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What they said about SPOT 2014

Henrik Friis
May 7, 2014

(Photos: Euzen@spot 2014  – chosen for the M’era Luna Festival, in  Germany, by Alan Høgholm. Portraits: Jonas Kjærsgaard + archive) Around 350 international media and industry people went to SPOT 2014. We’ve asked some of them about their thoughts on […]

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Massive turnout at networking with English labels

Henrik Friis
May 6, 2014

By Snævar Albertsson & Henrik Friis. Photo: Jonas Kjærsgaard and Henrik Friis This year’s SPOT Festival was made noticeable by, among other things, having attracted long a line of leading English record labels to the festival. Those strings had been […]

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SPOT 2014 – What an Anniversary!

Henrik Friis
May 4, 2014

“It’s my third or fourth time here and I always enjoy it. Here I know that I’ll always find some acts to bring back to Hungary. I really love the festival. It’s a really well organized, very eclectic bill. It’s […]

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Rainbow panaroma becomes love letter to the Pacific

Christel van Meyel
May 4, 2014

Girl From the Pacific – a name that conjures up images of sundrenched islands and lustful, exotic getaways. Imagery that seems a world away from the crisp spring air of Aarhus. For the first time in SPOT festivals history, collaboration […]

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“Knocking on a closed door”- An inside to Ride the Balance

Christel van Meyel
May 4, 2014

It may come as a shock to many of the visitors to the SPOT festival this year but in a society that is considered one of the most egalitarian worldwide, gender equality in the music industry seems to have fallen […]

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START OF SPOT AT THE INTERNATIONAL KICK-OFF RECEPTION

Christel van Meyel
May 2, 2014

Today was the official kick-off reception at Aarhus City Hall’s Trafikhal. A lot of people showed up to to receive a warm welcome from the Mayor of Aarhus, Jacob Bundsgaard, followed by a short speech from head of the SPOT […]

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OFFICIAL INTERNATIONAL KICK-OFF RECEPTION AT AARHUS CITY HALL

Christel van Meyel
May 1, 2014

On Friday May 2nd between 11.00 and 12.30 you are invited to a official kick-off reception at Aarhus City Hall’s Trafikhal. Here the Mayor of Aarhus, Jacob Bundsgaard, will welcome you on behalf of the city of Aarhus – followed […]

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A SELECTION OF DAY PARTIES HOSTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC INDUSTRY

Christel van Meyel
May 1, 2014

A variety of day parties are to be found and enjoyed during the SPOT Festival. A wide range will be presented, amongst others we would like to suggest some of the day parties that will be hosted by international companies during […]

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SPOT Festival 2014: Twenty Years in the making

Christel van Meyel
April 25, 2014

By Daria Sukharchuk We meet in his office at the SPOT headquarters, just off the street at Vester Allé. Gunnar’s office is tiny, with a big window opening to the street beneath, but the man behind the SPOT festival fills the room […]

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Pacific streams in the Rainbow

Henrik Friis
April 20, 2014

For the first time: premiere of Anders Stochholm’s solo-project in Your Rainbow Panorama – in an extraordinary collaboration between ARoS and SPOT. The ground is prepared for a special experience on Friday 2 May, when Olafur Eliasson’s spectacular work of […]

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