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VIP- News - January 2010
Norway, Finnish Music Information Centre,
Wallonie Bruxelles Musique, Muziek Centrum
Vlaanderen, Buma Cultuur, Initiative
Musik, Ministry of Culture France, Ministry
of Culture Cyprus and the Noorderslag
Foundation and Sena Performers. (The
Dutch Neighbouring rights organisation),
the show went on.
Each Eurosonic since then has seen an increase
in these ETEP figures with the 2009
edition bringing a total of 214 shows with
75 artists from 18 countries playing at 60
ETEP festivals in 20 countries. Without
doubt this initiative has opened up festival
stages throughout Europe for new
talent and has greatly contributed to the
international success of artists including
Under Byen (dk), Teitur (far), Seeed (d),
Within Temptation (nl), The Soundtrack Of
Our Lives (s) Franz Ferdinand, (uk) T. Raumschmiere
(d) Beatsteaks (d) Moneybrother
(S) Kaizers Orchestra (n) Editors (uk), The
Do (fr) Blood Red Shows (uk), White Lies
(uk) and many others.
The following quotes from showcasing
artists, international media and Eurosonic
Noorderslag Conference delegates speak
for themselves:
“We didn’t feel any pressure at Eurosonic this
year. At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter
what job title each member of the audience
has, they are still potential fans and still have
the ability to be moved and excited by your
music. The whole event is in the beautiful
town of Groningen and has a great vibe that
Charles Cave, White Lies
»Eurosonic is an
important event for any band
who wants to get gigging in
mainland Europe.
Tonnes of fun and seriously
worthwhile«
- James Yuill
comes with all early shows in bands careers.
It just so happened that after our show, some
of the audience became fans and thus asked
us to play on some of the festivals and shows
that they book and that was very flattering.
From that show we were allowed to discover
some beautiful areas of Europe over the
summer. Parts of Southern Norway, Sweden
and even as far as the Czech Republic
and Poland. We feel lucky to have played,
and proud we won some new fans.” Charles
Cave, White Lies
“Eurosonic is an important event for any
band who wants to get gigging in mainland
Europe. Tonnes of fun and seriously worthwhile.”
James Yuill
“Eurosonic is one of those weird showcase
things you do but feel uncomfortable about
because it’s crawling with music industry
types and not many real people, a bit like
SXSW. But much like SXSW, if you do a good
job of it, you get some way cool stuff out of it.
We found that we got offered a lot of good
festival slots and started to sell out our Dutch
club shows really quickly after doing it, so I
reckon it was worth it. It’s also in a really
fucking cool town.” Blood Red Shoes
“It’s quite simple: we made a car called De
Staat, and Eurosonic Noorderslag was our
ticket to the freeway. Sure, we’ve done our
share of dirt roads, playing local bars and
small festivals. People might had heard of De
Staat, but Noorderslag really got the thing
moving. After our showcases at Eurosonic
and Noorderslag 2010 we started playing
clubs, and before we could hear one bird
whistle, we were set for the summer. Festivals
like Pinkpop, Lowlands, Dour, The Great Escape
and Sziget are now gigs we can proudly
brag about.” De Staat, NL
‘One of the most important platforms there
is for bands looking to break into the European
Market.’ Music Week (UK)
»The most important gathering
in the European live music
business calendar«
- Pollstar
‘The place to second guess who’ll be the big
European bands of the year.’ NME (UK)
‘The most important gathering in the European
live music business calendar.‘ Pollstar
(USA)
‘A great and unique event for up-and-coming
acts.’ European Broadcasting Union
(CH)
‘The place to be’ Intro (DE)
‘Why can´t this last forever?’ Rockpalast
(DE)
“Eurosonic was a great opportunity for Fight
Like Apes to show off to a European audience.
Soon after their performance, they
were booked to play a number of festivals
from Spain to Holland. It’s a well run event,
big on live, radio and web opportunities.”
Niall Muckian, Rubyworks Records (IE)
“The best start of the year a festival booker
could ask for.” Rob Chalice, Summer Sundae
(UK)
In all ETEP at Eurosonic Noorderslag has
seen a grand total of 965 shows by 346
European Artists since 2003, and 2010
looks set to again break records, advancing
the project and adding significantly
to this total. However, as more and more
people from all areas of the music industry
are becoming aware of the event and
the Programme, organiser Peter Smidt
of Buma Cultuur, and his colleague Ruud
Berends know that there is no room for
complacency if, as is their wish and intention,
they are to expand ETEP into new
territories. Further nurturing is required
if it is to continue its work in helping deserving
talent to cross as many borders as
possible. In order for all to benefit from
the obvious opportunities offered by
ETEP support and lobbying will be needed
from the industry – that’s YOU, as well
as regional, national and international
cultural and trade organisations.
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