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Semibreve is a exploratory electronic music and digital art festival taking place in Braga, Portugal. Since 2011 Semibreve has consistently presented a forward-thinking programme featuring some of the most revered electronic music and cross-disciplinary work by artists from around the world, as well as maintaining an active role in the promotion of the digital arts in Portugal.
Semibreve prides itself on curating a carefully-considered programme that is challenging and accessible. Semibreve’s emphasis on its stunning site-specific locations and world-class venues, together with a shared ethos centred around inclusiveness and community, by promoting a diverse programme at an affordable ticket price, has brought about sold-out events and well-deserved international acclaim.
nídia
sala multiusos · 00:30
Eight years may not seem like a long time to some, but in Nídia’s case it feels like a lifetime. Not just because back in 2016 we were still calling her Nídia Minaj, but more importantly because we had yet to hear her debut album, Nídia é má, Nídia é fudida — whose title became a cry of self-determination —, and everything that came with it, from critical acclaim to stellar collaborations with the likes of Fever Ray, Kelela, and Elza Soares. With two more albums edited in the meantime, Nídia is undoubtedly one of the most powerful voices in the family of artists recording for Príncipe. And it is not only as a producer that she has made a name for herself. Her DJ sets have also taken her around the world, stirring a whirlwind of euphoric frenzy wherever she goes. On a quest for freedom, especially considering the statement she made with her latest album, 95 MINDJERES, an explicit reference to the revolutionary struggle in Guinea-Bissau. Let’s follow the leader!
pyur
presents lucid anarchy
blackbox · 00:30
After her resounding debut in 2019 with “Oratorio for the underworld”, Sophie Schnell, aka PYUR, has reunited all of the previously discharged elements and her sweeping energy, and rearranged them into a superb piece of sound architecture. Released earlier this year on Subtext, “Lucid Anarchy” is the result of a period of certain personal and emotional turmoil lived between several geographical locations: the megalopolis of Berlin, a fishing village on the Breton coast, the Alpine landscapes of the Jura mountains and the valleys of Tyrol. Perhaps it was these culturally and topographically contrasting settings that contributed to the impressive sonic dynamics of PYUR’s music. It is easy to see how these differing natural forces could have played an essential role, providing not only inspiration, but also reconciliation, as a powerful counterpoint to our own insignificance before them. A kind of emotional mountain peaks and valleys that serve as a perfect visualisation of the inner turbulence and peace that actually surrounds us.
rrose
blackbox · 01:30
Perhaps today the two worlds around Rrose intersect without too much conflict, but it wasn’t so long ago that Rrose’s incarnation as Sutekh confined their audience to a kind of a bubble. Between 1997 and 2010, they made an eloquent case for the pre-new millennium sound of electronic music with a hint of IDM. But as their discography grew, so did the sense that new and different paths lay ahead. This may explain why such unexpected names as Bob Ostertag and Charlemagne Palestine marked the end of Sutekh and the birth of Rrose. On Sandwell District, where they released their first material, Rrose quickly made their mission clear: machine-like, intelligent techno with Berlin in its veins, hypnotic and highly seductive. Simultaneously, they became interested in microtonality, James Tenney, Duchamp (from whom they took their new name), gender fluidity, and film/performance music. Consequently, as a DJ they are the sum of all these elements, seeking to achieve collective ecstasy within the most vibrant techno ideas we can experience today.
performance time according to summer time
access limited to general ticket holders, gnration day ticket holders and room capacity
full programme at www.festivalsemibreve.com
daily tickets will go on sale on the 1st of october in limited quantities
gnration opening hours during semibreve
thu · 24 out
14:00 — 18:30
fri · 25 out
10:00 — 18:30
23:30 — 03:15
sat · 26 out
14:30 — 18:30
23:45 — 03:15
