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Press release:Insomnia 10th Edition

The Insomnia Festival will have its 10th jubilee between 20-22 October this year. As always, our focus is on the new, innovative and up-and-coming artists who fall under the big, sprawling umbrella of ‘electronic music’. Since it is our anniversary, we have worked hard to put together an exiting, spectacular program that will have something for everyone. Insomnia Festival runs as a non-profit event, with our main goal to create both an artistic melting pot, and an important platform for innovative artists above the Arctic Circle.The Festival combines modern music with new technology and design, through hosting public seminars during the festival. The programme is filled with concerts, DJ/club events, seminars, exhibitions, performance installations and debates. It is not our goal to only book artists that are already popular, or well-known, but rather to create an adventure of new music where you can find new artists to love, hate or be challenged by. The programme is designed to present major artists alongside lesser-known, experimental acts, all twisted up together to create an awesome experience.

The festival is one of Norway’s biggest of its kind, and is located in the city of Tromsø, 300 km above the Arctic Circle at 69° degrees. Tromsø lies in a fjord surrounded by snow-covered mountains 365 days a year. Ranging from the midnight sun to the northern lights, the exotic nature of the surroundings alone ensure that it is worth a visit.  Tromsø was Norway’s capital of house and techno when the genre first emerged and has bred some of Norway’s largest exports within electronic music, including Röyksopp and Biosphere. With its high density of students, musicians and artists Tromsø is famous for its nightlife and open minded people in general. It is a beautiful location with lovely people and it makes the perfect stage for an electronic music festival. Welcome to Insomnia 2011!

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  • Tvibit og Insomnia arrangerer DJ WORKSHOP pÃ¥ Circa 11. desember kl. 18.00! For more info http://t.co/P1ZkIHH7 08:45 PM
  • Gaute and Nasra live in the RÃ¥dstua Teaterhus i Tromsø sat. november 26. Click here for more info: http://t.co/lzJ1CbxU 08:45 PM
  • The first day of the festival was a big success! Good music, nice people and impressive visuals. See you today on the dancefloor in the Driv 08:45 PM
  • Why wait in line?! -when you could be on the dance-floor? Buy a pass in the Driv on Tuesday or Wednesday between 16.00 and 20.00!I 08:45 PM
  • TICKETS FOR INSOMNIA FESTIVAL! We welcome you to buy tickets for the Insomnia Festival 20th-22nd October. http://t.co/gb7Xsg1l 08:45 PM

You can now buy passes online here! If you by our festivalpass you will also get accsess to the opening concert with Biosphere at Verdensteatret Cinematek 20th at 19.00. Be there before 18.45, it’s only limited space!!! Only festivalpasses has accsess to this consert. Exlusive gift to you!

 

 

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Artists

Bjørn Torske Commission

Mental Overdrive Commission: #OWSJAM

Bernt Simen Lund Commission

DJ Corn Flex (Dresden)

Skyence (Hamburg)

Sjur Nyvold (Rauland)

Coma (Cologne)

Hexstatic (London)

Lena Willikens (Cologne)

Mujuice (Moscow)

Cooly G- Live PA (Brixton)

DJs Pareja (Buenos Aires)

Capracara (London)

Mesak (Turkü)

The Amplifetes (Sweden)

Montée (Oslo)

Telephones (Bergen)

Biosphere (Tromsø)

Sandra Kolstad (Oslo)

Uusi Fantasia (Helsinki)

Thelma & Clyde (Kristiansand/Oslo)

Solar Bears (Dublin)

Techno Culture

MONDO TROMSØ

Falling in love with type

#OWSJAM

Insomnia 10th Edition Commissioned work

LUNCH SEMINAR

Mind blowing visual experience

Child of Klang (Kjerringøy)

C.H.E.T

Adfreeze Project (San Francisco/ New York)

Army of Mothers’ Babylounge