Eine Woche vor der grossen Pressekonferenz, bei der das Roskilde sein nahezu komplettes Lineup für 2012 präsentiert, gibt uns das Festival in einer letzten Bandwelle drei weitere Teilnehmer an die Hand. Es handelt sich dabei um Ruben Blades, Paul Kalkbrenner und Lee Ranaldo. Wie das Festival selber sagt, Vorreiter in ihren jeweiligen Genres.
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Das Fstival zu seinen Neuen:
RUBÉN BLADES (PAN) is one of the flagships in hard, politically indignated “salsa dura”, and he can write several titles on his business card – including lawyer, politician and actor. However, it’s as a singer and musician that the Panama legend’s star is biggest. With the characteristic piano riffs, congas and brass, Rubén Blades is ready to start up a pure salsa party.
PAUL KALKBRENNER (DE) has become some kind of figurehead for the Berlin techno scene, not least because of the film Berlin Calling in which he played the leading role just as he composed the soundtrack. The latest album Icke Wiedercements the German’s talent for creating beautiful and harmonious minimal techno. Now the Berliner beats move to Roskilde Festival. Brace yourself for an electronic party in widescreen, which will probably put the German in the company of former Roskilde conquerors as Trentemøller and Tiësto.
LEE RANALDO (US) has been a core member of genre-defining noise rock band Sonic Youth for 30 years. The band is now on hiatus, and it has given Ranaldo time to complete his solo project, which was started back in 2010. As a guitarist Ranaldo has been at the intersection between experimental minimalism and alternative rock, and he has recently released his first song-oriented solo rock album Between The Times And The Tides.
