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Ticket sale for May 5 has been stopped!

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Ola

Please note that the ticket sale for the 3rd day of the Asymmetry Festival has been stopped. We still have tickets for tomorrow available for purchase. Tickets for today are sold out.

FESTIVAL PASSES ARE SOLD OUT!

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Ola

We have sold out all the passes for Asymmetry Festival 4.0. There’s still a certain amount of day tickets available for purchase – during the festival – at the ticket-selling point from 5 P.M. tomorrow at Bourgeois Brewery. Please note – we do not make any ticket reservations from now on.

“We’re great chefs!” – Interview with Antonio Zitarelli and Luca T.Mai of Mombu

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Ola

There are only a few people from Italy I’ve met so far, who didn’t care at all about football. Antonio Zitarelli and Luca T.Mai of extraordinary band Mombu are among those few. Instead of following games and statistics this duo is focused on creating music of unbelievable spontaneity and energy. And guess what, Luca and Antonio are also very into… cooking!

Luca T. Mai is a saxophone player known from Italian band Zu. Antonio’s, drummer, skills we were able to observe in another Italian band, Neo. Both guys joined forces in Mombu, duo, that creates a unique musical chemistry through mixing African rhythms and jazz together. The result is mysterious, disturbing, engaging, to say least. Watching the band performing live is one-of-a-kind experience. And guys themselves are very easy-going, funny, willing to talk. We are happy, that Mombu agreed to play on 4th installment of Asymmetry Festival. Here is what Luca and Antonio had to say a few weeks before the show. Enjoy and share with your friends!

 

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ASYMMETRY FESTIVAL TICKETS

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Ola

Attention!!!
We inform, that on May 2nd, 2012, midnight, we cease the pre-sale of single-day and whole-festival Asymmetry Festival tickets at all the ticket sellers. From now on they will only be available at the box office in the area of the Browar Mieszczański [Bourgeois Brewery]. However, SINGLE-DAY TICKETS FOR A SPECIFIC DAY WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLY JUST BEFORE THE PERFORMANCES, e.g. tickets for May 5th will be available not earlier than May 5th.

The box office will be open from 5:00 pm on each day of the event. The tickets will be available in the following prices: whole-festival (3 day) ticket – 240PLN (still available on the first day), single-day ticket (for may 3rd and 5th) – 130PLN, single-day ticket (May 4th) – 70PLN.

Emotionally honest – Interview with Colin H. van Eeckhout, vocalist of Amenra

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Ola

Phenomenal Belgian band Amenra is no stranger to Asymmetry Festival at all. And they remember very well, that Firlej crew, responsible for organizing the event, help them a few years back to expose their magnificent art to Polish audience.

 

On Asymmetry Festival 2012 the band established in 1999 in Kortrijk will perform twice! Fans are to witness an acoustic and a “traditional” show. Those, who are familiar with Amenra live know, that Belgian band delivers something unique and very emotional. There are screamy vocal of Colin H. van Eeckhout, low tones and harsh riffs, immersed in a post-hardcore/sludge stylistic and dark, magical atmosphere. We talked to Colin a few weeks prior to the band’s shows on Asymmetry Festival 2012. As a result we know, that Amenra will be playing some new stuff from long-awaited album “Mass V”, which still is in the works! And Polish fans will be the first to experience it! Isn’t it a great news?! Some more you will find in a transcript of our conversation with Colin. Enjoy!
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WROCLAW TOUR FOR ASYMMETRY’S FANS

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Ola

If you want to visit some of the most interesting places in the Lower Silesia’s capital city, please submit your application for a trip prepared especially for you. It’s completely free for the ticket and festival passes holders. A qualified guide from the Wroclavia travel bureau will accompany the group at such places as magical Cathedral Island and the bustling main square - Rynek . The trip starts May 4 at 11 AM from the parking lot in front of the Panorama of the Battle of Raclawice (11 Purkyniego St.). Approx. duration of the trip is 3 hrs. If you are willing to participate, let us know via email by the end of April: wroclavia@gmail.com

The Ascent of Everest has cancelled their European tour.

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Ola

Due to The Ascent of Everest’s tour cancelation, FORUM stage starts at 7:30 PM on the third day of the Festival.

Extraordinary guests of the Asymmetry Festival in Wrocław – European Capital of Culture 2016

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Ola

The artistic directors of some of Europe’s music festivals will be the guests of this year’s edition of Asymmetry Festival, between May 3rd-5th. They will come to Wrocław, to witness the particularity and character of Asymmetry, take a closer look at the Polish audience and take part in performances by bands, who they’ll be interested in in the future.

The guests will be able to present their activities, exchange experiences and will sightsee the city which is preparing itself to take over the function of the European Culture Capital. The directors will speak about their plans and experiences regarding the organization of events, in the East and West of Europe, during a press conference and an open to the public discussion panel.

The Asymmetry Festival director, Robert Chmielewski, assures, that he aims at inviting his colleagues to establish closer contacts and a mutual co-operation: “we plan on becoming an activity platform, of a wider, social scale. A platform for common projects and compositions, a place of meeting of artists and promoters of music from the entire Europe”.
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Robert Chmielewski: „Our audience is growing up”

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Ola

Four years have almost passed from the day of Asymmetry Festival’s establishment in Wroclaw. This anniversary comes with many changes – not only the repertoire ones, but… well, exactly. Robert Chmielewski tells us few things about novelties and how does the festival work look from the kitchen, also with some notes about the East expansion plans.
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It will be more interesting- A chat with Robert Chmielewski and Tomek Jurek, the director and executive producer of Asymmetry Festival, respectfully.

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Ola

Administering the long May weekend time is not  a problem for lots of fans of alternative music in Poland. That’s the time when Asymmetry Festival takes place in Wrocław. The annual event, which attracts fames of alternative rock, metal, electronics, rap and jazz. The fourth edition will take place from May 3rd till May 5th, 2012. And will be a little different than the previous ones.

Asymmetry Festival came to be thanks to a co-operation between Robert Chmielewski, the director of Ośrodek Działan Artystycznych [Centre for Artistic Activities] “Firlej”, and Tomek Jurek, a marketer who fell in love with independent music, an organizer of numerous shows of alternative artists in Poland. It all began in 2009. The festival which was held in “Firlej” for three editions, gained a respectable reputation in Poland, as well as abroad. The fourth meeting will be quite different. Foremost, the event will take place in a different location for the first time – the Browar Mieszczański [Bourgeois Brewery]. It won’t lack in legends of the alternative, like Killing Joke and Sleep. Other ways it’ll be different? What was the biggest surprise so far? These are the questions, among others, answered by Robert Chmielewski and Tomek Jurek.
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