Stage of the Electronic Avant-Garde Starter Pack

Stage of the Electronic Avant-Garde (S.E.A.)

Stage of the Electronic Avant-Garde (S.E.A.) is a cyclical artistic event of an interdisciplinary nature, since 2022 an integral part of the program of the Podwodny Wrocław festival. The event, located in the raw, post-industrial space of the former cloakroom of the Mieszczański Brewery, is a platform for creative expression and experimentation for sound artists, performers and producers of electronic music. S.E.A. focuses on the exploration of contemporary forms of sound – from ambient and drones, through techno rhythmic structures, to conceptual forms of noise and audiovisual compositions.

S.E.A. promotes artistic independence, freedom of expression and dialogue between diverse aesthetic idioms. In a special way, the event integrates local environments with artists with a wider, often transregional scope of activity. Many of the invited artists operate at the intersection of music, sound art, performance and visual activities, approaching the post-media model of creativity characteristic of the latest artistic practices.

This year’s edition will feature:
Burzany — a solo project by Ilona Dobiszewska, a hybrid of analog synthesis, electronics, field recordings, bass guitar and human voice, oscillating around narrative microstructures and somatic expression;

Cats Of Dust / Grove Anemone — a duo of Kuba and Kuba, known for their individual work in the field of ambient and drone, who at S.E.A. will present a joint sonoristic journey inspired by the topography and urban mythology of underground Wrocław;

Club Alpino — a Wrocław producer exploring the organic spectrum of electronic music, inspired by the natural landscape and folk message; at the festival, he will present premiere, previously unpublished material;

ImproIn2ition (Cezary and Wojciech) — a duo of sound improvisers operating at the intersection of analog synthesis, prepared sound and free electroacoustic expression;

M!sT — a DJ and producer associated with the Sobotek collective, who will perform an original musical setting for the Japanese silent film “Szalony Paź” (originally A Page of Madness, dir. Teinosuke Kinugasa, 1926), proposing a reinterpretation of the cinema classic in the spirit of audiovisual performance;

Oderfisch — a collective of sound performers from Opole, operating in the aesthetics of mask, noise and anonymous stage action; their performance will be the first contact with the Wrocław audience;

Shak — an artist balancing between extreme forms of guitar music (mathcore, djent) and the raw energy of schranz and hard techno, seeking intense sound experiences in his work;

Szczupac — a representative of the local experimental scene, an improviser operating a bass guitar processed by a layer of electronic effects.

Selected concerts will be enriched with visualizations by Ula Jagielnicka (aka Wczesna Jagielnicka) — a visual artist, designer and VJ from Wrocław, whose works operate on the border of digital art, light and rhythm of the image. The Electronic Avant-Garde Stage is being created with the support of Koleje Dolnośląskie and the publishing collective Ubocze Rec. The event fits into the broader context of activities promoting independent, experimental art and in-depth reflection on the contemporary soundscape.