Skullflower (UK)

Rock, Experimental, Noise (WORM Rotterdam January 13th)

Skullflower is a British noise-rock band, now a duo, that was founded by Matthew Bower in 1987. During the years read more

Pan Daijing (CN)

Electronic, Field Recordings, Industrial (WORM Rotterdam January 13th)

Chinese artist Pan Daijing lives in Berlin and is known for her incisive ritualistic experiments in music. Her live performances read more

Spider, Spit and Broken Bells

We are thrilled to present you Spider, Spit and Broken Bells – the upcoming Haperende Mens Festival: December 8 and read more

JK Flesh (UK)

Electronic, Industrial, Techno (WORM Rotterdam January 13th)

JK FLESH is the pseudonym employed by Justin K Broadrick for his solo work within the realm of heavy/brutal electronica/techno read more

Lumisokea (IT/BE)

Experimental, Electro-Acoustic Rhythm (WORM Rotterdam January 13th)

Lumisokea is a Belgian-Italian duo, formed by Koenraad Ecker and Andrea Taeggi. For the festival the band will turn into read more

Senyawa feat. Patshiva Cie (curated by Pantropical) (ID/BE)

Rock, Avantgarde, Contemporary (WORM Rotterdam January 12th)

Anyone who has ever experienced the explosive Javanese duo Senyawa at work, is no doubt reminded of vocal artists Mike read more

Nocturnal Emissions (UK)

Electronic, Ritualistic Industrial, Ambient (WORM Rotterdam January 13th)

Nocturnal Emissions is a sound art project by Nigel Ayers that has released numerous records and CDs in music styles read more

Bear Bones, Lay Low (VE/BE)

Electronic, Krautrock (WORM Rotterdam January 12th)

Bear Bones, Lay Low is the musical project of the Brussels based Venezuelan musician Ernesto Gonzalez. For the last ten read more

Oiseaux Tempête (FR)

Post-Rock, Ritualistic, Eastern, Psych (WORM Rotterdam January 12th)

Oiseaux Tempete is an experimental postrock band with psychedelic and ethnic influences hailing from Paris. With their latest album Al read more

Pharoah Chromium (DE/PAL)

Psychedelic Electronics, Ritualistic (WORM Rotterdam January 12th)

Pharoah Chromium is a project by German-Palestinian musician and performer Ghazi Barakat and was named after a song of the read more

Simon Crab (Bourbonese Qualk) (UK)

Industrial, Electronics, Ritual (WORM Rotterdam January 12th)

Simon Crab is probably most well known as the founder and main-man of the power-electronics/Industrial, Post-rock, neo-no- wave, electro-acoustic, gabber-techno, read more

Tomaga presents a soundtrack to Lucifer Rising (UK)

Soundtrack, Improvisation, Electronics (WORM Rotterdam January 13th)

The London based improvisation duo Tomaga has established itself amongst Europe’s most interesting experimental acts of the last years. Percussionist read more

DSR Lines/David Edren (BE)

Kosmische, Electronic (WORM Rotterdam January 12th)

David edren has been creating electronic sounds as DSR Lines for almost 2 decades, laying out liquifying modular synth stunners read more

Alessandro Adriani DJ-Set (Mannequin Records IT/DE)

Industrial, Techno, Synth-Wave (WORM Rotterdam January 13th)

Born and raised in Roma, Italy and now living in Berlin, Alessandro Adriani is the brain behind Mannequin Records, an read more

Eva and Franco Mattes (Exhibition and Internet Performance, IT/US)

V2_, Lab for the Unstable Media and Haperende Mens are proud to present ‘For Internet Use Only’, by artists Eva read more

Film Programme

During Spider, Spit and Broken Bells there will be an extensive film programme.Amongst the titles, we are very proud to read more

Academy of The Sacred

On Saturday 13 January between 13:00 – 16:35 at WORM Rotterdam you can join the Academy of the Sacred, where read more

Muslimgauze DJ-Project

During our Festival we will have a very special Muslimgauze DJ-Project. We aim to collectively pay tribute to the great read more

URUK: Massimo Pupillo (Zu) & Thighpaulsandra (Coil, Spiritualized) (IT/UK)

Electronic, Industrial, Noise (OCCII Amsterdam December 8th)

This remarkable new musical endeavor is a joint effort by Massimo Pupillo (Zu, Triple Sun) and Thighpaulsandra (Coil). Massimo and read more

group A (JP/DE)

Minimal Synth, Wave, Noise (OCCII Amsterdam December 8th)

Group A is Berlin-based Japanese duo specialising in experimental minimal electronics with violin and playing quite odd live shows laying read more

Michel Banabila (NL)

Electronic, Ambient (OCCII Amsterdam December 8th)

Michel Banabila, born 1961, is a sound artist, composer, and producer. Banabila has released music since 1983 and has produced read more

Giant Swan (UK)

Techno, Electronic (OCCII Amsterdam December 9th)

One of Britain’s best kept secrets, Giant Swan is a Bristol-based techno-not-techno band, famed for their amazing live performances. They read more

NAKED (UK)

Power Electronics, Techno (OCCII Amsterdam December 9th)

NAKED are Agnes Gryczkowska and Alexander Johnston, a London-based duo engaging with noise, industrial, experimental and extreme forms of electronic read more

The Oscillation (UK)

Psychedelic Rock, Krautrock (OCCII Amsterdam December 9th)

Veering between krautrock edginess and bittersweet pop melancholia, droning medicated tones and noise driven no wave fuzz, The Oscillation recalls read more

Turia (NL)

Black Metal (OCCII Amsterdam December 9th)

Turia was started in the winter of 2014. The band aims to evoke gripping black metal, stripped to its bare read more

Red Brut (NL)

Electronic, Impro (OCCII Amsterdam December 8th)

Red Brut is the pseudonym of Marijn Verbiesen (Sweat Tongue, JSCA), who creates abstract electro-acoustic audio collages. Analogue synth simmers, read more

Masterclass Danny Devos at Spider, Spit and Broken Bells

(Belgium)

Spider, Spit and Broken Bells invites you to an intense and in-depth course in performance art by the legendary Belgian read more