Join us on Thursday evening, July 25, between 19-23 as we kick off this year’s Nonagon festival at the docks of Svanö.
Get festival-ready with a swim in the clear water or enjoy the soothing warmth of the wood-fired sauna and hot tub. We´ll also fire up the barbeque and serve hot dogs. Play some volleyball or boule, or just come and hang out.
Artists:
19.00 Robin Forest
19.30 PTK.SNDNR
20.00 Puzzlebox
20.30 AKB
21.00 Catterfly
21.30 Slim Vic
22.00 Oestergaards
Slim Vic
Sound and music magician Viktor ”Slim Vic” Zeidner is a tireless chameleon in the Swedish electronic music scene. With a background as a technically skilled DJ in the house genre, he likes to mix influences from all corners of the world. He has written soundtracks for the doom of the earth, written music for theater and dance and sound-designed hockey arenas.
In 2014 came the debut album Brain Mash, which for many was surprisingly a journey in sound art and dark ambient. A genre he continues to release music in alongside more dancing songs and above all remixes.
With his lightning-fast fingers on the turntables, Viktor usually uses DJ technology to create sound images and collage worlds, such as in the concept ‘Glitch Scratch’ where he uses 10 vinyl players like a polyphonic synth to build up sound worlds and music.
Slim has done colaborations on records with AKB, Lehnberg, Görgen Antonsson and Singular and is a member of improband Hawaii (Johan Sundberg), metalband Dieselkopf, improband OLÅT (Eva Lindal, Thomas Bjelkeborn & Ida Lundén) and avant-garde band Alderholmens Futuristiska (Olle Oljud & LEHNBERG).
Slim Vic is the director of Lamour Records. Since 2012 they have released over 150 records, both limited avant-garde ambient releases and Swedish grammy nominated techno artists. Lamour organize festivals and club nights in Sweden and Europe. The label also run Lamour Record Store in Gävle with a fine selection of Nordic electronic music on cassette and vinyl, Lamour Record Store.
AKB
Behind the name AKB resides instrumentalist Anna-Karin Berglund from Gävle, Sweden. Her debut album ”Marianergraven” was released on February 2020 and it is her own take on the ambient genre, with melodies moving slowly, forming a menacingly areal atmosphere, where the soaring laments are able to float freely across the sonic panorama. The musical origins of this album comes from an avid fascination with the ocean and its secrets. The idea of how the pressure and darkness of the depths may sound and the unknown mystery attached to the Pacific abyss of the Marianas trench evokes both a calmness and a breathtaking feeling of bottomlessly sinking into the darkness way down deep. She utilizes the electronic tonalities from syntheses, loops and effects to create a slowly growing and floating ambient structure, which is both melodic and dissonant combined.
The first release under her own name came in April 2016 with the EP Söndagsbarn (via Lamour Records), on which the four tracks carries clear influences from the 70-80’s ambient with its space-fragrant, cosmic soundscapes. In 2017 AKB was awarded ‘Best Solo Act’ of the year at the Local Heroes Gala in Gävle, Sweden.
Catterfly
Welcome to the strange world of Catterfly. Unusual ideas of ambient and psychedelic electronica in a fantasy of metamorphoses.
The multi-artist and music producer Emma Sörensen formed her electronic solo project Catterfly back in 2015 and since then she has played live, released singles and remixes. She is a multi-instrumentalist who likes to explore the point where field recordings, the electronic and acoustic instruments, such as voice, flutes, accordion and harmonica, meets. Catterfly’s music is described as imaginative and surrealistic sound formations, which are built up through improvisational and emotional expressions. Organic electronic music with an aura of folk music.
Robin Forest
Robin Forest is the solo project of Sweden/Gävle based musician/producer Robin Forsgren.
Oestergaards
Oestergaards, the Swedish dark ambient artist, is no stranger to the shadowy side of music. Tomas Östergårds, a resident of Edsbyn, has been active in this dark sphere since 2016 and has established himself as a master of exploring the dystopian soundscape.
With three impressive EPs as testimony, Oestergaards has proven time and time again that his true home is in the dark sound chamber. His musical journey has resulted in international attention and a celebrated place as “the next big thing” in the dark ambient genre.
Oestergaards creates a sound world that is roughly chiseled out of a black gap, a soundscape that can best be described as disturbing and unpleasant. In this misty darkness there is an almost total absence of light, and this is where the artist thrives best. His music carries a dystopian power that permeates every note, creating an atmosphere of mystery and enchantment.
Over the years, Oestergaards has become synonymous with a unique ability to create soundscapes that go beyond the conventional and reach into the sublime.
With each composition, Oestergaards takes listeners on a journey through the unknown and evokes emotions and thoughts that are rarely explored in music. His contribution to the dark side of music has made him a prominent figure and a source of inspiration for those seeking musical courage and innovation. Oestergaards continues to shape a sound world where the black gap becomes a portal to an enchanting and evocative dimension.
PTK.SNDNR
PTK.SNDNR is audiovisual artist Patrik Sandenor’s gathering place for exploring and collecting sound and image within the electronic realm. With a love for 90’s -2000’s hardware synths and grooveboxes, mixed music projects and visuals are created but also combination of it.
Puzzlebox (Martin Zeidner & Anna Linander)
Newly arrived electropop duo Puzzlebox is a musical collision between two curious creatures from widely different galactic home addresses. When the synth-loving dance music producer Martin Zeidner teams up with the wide spectrum voice of Anna Linander and her existential lyrics it results in an electric charge that creates echoes that bounce from Svanö to Saturn ⚡ 🪐 ✨