Planningtorock is one of these days’ most unique musicians, in her explosive performances video projections play together with extraordinary dressed and slightly husky singing and dancing artist on the stage. This winter is a harvest time for Planningtorock – in two oncoming albums materializes her solo work and collaboration with the duo The Knife.

Every Dausteg performance is themed. Riga set’s theme is Animism and Artificial Intelligence and dance as a ritual; accordingly, DJs invite audience not to leave their inner animal outside the door when entering the venue. To get approximate idea about the feeling of the evening DJ suggest to watch the introduction of Stanley Cubric’s movie «2001: Space Odyssey».

On Friday February 19th Norwegian improvisation and so-called death-jazz band Supersilent will perform in Riga. This concert is an important point of reference for the organizer Skaņu Mežs/ Sound Forest in their eight years long activity as Supersilent is a cornerstone in new history of music.

There is a carefully-crafted aura around Supersilent, which one could also describe as intelligently sensual and aesthetic  That aura comes from the much-repeated fact that they improvise all their music, never rehearsing or discussing it in advance.
On the 19th of february they will have a show in Riga. Its  their only concert in the Baltic [...]

Oren Ambarchi’s works are hesitant and tense extended songforms located in the cracks between several schools: modern electronics and processing; laminal improvisation and minimalism; hushed, pensive songwriting; the deceptive simplicity and temporal suspensions of composers such as Morton Feldman and Alvin Lucier; and the physicality of rock music, slowed down and stripped back to its bare bones, abstracted and replaced with pure signal

Hanne Hukkelberg has garnered comparisons to Nina Simone, Joni Mitchell, and Björk, among others

On the 17th of October the cutting-edge indie pop Duo YΔCHT from Portland, USA will stop in Riga

Second weekend of Skanu mezs is marked by two extraordinary events

The annual Skaņu mežs festival will be held on May 15 and 16 in Riga Art Space, Kungu iela 3 (capacity around 1000 people) and on May 22 and 23 at the St.Saviour’s Anglican Church on Anglikāņu iela 2A (capacity around 250 people). Both locations are in the Old Town of Riga.

Skaņu Mežs is to start new dance event series – Prieka Māja or Happy House. The first one is on April 17 at Spikeri, Maskavas iela 4a