To Rococo Rot | DEU
ABOUT
To Rococo Rot—the Berlin-based outfit—rose to fame through their masterful fusion of electronic textures with live, analogue performance. Their legacy is perhaps best captured by a famous Pitchfork quote describing the group’s music as “sounding entirely digital, yet 100% human.” Established in 1995, the German trio operated with immense success until 2014, when they entered an indefinite hiatus. Their performance in Lublin is therefore an unprecedented event and a unique reactivation of the band. Since 2014, To Rococo Rot has performed only once—a special anniversary concert at a festival in Düsseldorf in December 2022. That same year, to the delight of their global fanbase, the artists released previously unearthed recordings from their legendary John Peel Sessions. Their visit to Lublin represents an absolutely rare and unrepeatable opportunity to experience this highly influential band live.
8 July 2023 | 20:30–21:45 | Festival Tent
GUSSTAFF RECORDS
This concert was presented as part of the Gusstaff Records showcase. Each year, a key element of the Different Sounds festival is the presentation of an influential record label. This year, we have the great pleasure of hosting the cult label Gusstaff Records, which celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2023.
As music journalist Rafał Księżyk writes:
“On exactly 4 May 1998, Janusz Mucha from Zielona Góra registered a business under the name Gusstaff Records, and he continues to run it under that same banner today. While that was the official beginning, the story started much earlier. It began, naturally, with the passion of an alternative music fan. Driven by this obsession, Mucha became a contributor to the zine Korek, published in Wołów from late 1991. He didn’t just write about music; he took his first steps as a publisher there, preparing a cassette compilation of bands from the US and Germany to accompany the magazine. These were the days when obtaining an artist’s permission required writing physical letters. It worked, and from 1996, Mucha and his friend—Korek editor Igor Pietrzykowski—began releasing licensed tapes under the Korek/Gusstaff imprint.”
To discover what happened next and explore the rich catalogue of a Polish publisher dedicated to promoting alternative music, join us on the first day of the festival for an opening conversation dedicated to this exceptional label.
Read Rafał Księzyk’s text (Polish)
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