Supersonic Festival

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Supersonic Festival
Location(s) Birmingham, England
Years active 2003-present
Founded by Lisa Meyer and Jenny Moore
Date(s) Second weekend in July (3 days)
Genre(s) Experimental, Noise, Drone, Metal, Electronic, Hip-hop
Website http://www.capsule.org.uk/supersonic/

Supersonic Festival is an annual music festival held at the Custard Factory in Birmingham, England. The first Supersonic Festival was organised by Lisa Meyer and Jenny Moore and held on 12th July, 2003, with experimental music band Coil headlining. The festival began life as a single day event but expanded in 2004 to include a second day, and again in 2008 with a third day being added.

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[edit] Festival details

[edit] Supersonic 2003

Saturday, 12th July 2003

Line-up: Coil, DJ Food, LCD Soundsystem, The Bug, Kid Acne/DJ Req One and Remark, V/VM, PCM, Pram, Nicholas James Bullen, Teatowel, Deadsunrising, Spectrum Orchestra (featuring:Brian Duffy/Mike in Mono / Floach), The Mighty Jungulator, Bathysphere, IACON + PirateHairWaves, Chris Read, Adam Regan, Capsule Dj's, Warp Films, Beat13, Rolf Gehlhaar, Jonah Brucker-Cohen, Lisa Meyer, Kid Acne, Req.

[edit] Supersonic 2004

Thursday, 22nd July - Saturday, 24th July 2004

Line-up: Q and Not U, Bullet Union, Noise Noise Allore, Luke Vibert, Cylob, DJ X, Neil Landstrumm,[Sir Real, Paul Damage, Harvey Lane, DJ Dick, Dr. Lies, Capsule Girls, Senor Coconut + His Orchestra, Spektrum, Zongamin, DJ Scud, Panacea, Chris Clark, British Murder Boys, Christ, Panic DHH, Kreepa vs Black Galaxy, Ward, PCM, VD_MOTH, Fast Lady, Team Shadetek, Mike in Mono, Midaircondo, Berg Sans Nipple, Pemalas, Piratehairwaves + DOTB + Esquilax, Terror Byte + Jade One.

[edit] Supersonic 2005

Friday, 8th July - Saturday, 9th July 2005

Line-up: Psychic TV, Dälek, Battles, Jesu, Aereogramme, Michael Rother & Dieter Moebius, Merzbow vs Stephen O'Malley, Surgeon, Paul Damage, Sir Real, Nicky B, Harvey Lane,DJ X, Shitmat, Chris Clark, PCM, Granine + Stuart Braithwaite - Mogwai DJ set, Esquilax, Brian Duffy and Modified Toy Orchestra, Barbara Morgenstern + Robert Lippok, Black Galaxy vs Kreepa, Martin Creed + His Band, David Cunningham, Sol_dat, Trevor Jackson, Colder, Noise Noise Alore!, Formation Flight, Tunng, Khonnor.

[edit] Supersonic 2006

Friday, 21st July - Saturday, 22nd July 2006

Line-up: Isis, High on Fire, Broadcast, Michael Gira, Modified Toy Orchestra, Una Corda, Hanne Hukkelburg, Andy Votel, Shy Child, Zombi, US Maple, Knives, Circulus, Mills & Boon, Michael Rother & Dieter Moebius, Thrones, Circle, Final, Alexander Tucker, Haddonfield Illinois, Voice of the Seven Woods, The Bug, DJ Food, DJ Scotch Egg, Shitmat, PCM, Mistress, Wrong Music Crew.

[edit] Supersonic 2007

Friday, 13th July - Saturday, 14th July 2007

Line-up: Mogwai, Sunn O))), Om, Qui, Pharaoh Overlord, Miasma & The Carousel of Headless Horses, Tunng, Otto von Schirach, Kling Klang, Wolf Eyes, Kid606, Fuck Buttons, Modified Toy Orchestra, Crippled Black Phoenix, Chrome Hoof, Jazkamer, Oxbow Duo, Voice of the Seven Woods, Shady Bard, Migrant, Serafina Steer, Shit & Shine, Beestung Lips, Duracell, Calvados Beam Trio, Esquilax, Strings of Consciousness, PCM, Deadsunrising, Drop the Lime, Monarch, Bela Emerson.


[edit] Supersonic 2008

Friday, 11th July - Sunday, 13th July 2008

Line-up: Battles, Grave Temple (Stephen O'Malley, Julian Cope, Oren Ambarchi, Attila Csihar), Red Sparowes, Efterklang, Earth, Dälek, Kikuri feat. Merzbow and Keiji Haino, Fuck Buttons, DJ /rupture, Max Tundra, Harmonia, Parts & Labor, Oxbow, Oren Ambarchi, Wooden Shjips, Guapo, Cutting Pink with Knives, Magnétophone, DJ Scotch Egg, Harvey Milk, Noxagt, Thrones, Asva, Errors, The Heads, Orthodox, Alexander Tucker, Rolo Tomassi, Black Sun, Pierre Bastien, The Oscillation, The Owl Service, Maruosa, Ove Naxx, Cath & Phil Tyler, ZX Spectrum Orchestra, Dokkebi Q, PCM, Beestung Lips, Einstellung, Jah Dan, Bogulta, Heatseekers, The Courtesy Group, Justice Yeldman, Drumize.

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