Tremor Festival announces its final confirmed acts and the complete line-up for its next edition, which will take place between March 24th and 28th, on the island of São Miguel in the Azores. The previously announced artists are now joined by Amijas, Angine de Poitrine, Arsenal Mikebe, BETIX, Cate Le Bon, João Freitas, Heinali & Andriana-Yaroslava Saienko presenting “Гільдеґарда (Hildegard)”, Maki, Mariana Lopes, Neuza Furtado and Tomás Sampaio + Marta Tavares, as well as a series of creative residencies that reinforce the experimental and collaborative dimension of the festival: Som Sim Zero + heavy metal musicians from the Azores; Orquestra Modular Açoriana feat. Water Damage; Ínsula; and the proposals of Vera Morais and Curro Rodríguez for Tremor Todo-o-Terreno. 

This announcement also marks the availability of weekend tickets, which grant access to events on Friday and Saturday ( March 27th and 28th) at Coliseu Micaelense and Portas do Mar. Tickets are on sale at 3cket.com for €45 (+ fees).

Among the new highlights in the line-up are Amijas, a collective born in Braga that combines fluid rock, wind instruments, electronic textures and the tension of two voices; Angine de Poitrine, a band from Quebec known for their asymmetrical and dissonant rock, marked by pulsating grooves and microtonal guitars; Arsenal Mikebe, a Ugandan ensemble that transforms traditional rhythmic practices into hypnotic landscapes of great acoustic intensity; BETIX, an Azorean artist who presents hypnotic techno in a live-act format, with real-time creation and ritualistic use of voice; Cate Le Bon, a Welsh artist and producer whose work explores sound as emotional matter between abstraction and form; Heinali & Andriana-Yaroslava Saienko, who present ‘Гільдеґарда (Hildegard)’, a reinterpretation of Hildegard von Bingen's medieval music through the encounter between traditional Ukrainian singing and modular synthesis; and Maki, a DJ with energetic, bass-driven sets that bring together Brazilian influences, hip hop and sounds from the United Kingdom.

This year, the festival is furthering its partnership with Rádio Vaivém, an Azorean online community radio station, through a showcase of four emerging artists: João Freitas’ rhythmic and instrumental approach, Neuza Furtado’s intimate and sensitive writing, and the dialogue between memory, tradition and modernity proposed by Tomás Sampaio and Marta Tavares. This partnership will also propose the creation of a temporary radio station, with regular broadcasts during the festival, to be filled with proposals collected through an open call. This radio programme also includes “E temos o povo”, a collective listening session that which travels up to 25 April 1974, through the most comprehensive sound document of the Carnation Revolution.

Tremor's programme also includes two exhibitions that deepen the dialogue between art, territory and community. The first is the result of a partnership with the Caloura Cultural Centre; the second -”cromofilia : apetece uma casa cor-de-rosa” - is a proposal by Mariana Lopes, based on the photographs she took to create the graphic image for this year's festival.

In terms of artistic residencies, there is a new creation by the Som Sim Zero collective (ondamarela + São Miguel Deaf Association), this time in collaboration with heavy metal musicians from the Azores; the durational performance by Orquestra Modular Açoriana will be directed this year by the American collective Water Damage; and Ínsula, a performance developed as part of this year’s Ciclo project, with residents of the Azores, will make its debut. 

A note also on the cycle of conversations (Ponto de Escuta) that gives voice to participating artists and the themes present in their research and proposals, with a special focus on the collective power to create, make things happen, and define places through cultural and artistic practices.

With this programme, Tremor reaffirms itself as a festival that combines music, artistic creation, critical thinking and experimentation, bringing together a line-up that also includes Abdullah Miniawy, Angry Blackmen, ASCA, aya, Buried by Lava, Candy Diaz, CLUB C.C.C., Coletivo Plugg, DJ Travella, Engengroaldenga, Escola de Música de Rabo de Peixe + Itiberê Zwarg, Falcona, Housepainters, Jup do Bairro, La Familia Gitana, Maria Carolina, Matías Aguayo, Mix`Elle, MONCHMONCH, NTK, Pedrinho Xalé, The Bug + Warrior Queen, Use Knife, Vaiapraia, Water Damage and Yerai Cortés.