Archives: Artists

2024 Fill a cauldron with equal parts melodic folk sensitivity and hard dance artillery, and what comes out might sound something like Vilde Tuv & DJ IBONs duo project. In the expansive universe of avant-garde pop music, the Norwegian cult songwriter Vilde Tuv, stands out for her beautifully unfiltered live performances, where delicate and courageous…

(NO) 2024 Viktor Bomstad (b. 1992) is a traditional joiker and experimental guitarist from northern Sápmi/Norway. He is the current regional joiker for Troms and Finnmark, a unique position in Norway that seeks to promote exciting joikers in the region. Viktor is passionate about exploring various sonic traditions and pushing the boundaries of how joik…

(IT/NL) 2024 Since debuting on Rotterdam based imprint Nous’Klaer 6 years ago, Thessa Thorsing, aka upsammy, has carved out a profound sound within the more bass-heavy and trippy registers of club music.  Aside from being a skilled producer, upsammy is also well versed behind the booth. With a residencies at Amsterdam Noord and NTS, and…

(NL) 2024 Since debuting on Rotterdam based imprint Nous’Klaer 6 years ago, Thessa Thorsing, aka upsammy, has carved out a profound sound within the more bass-heavy and trippy registers of club music. Aside from being a skilled producer, upsammy is also well versed behind the booth. With a residencies at Amsterdam Noord and NTS, and…

(IT) 2024 THE GLORIA is a sound artist who fuses archaic mythology with a deformed post-human future. Evolving from a dark duo in Portiolo in 2022 to a solo act led by Macfra now in Tromsø, her work mirrors human psychosis and nature’s punishment. This audio-visual project defies categorization, with live performances blending harsh noise,…

(NO) 2024 tda075’s sound derives from an interest in field recordings, pop, Caribbean and latin club music. Their style is experimental, deconstructed and hybrid. tda075 is presented through the Cloud: Exit programme. Cloud: Exit is a part of Insomnia Festivals efforts to help develop and nurture new talents in the electronic music scene of northern…

(JP/ID) 2024 Takkak Takkak is a new duo project by the Berlin-based Japanese screwball producer Shigeru Ishihara (aka Dj Scotch Egg, waqwaq kingdom, scotch rolex) and the Vilnius-based Indonesian junk multi-instrumentalist J. Mo’ong Santoso Pribadi (one half of Raja Kirik). Each artist is known and loved for their solo, idiosyncratic productions. Together they fuse their…

(DK) 2024 SLIM0 is an experimental art-rock trio based in Copenhagen consisting of the members Mija Milovic, Lena Milovic and Simin Stine Ramezanali. With their respective backgrounds in film direction, visual arts, theater and film score composing they bring a wide range of influences and obsessions that transcend beyond the rock genre. With their most…

(NO) 2024 Kurant Visningsrom 18th and 19th of October 19:00-20:00Hansjordnesgata 1B Insomnia Festival and Kurant Visningsrom is proud to present performer and dancer Eva Svaneblom and DJ Saunasatan for the premiere of their performance Queerilainen: Wood shed-flirting.Snowmobile-intimacy.Shining in work clothes.Concrete slow dancing.Glam up my fleece jacket.Moose hunting untz untz. Queerilainen is a solo work with dance and…

(NO) 2024 O. Blom is a precocious talent with an innate musical ability, building atmospheric sets fusing percussive rhythms with ethereal melodies. She is the 2018 recipient of Insomnia Festival’s Cloud: Exit talent scholarship and was also invited back for a DJ set in the 2021 installment. She is currently a resident at the Oslo…