Wilco has transformed the face of rock music in the last two decades. They are also a symbol, a secret and a movement. After a germinal stage in country, the band around Jeff Tweedy has evolved into one of the most innovative rock groups on the North American scene. Their music is characterized by masterful harmonies, a combination of ingenious soulful sounds, piercing melodies, rich textures and extremely detailed instrumental music. Over the 15 years of their existence they have succeeded in transforming the sources of their inspiration, which includes folk and country as well as pop and rock classics from the sixties and seventies, into a personal and poetic new music with old roots.

Where to buy tickets:

Archa Theatre Box Office - for 720 CZK

www.archatheatre.cz/en/menu/tickets/

Ticketing outlet (and e-tickets) Ticketpro - 790 CZK

www.ticketpro.cz/jnp/en/hudba/rock/377092-stimul-festival-wilco-usa-.html

Photos from this spring

Anti-Pop Consortium, WWW (photo Karel Šuster)

Nurse With Wound, Aranos (photo Karel Šuster)

Venetian Snares, Radian (photo Karel Šuster)

Wolf Eyes, Jamka, Ruinu (photo Kryštof Havlice)

The poster, drawn partially with chalk, is a piece made by the artists Jiří Franta and Marek Meduna, members of the Rafani artist group. The “living poster” was being made on the pavement in Prague´s Holešovice quarter, and its completion lasted about three hours.

And here´s the result:

And here´s a little “making of” from a different perspective:

This holder of two Grammy Awards (for best alternative album Ghost Is Born) has not only transformed the face of rock music over the last two decades, but is also a symbol, a secret and a movement. The band around Jeff Tweedy – lover of lyrical ciphers, surrealistic inversions, signal codes and various acronyms (Wilco is an air force term meaning “I have received the message, understand and will comply”: Will Comply), – has evolved over time (after a germinal stage in country) evolved into one of the most innovative rock bands in North America. Their masterfully harmonic music combines ingenious soulful sounds, piercing melodies, rich sound textures and extremely detailed work with instrumental music: all this is Wilco.

On 28. 9. 2010 at Prague’s Archa Theatre you will have the opportunity to find out that we don’t choose to listen to Wilco’s addictive music, it chooses us.

Tickets for CZK 720 (available at the Archa Theatre box office) and CZK 790 at Ticketpro and Ticketportal outlets. On sale from 10.3.2010!

More info on our website now.

COMPLETE SPRING LINE-UP

MARCH 4 / 20.00

Anti-Pop Consortium (USA), WWW (CZ)

APRIL 30 / 20.00

Nurse With Wound (UK), Aranos (IR)

MAY 15 / 20.00

Venetian Snares (CAN), Radian (AT)

MAY 20 / 20.00

Wolf Eyes (USA)

WWW was created in Prague at the beginning of the 1990s. Nobody then realized that the name of the band would later have a whole new meaning. Originally the name WWW was an abbreviation of “We Want Word”. In those days, WWW brought together the first Czech fans of hip-hip culture and were one of the first Czech rap groups. Together they created the foundations of the local graffiti, break-dance and turntable scenes. After breaking up at the end of the 1990s, WWW returned to the stage with their debut album Neurobeat in 2006 thanks to the newly created independent label BiggBoss.

The music of the main creative force behind WWW, Ondřej Anděra, aka Sifona, contains elements of hip-hop and real world samples, nervous industrial sounds and disturbing electronic structures. The sounds are mainly re-sampled from the real world or digitally generated into an abstract shape. WWW’s work contains elements of hip-hop, but it is not dependent on it, merely using its lively and rhythmic energy.

Like their genre cousins Dälek from New York, total progressiveness is mixed into a futuristic cocktail with elements of slam poetry, Dadaism, free jazz and contemporary electronic music. They debuted in 2000 with the album Tragic Epilogue, which showed the way for many followers, who developed a liking for mixing avant-garde music and rap. With the sonic derangement of their best-known album Arrhythmia they found a home with the British label Warp. In 2003 the Anti Pop Consortium released an album together with jazz pianist Matthew Shipp and then broke up for a while and embarked on various solo projects.

After a six-year break, in 2009 rappers Beans, High Priest, M. Sayyid and producer Earl Blaize made a triumphant comeback with the recording of the album Fluorescent Black, which was released under the Big Dada (Ninja Tune) label.

In the past, the radical foursome has invited Radiohead, Public Enemy and DJ Shadow, among others, to tour with them. Last year, the quartet performed at the London festival All Tomorrow’s Parties. Get your laser swords and anti-proton accelerators ready, Anti-Pop Consortium is coming to conquer the Archa Theatre on March 4!

Tickets to the concert cost CZK 350 in presale / CZK 450 on the spot.

Tickets available at the Archa Theatre box office (Na poříčí 26, Prague 1, tel.: +420 221 716 333) or Ticketpro and Ticketportal outlets (subject to a booking fee).

More info:

http://www.archatheatre.cz/en/menu/programme/27112009day.html

Tickets could be purchased here:

http://www.ticketpro.cz/jnp/en/hudba/rock/268672-stimul-festival-diamanda-galas.html

Here´s a short vid, what you should expect, enjoy:

Fortunately this guy from Brainfeeder squad (Flying Lotus, Samiyam) tours in Europe and we can have him on the bill! He will certainly mix all possible styles and bet, that it´ll be wild...

20:15 Cloaks

21:15 Zomby

22:15 The Bug feat. MC Flowdan and Daddy Freddy

+ official STIMUL afterparty in Cross club