Unsound Festival

Month : October
Place : Krakw, Poland
Famous For : Music Festival
Attractions : Mutating forms of music, Visual arts

Unsound Festival is an annual music festival that takes place in Krakw, Poland, dealing with evolving and mutating forms of music, as well as related visual arts. The first Unsound festival took place in 2003. It currently occurs towards the end of October and lasts around one week. Starting out as an event focused on Polish audiences, in recent years it has rapidly developed to gain international attention.

Major Attractions

In February 2010, Unsound cooperated with local partners in New York such as the Wordless Music series, Bunker and Electronic Music Foundation to create a 10-day satellite event involving music, film, workshops and panel discussions. Unsound also works on projects in other countries, especially in the region of Eastern Europe. In particular, Unsound has worked with partners in Minsk, Belarus, to create mini-festivals and collaborative projects. Unsound has also worked with Berlin organizations, such as Club Transmediale and scape records. Unsound has produced many collaborative and commissioned projects. These include the Warhol Series, where live electronic and experimental music is played as a "soundtrack" to classic silent Warhol films. Unsound is also known for its "Bass Mutations" nights, which have taken place in Krakow and New York as part of the festival, and focus on evolving and fractured forms of bass-heavy club music.