PRIMAVERAPRO 2015
NEW VENUE FOR DAYPRO CONFERENCE
HOW TO FACE THE DIGITAL CROSSROADS CONFRONTING BANDS AND LABELS? IN WHAT DIRECTION
IS LIVE MUSIC GOING? WHAT ROLE DO AUDIENCES PLAY NOWADAYS? AND WHAT IS THE ROLE OF
THE MEDIA?
These are some of the subjects that will be dealt with at PrimaveraPro 2015; Primavera Sound’s meeting for
professionals that will celebrate its sixth edition from 27th to 31st May.
An edition that comes with a necessary change of headquarters: this year the daytime activities will move to
the MACBA (Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art), an expansion resulting from the enormous growth
that the festival has undergone –in 2014 there were over 2600 accredited professionals– and that will
strengthen its links with the historical centre of the city, by moving to an emblematic and culturally referential site.
STATISTICS
The 2014 edition of the meeting for professionals Primavera Sound recorded a growth of 31% over the previous year and exceeded the 2,600 accredited professionals, 51% of which were international, with strong
presence of countries like Brazil, Japan, South Africa or New Zealand. In 2014 a total of 152 activities, involving over 85 speakers were scheduled.
PROFESSIONALS ACCREDITED AT PRIMAVERAPRO 2014 BY TYPE OF COMPANY
PROFESSIONALS ACCREDITED AT PRIMAVERAPRO 2014 BY COUNTRY
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSES FOR THE FIRST TIME
The major novelty of PrimaveraPro 2015 will be that the meeting this year will host the first edition of two
international congresses that will become references for the music industry: CONCERT VENUES INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS 2015
A meeting of the main international concert venues organised with the ASACC (the association of Catalan
concert venues) and with the collaboration of Live DMA (the European network of venues) and ACCES (spanish association of venues) who will debate crucial aspects such as the role of culture in cities.
INDEPENDENT LABELS INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS 2015
In collaboration with the UFI (the Spanish association of independent record labels) and IMPALA (the European association of independent labels), it will bring together the main record labels from around the world
to try to find common solutions to the challenges that arise from digital transformation.
Both congresses will take place on 27th and 28th May, parallel to the usual activities of PrimaveraPro, and will
tackle key themes such as new models of concert venue management and the evolution and challenge of
digital music platforms for labels.
PROGRAMME 2015
As always the PrimaveraPro 2015 activities will be shared between the DayPro Conference –in the MACBA–,
and the NightPro –that will continue to be on the festival site in the Parc del Fòrum itself next to the sea–.
Among the first speakers confirmed for the 2015 edition are:
Steve Albini, musical producer and member of Shellac.
Simon Raymonde, founder of the label Bella Union and member of the Cocteau Twins for fifteen years.
Barry Dickins, co-director of the agency International Talent Booking (ITB). Awarded with the Primavera
Award 2015.
Roedelius, cult artist, co-founder of the bands Cluster and Harmonia.
Martin Elbourne, programmer of Glastonbury and The Great Escape festivals.
Greg Cochrane, editor of NME.com.
Rodney P, British MC.
Luke Turner, co-founder and co-editor of The Quietus and The Quietus Phonographic Corporation.
Bertie Cole, director of Arcadia, the programme of artistic intervention at Glastonbury.
Angelique Spaninks, director of the Dutch arts and technology festival STRP.
Luke Bainbridge, The Guardian and also organiser of Festival No. 6.
The debates of this sixth edition of PrimaveraPro will revolve around subjects such as the evolution of the
live music business, the fascinating digital crossroads that the sector is facing and the importance of developing countries and vital markets. In parallel, more than 20 presentations and panels among the proposals
sent in by professionals have already been selected.
PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES
PrimaveraPro will once more welcome several guest countries that will participate in the programme and
present their artists in a series of showcases as well as participating in the networking activities. The first countries to confirm this year include Brazil (A Construtora Música a Cultura and Balaclava Records), Italy (A Buzz Supreme/Modernista), Israel (Sounds from Israel), Luxembourg (music:LX - Luxembourg Export Office), Poland (Don’t Panic, We’re from Poland/Culture.pl), and United Kingdom (British
Council/The Selector).
The first confirmed bands for the showcases are: Acollective (IL), Camarones Orquestra Guitarrística (BR),
Câmera (BR), Denis The Night & The Panic Party (IT), Do Amor (BR), Fabryka (IT), Garden City Movement
(IL), Jaloo (BR), Mutiny On the Bounty (LX), Rebeka (PL), Stara Rzeka (PL), THAW (PL), Terno Rei (BR),
theAngelcy (IL), The Shalalalas (IT), Wry (BR), and Zamilska (PL).
PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES PRIMAVERAPRO 2014: Poland, Brazil, Israel, Italy, South Africa, Chile, Estonia,
Canada, Luxembourg, Latvia, Lithuania and Spain.
