Active since 2005, German label Denovali has fully established itself as a force in the world of experimental music. Refusing to be limited by genre constraints, for the last seven years the imprint has displayed its wares at a yearly Swingfest in Essen, West Germany, expanding to legs in Berlin and London in 2013.
This year’s Berlin edition is a seriously interesting proposition, with an extremely rare collaborative performance from visionary pairing Nils Petter Molvaer and Moritz von Oswald alongside experimental dub producer/composer Forest Swords, Edinburgh-based Jazz collective Hidden Orchestra, the immersive electronics of Brazilian born Ricardo Donoso and Turkish artist Ah! Kosmos – whose extraordinary debut album Bastards premiered on crackmagazine.net recently – across its two-day duration. The no-headliner policy, which sees all acts play for the same amount of time in a random order, is typical of the Denovali label’s commitment to pushing things forward.
Denovali Swingfest Berlin takes place at RADIALSYSTEM V, Holzmarktstraße 33, 10243 Berlin, 13-14 June at a cost of €30 per day. For tickets and info visit the Denovali website.
