Music That Matters, Vol. 692 - SPOT Festival in Aarhus

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4.6 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2019

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Your overnight goblin, Abbie, takes you on a journey of musical discovery inspired by her visit to SPOT Festival in Aarhus, Denmark this past Spring. Founded in 1994, SPOT began as a local music event and has since grown considerably, hosting early performances from acts like Sigur Rós, The Raveonettes, Junior Senior, múm, and more. Discover an array of emerging artists that bend the genres of minimalist folk, shamstep, post-punk, and techno.

1. Hjalte Ross - Falling
2. Tuvaband - Unknown
3. Varnrable - Blink of an Eye
4. Hôy la - Shame
5. Deadpan - Country Walker
6. Dark Times - Blazing
7. Boundaries - Always A Way
8. Beverly Kills - In This Dim Light
9. Dawda Jobarteh - Begging Boys
10. 47SOUL - Intro to Shamstep (Live on KEXP)
11. Special-K - Imposter Syndrome Self Help Song
12. Shikoswe - To The Dogs
13. Linn Koch-Emmery - Waves
14. Alcabean - Tsukuyomi
15. Pish - Crime
16. Birds Ov Paradise - Plejset
17. Courtesy - Hey

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0:00.0	Hello there. Welcome to another edition of the Music That Matters podcast here at KeeXP. And my name is Abby. You can find me haunting the overnights on Wednesdays 1 a.m. to 6 a.m. And I was so excited to join Midday Show host Shera Waters and our digital content manager, Dusty, on an epic trip this past spring to Spot Festival in Arhus, Denmark.
0:23.0	And this festival was first founded in 1994.
0:26.5	It began as a local music event that's grown so much over the last 25 years.
0:31.7	And it hosted early performances from acts that you are probably familiar with,
0:36.7	including Siguross, the Raven Nats,
0:39.8	Moom, Junior, Senior, and More. And it features the best of Nordic talent from Denmark,
0:45.1	Iceland, Norway, Finland, Sweden, and a huge array as well this year. And there's many
0:53.1	music styles and genres with over 100 bands across 39
0:57.5	venues and Spot Festival was not lacking. And we had so much fun running around, discovering
1:03.6	new music to bring back to you. One of the first acts we saw was Danish singer-songwriter Yalta Ross. He just dropped his debut LP
1:14.0	Emboddy, and it was amazing to see him take the stage. He brought his guitar, sat down,
1:20.4	and then this semicircle formed around him, this five-piece backing band that added an amazing energy to his songs.
1:29.7	And here is one of them.
1:31.2	It's called Falling.
1:32.2	It's Yalta Ross on the Music That Matters podcast here on K-E-X-P. Follow Falling together again Falling
2:03.6	apart from my friends
2:20.3	But I'm satisfied I couldn't sleep that night Not good What a day
2:38.0	What a day
2:42.0	It could have been
2:44.0	But I have what does house I'm
2:51.6	The I'm I'm I'm The I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm Falling, becoming away way Falling
3:44.6	I have to pay
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