PRIMAVERAPRO STARTUPS
The 2015 edition of PrimaveraPro will also be the consolidation for PrimaveraPro Startups, an initiative built
with the collaboration of Seed&Click and that aims to bring the main players of the international music industry -entrepreneurs, universities, investors, businesses in the sector and public administrations- to Barcelona in order to boost investment and synergies.
This year PrimaveraPro Startups organized a Hackathon Weekend, that took place in the Mobile World Center of Barcelona on the 6th and 7th of March.
PrimaveraPro Startups 2015 will also hold the second International Ideas Competition and Investment Forum, the Grand Final of which will take place on the 29th May 2015 as part of the PrimaveraPro programme,
and that will award an innovative business idea and a project with consultancy and help with finding investors. Open call for projects!
PRIMAVERA AWARD 2015
For the second year running PrimaveraPro and Primavera Sound will present the Primavera Award, an award
for the professional career of a person or an association and their contribution to the development of the
musical community. The Primavera Award 2015 has been presented to Barry Dickins, co-director of the
agency International Talent Booking, for 50 years of service to the music industry, managing artists such as
Neil Young, Bob Dylan and Paul Simon amongst many others.
LINE UP PRIMAVERA SOUND 2015
MONDAY 25TH
Sala Apolo: Iceage · Umberto & Antoni Maiovvi
TUESDAY 26TH
Sala Apolo: Boreals · D.D Dumbo · Ibeyi · Ratking
WEDNESDAY 27TH
Parc del Fòrum: Albert Hammond, Jr, · Christina Rosenvinge · Cinerama · Las Ruinas · OMD · Panama
Sala Apolo: Har Mar Superstar (dj set) · The Juan MacLean · Nancy Whang (dj set) · Viet Cong · The Juan
MacLean
THURSDAY 28TH
Parc del Fòrum: Andrew Weatherall · Antony and the Johnsons · Arthur Russell Instrumentals · Baxter Dury ·
Benjamin Booker · The Black Keys · Brand New · Cheatahs · Chet Faker · Childhood · Electric Wizard · Exxasens · Giant Sand · Gui Boratto · Hans-Joachim Roedelius · Hiss Golden Messenger · James Blake · JUNGLE ·
Kelela · Los Punsetes · Mdou Moctar · Mikal Cronin · Mineral · Ocellot · Ought · Panda Bear · Perro · The Replacements · Richie Hawtin · Roman Flügel · Simian Mobile Disco · Spiritualized · The Suicide Of Western Culture
· Sun Kil Moon · Sunn O))) · The Thurston Moore Band · Twerps · Tyler, The Creator · Viet Cong · Yasmine
Hamdan
FRIDAY 29TH
Parc del Fòrum: alt-J · Ariel Pink · Belle & Sebastian · The Church · Damien Rice · Death From Above 1979 ·
Disappears · Dixon · Earth · Ex Hex · Fumaça Preta · Greylag · The Hotelier · Jon Hopkins · José González · The
Juan MacLean · Julian Casablancas+The Voidz · The Julie Ruin · The KVB · Marc Piñol · Marc Ribot’s Ceramic
Dog · Miquel Serra · Movement · The New Pornographers · Núria Graham · Pallbearer · Patti Smith & Band
perform Horses · Perfume Genius · Pharmakon · Ride · Rocío Márquez · Run The Jewels · Shabazz Palaces ·
Sleater-Kinney · The Soft Moon · Sr. Chinarro · Tobias Jesso Jr. · Tony Allen · Voivod · White Hills
Els Vermuts de Primavera al Parc amb Martini: Cheatahs · Hiss Golden Messenger · Les Sueques · The Zephyr Bones
SATURDAY 30TH
Parc del Fòrum: American Football · Babes In Toyland · Ben Watt · The Bohicas · Caribou · Dj Coco · Dan
Deacon · Der Panther · DIIV · Earthless · Einstürzende Neubauten · Foxygen · Fucked Up · The Ghost of
a Saber Tooth Tiger · HEALTH · Hookworms · Interpol · Joan Miquel Oliver · Kevin Morby · Les Ambassadeurs
· Mac DeMarco · Mike Simonetti · Mourn · Neleonard · Nueva Vulcano · Patti Smith acoustic/spoken · Shellac
· Single Mothers · Sleaford Mods · Strand Of Oaks · The Strokes · Swans · Thee Oh Sees · tUnE-yArDs · Twin
Shadow · Underworld dubnobasswithmyheadman live · Unknown Mortal Orchestra · Younghusband
Els Vermuts de Primavera al Parc amb Martini: Ex Hex · Germà Aire · The Hotelier · Jessica & The Fletchers ·
Lost Tapes · Unknown Mortal Orchestra
SUNDAY 31ST
Els Vermuts de Primavera al Parc amb Martini: Ferran Palau · The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger · Gúdar ·
Jambinai · Single Mothers · Soak
Sala Apolo: Dave P · Fucked Up · Jambinai · Thee Oh Sees · The Saurs
La [2] de Apolo / BCore Showcase 25é aniversari: Dulce Pájara De Juventud · Salvaje Montoya
BARTS: My Brightest Diamond · Soledad Vélez · Soak · Torres
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