Copenhagen Distortion

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Copenhagen Distortion
Date(s) Week of first Saturday in June
Frequency Annual
Location(s) Copenhagen, Denmark
Years active 1998-present
Attendance ~125.000
Budget 10,000,000 DKK (2013)[1]
Organised by The Distortion Foundation
Website
www.cphdistortion.dk

Copenhagen Distortion is a middle-size festival for party/club culture, taking place in the streets of Copenhagen, Denmark, and in dozens of unusual locations around city, every year during the week of the first Saturday in June. The festival's cultural focus is on club culture, upfront dance music, street life, contemporary art (only when related to nightlife or public space), social art and Copenhagen's new independent media (print and web).

History

The name, the concept of mixing all genres and the tag-line "Distortion — A Celebration of Copenhagen Nightlife" were founded in September 1998 for a one-night party in the nightclub Mantra in Tivoli, Copenhagen.[2] Distortion became a 5-day mobile festival in June 2000, with seven parties in five days. Distortion started its international party hosting concept in 2004 with DJ Colette hosting a radio show on a boat and an after-party . By June 2008, Distortion had grown to one of the largest cultural celebrations in Copenhagen.[3] In 2011, Distortion had 80.000-100.000 people per day [4]

Distortion profile

A celebration of street-life and nightlife

Copenhagen Distortion is "a celebration of streetlife & nightlife" orchestrating 150+ dancefloors hosted by 150+ local and international icons of streetlife and nightlife (people, shops, clubs, galleries, labels, magazines…). The characteristic Distortion atmosphere involves high-energy impulsive chaos with a strong "streetlife freedom" feel. The music selection is sharp and upfront: names like Hot Chip, Simian Mobile Disco, Spank Rock feat. Amanda Blank and Sebastien Tellier were booked for Distortion events before they had become underground heroes of international scope (see notable names & dates below). The festival has always been a Copenhagen leader in the field of using urban space and unusual locations: In the years 2005-2006 the festival started to focus strongly on outdoor street parties. In 2008 Distortion changed its tagline "A Celebration of Copenhagen Nightlife" to "A Celebration of Streetlife & Nightlife": out of 56 events, 14 of them were street parties and 3 of them were massive outdoor block parties on famous Copenhagen squares (Latin Quarters + Sankt Hans Torv + Enghave Plads). In 2011, Copenhagen Distortion became one of the largest street events in Europe with 80.000-100.000 people per day. [5]

Mobile festival

One of the unique aspects of the festival is its mobile nature. Distortion happens each day in a different neighbourhood (5 days = 5 areas), attracting 6,000–10,000(50,000-100,000 in the later years) people per day to events that often are mobile themselves: parades, boat parties, bus parties, street races, block parties…

Music profile

DJ Lyne and Nitai firing up the party at Distortion 2011.
Copenhagen Distortion 2011

Notable names that have played at Distortion :[citation needed]

And more.

Party Profile

They hosted parties at Distortion events:

  • Vice (Scandinavia/2005+06+07+08)
  • colette (Paris/2004)
  • The Royal Theatre (Turbinehallerne/2005)
  • Rio (Berlin/2008)
  • d-i-r-t-y.com (Paris/2004+05+06+07)
  • EasyJetSet (Berlin/2008)
  • Electro GoGo / Mark Moore (London/2005)
  • Pig Magazine (Milan/2008)
  • BPitchCtrl (Berlin/2005)
  • Kitsuné (Paris/2005)
  • Optimo (Glasgow/2005)
  • Wet Yourself (London/2008)
  • Resident Advisor (London/2008)
  • Redbull Music Academy (2013)
  • Phantasy Records (London/2013)
  • TrouwAmsterdam (Amsterdam/2013)

And many more..

References

  1. ↑ Brudvig, Mette. "Nedslående regnskab: Distortion bliver ikke det samme næste år" (in Danish). politiken.dk. Retrieved 3 June 2013. 
  2. ↑ Kirkbak, Jesper; Lasse Ladefoged, Kathrine Kellemann, Jonas Pröschold (June 1, 2012). "Distortions historie: Fra Tivoli til Tistorion" (in Danish). urbankbh.dk. Retrieved 1 June 2013. 
  3. ↑ Andersen, Louise (2008-06-09). "31.000 deltog i Distortions festkaravane" (in Danish). Politiken.dk. Retrieved 2013-06-01. 
  4. ↑ Lautrup, Claes (2011-06-02). "100.000 til larmende fredelig Distortion-åbning" (in Danish). Berlingske. Retrieved 2013-06-01. 
  5. ↑ Anderson, Timothy (May 2007). "The Copenhagen Distortion Festival 2007 countdown". The Copenhagen Report. Retrieved 1 June 2013. 
  6. ↑ Nika, Colleen (2012-06-08). "Copenhagen Distortion Festival Is Europe's Own SXSW". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2013-06-01. 

Other resources

External links

Festivals in Denmark
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