New names added to the Grauzone 2022 Line up!

AUTOMATIC, KING HANNAH, KRISTOF HAHN (SWANS), OFRA, HORSEGIRL, CHELSEABOY, KORINE AND MORE ARE ADDED TO THE LINE UP. 

We’re happy to share additional new names for Grauzone 2022! LA post punk trio Automatic return to Grauzone with a new album after their amazing show in 2020. Kristof Hahn is best known as a long time member of Swans and his droney lap-steel guitar. At Grauzone he will exclusively present songs from his recent album. 

Liverpool band King Hannah arrived out of nowhere with a fully formed hypnotic sound somewhere between Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval and Lana Del Ray receiving rave reviews of everything they’ve dropped so far, bringing it live to Grauzone Festival 2022! 

Chicago trio Horsegirl were dubbed the “champions of SXSW 2022” by NME and will tour Europe for the first time. Their debut album is out in June on Matador, recorded by John Agnello (Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr.) with elements of ‘80s and ‘90s indie, post punk, no wave and shoegaze. Philly electro-pop/synthwave duo Korine also toured Europe for the first time. The duo’s 2018 debut New Arrangements is regarded as one of the best synth-pop records in recent years.

Hull shoegazers BDRMM were one of the best acts at last year's Left Of The Dial Festival in Rotterdam. Their debut album ‘’Bedroom’’ (2020) got 5 stars by NME who called it a ‘’Modern-day shoegaze classic’’. A must for fans of DIIV, Ride and Slowdive. OFRA, co-founder of the Rotterdam-based online radio station Operator, will make you dance through the night with her eclectic mix of EBM, wave, new beat, electro, punk & shoegaze. 

Ghum from London have unified on creating post-punk and goth, with a hint of grunge. Antwerp NOWAVE band Brorlab pack their tracks as well as sets with so much energy their 10 minute live performances have been likened to fellow Belgians Cocaine Piss. Dream Pop shoegaze outfit Resplandor, originally started in Peru and is now based in Amsterdam.Their new album Tristeza is produced by Robin Guthrie of the Cocteau Twins, and mastered by Simon Scott of Slowdive. 

Gender hybrid drag performer ChelseaBoy (Rupaul Dragrace) teams up with wearable sculpture artist Daphne Karstens for performance PING.

Grauzone Festival 2022 expands to new locations at Nieuwe Kerk and Filmhuis in addition to the previously announced locations at the pop stage Het Paard, The Grey Space In The Middle, the Paardcafe and a record market. In addition, there will be an extensive GRAUKUNST exhibition, GRAUFILM programme of film screenings, performances, and seminars, which will be announced very soon.

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