo

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“I first used NoMeansNo on my kitchen floors and I loved the shine! Now I use NoMeansNo on everything! Thanks NoMeansNo!”...

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David Lynch presents Chrysta Bell

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Over the past years Chrysta Bell collaborated with film director David Lynch, whose. His muses will now be translated by Bell...

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Otto Von Schirach

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According to the man himself, describing Otto Von Schirach would best translate into Earth Wave Surf Electro Bass Tropical...

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Tall Ships

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Tall Ships have come a long way before finally releasing their debut album Everything Touching. They’ve toured all over Europe...

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Fantastic Mr Fox

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Fantastic Mr Fox gained quite some awareness as being the in between DJ together with for The XX on their American tour in 2010....

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Bong-Ra

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You might know Jason for being the ex-bass player of doom metal band Celestial Season, or maybe his side-project The Kilimanjaro...

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Breach

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Maybe the name Ben Westbeech rings a bell? The soul/jazz singer and producer released two albums on Gilles Peterson’s...

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Hostage

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Besides being a very hairy man, Hostage is also a huge rave-fan, producer, remixer and DJ showman. From jungle influenced rave...

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Bambounou

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Bambounou will keep you dancing ‘till the early hours of State-X New Forms 2012! He’s currently quickly working his way up...

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The Hague Philharmonic (Residentie Orkest) with Ties Mellema

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Opening the festival will be The Hague’s own Residentie Orkest (also known as The Hague Philharmonic). Under the guidance of...

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Gum Takes Tooth

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Gum Takes Tooth is a noisy duo from London with drummer Thomas’ drums from homemade gadgets being controlled Jussi to distort...

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Plus Instruments

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Truus de Groot started in Foolsband (which became Doe Maar later on), fronted the legendary band Nasmak and followed her career...

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David-X

David X

When David-X supported Brother Ali in Paris, Brother Ali came up on stage after his show saying “I ve never seen no shit like...

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Coevorduh

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The name comes from the Dutch town Coevorden, the place where all the drugged up weirdo’s come from according to Bastiaan and...

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Casperelectronics

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Casperelectronics is Amsterdam/New York-based artist Peter Edwards. Edwards creates and performs on handmade sound and light...

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Sardonis

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After a tour through Japan, we’re happy to welcome Sardonis to State-X New Forms 2012. With supporting bands like Saint Vitus,...

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Whistlejacket

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Whistlejacket are a four piece band from London, creating warm and dreamy ambient rock, grounded in shoegaze and dream pop. After...

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Monomyth

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Monomyth only made their debut live performance earlier this year, but are surely no newcomers to the scene as all of the members...

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Joe Volk

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Joe Volk made a name for himself as singer in the stoner rock band Gonga and the lyricist and singer for post-rock band Cripple...

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Elektruck

Elektruck

This year the festival won’t start the usual way by just entering the venue. Upon arrival you’ll notice a huge 12 meters long...

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Ventriloquism

Ventriloquism

The latin word Ventriloquism means “speaking from the belly”. A ventriloquist manipulates his voice in a way that it sounds...

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Alek Et Les Japonaises

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Alek Et Les Japonaises is a collaboration between Belgian and Japanese artists, creating a sound described as “Electropicalism...

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Guerilla Training: David-X presents “human beatbox” workshop

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Before his show at State-X New Forms 2012, the French human beatbox machine David-X will be giving a beatbox workshop in the...

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Peter Edwards “The NovaDrone” Workshop

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The NovaDrone is an open source, hackable analog experimental sound and light synthesizer. It can create effects from slowly...

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Stargazer

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… the drone continues! After a memorable show from Trapper at State-X New Forms 2011, the band is teaming up with Slyder for a...

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Rooie Waas

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Rooie Waas was formed in 2011 by Dutch vocalist Gijs Borstlap and the Finnish musician Mikael Szafirowski. Their cooperation...

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Knotwilg

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Knotwilg is a new formation around Bas Flier and Julie Scott (also known from can_of_be, Mizpah, Kirsten, BTP and DASH!). They...

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A.T.S.

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Hip-hop so underground we barely have any information about them! Agga Terror Squad is a The Hague based rap crew. The crew...

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Nina Boas

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Sometimes a giant and sometimes a very small girl.... Nina has been active as a performance artist for several years. For State-X...

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Macxi

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Macxi is a new young artist from The Hague. With only 18 years old, isMacxi relatively new in the scene but his sounds are very...

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Iloisa Fortes

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She enters into character and takes you into her musical, theatrical and sometimes more absurdist worlds, which can be seen in...

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Droppings

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Droppings is a new noiserock trio from The Hague, featuring two guitarists, a drummer and combined vocals. Their common interest...

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Անանուն

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WE ARE AN UNDERGROUND ARTIST COLLECTIVE FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY.

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Bissy Bunder

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Bissy Bunder is an international interdisciplinary artist collective based in Antwerp, Belgium. Through performances,...

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Bas de Boer

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Visual Artist from The Hague. As a kid i started drawing , later that developed into painting, and now i also make 3 dimensional...

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Cloud

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CLOUD is a network for dance and performance artists, based at Danslab, Den Haag. Artists, from Holland and abroad, interested in...

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Michele Matyn

Michele Matyn

In Matyn’s photos the fields have eyes and the woods have ears, as in the medieval drawings of Hieronymus Bosch. Her...

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Soephoer

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They’re young, they’re wild and they’re making a disco in your toilet. Soephoer is a collective from Amsterdam, known from...

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State-X TV

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State-X TV is back, with a new bite out of the international video art scene, tasted and salted by returning video curator Ana...

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Pieterjan Ginckels

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With a sense of humour tinged with gravity, Ginckels (1982, lives and works in Brussels) works on an intelligent oeuvre that toys...

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Katinka van Gorkum

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A monkey in a suit exploring the borders of a fake forest, a girl with a vacuum cleaner, cleaning an exhibition space while being...

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