How to SPOT

Kieron Tyler, journalist from the British music magazine Mojo, is at SPOT for the second time and was impressed by Slowolf and Baby in Vain this Friday. He has a clear goal when he sets out to chase music experiences. He studies the program thoroughly to put together his battle plan. You are simply wasting [...]

Keith Harris – A Life in Music

Bloodgroup – Expecting Iceland

Like many other bands from the North Atlantic volcano island, Icelandic Bloodgroup place within the slipstream of the nation’s greats. The band formed in 2006 and has toured extensively in Europe, but doesn’t feel the pressure of expectation from the (IS) suffix of their name. And large crowd welcomed the band and their dark, electronic [...]

Exclusive pop tunes from Mexico

The audience got an authentic touch of Mexico’s warmth and soul, when Natalia LaFourcade Friday at 18.15 took over “café scenen” in the Musikhuset. As the sun stood low over stage and audience, more and more found their way to the stage and wrapped themselves in the catchy, poetic and very evocative tunes from the [...]

Exporter’s toolkit to the German music industry

Intro speak: A seminar took place at this year’s SPOT Festival, where the Nordic and German music industry met to have a chat on how to break through in Germany. SPOT Live attended to have a chat with bands, bookers and promoters.

Kissaway Trail back on track

Kissaway Trail delivered their first show in almost three years at SPOT. In the middle of the concert, they ran into serious technical problems as a computer shut down for five minutes. However, the band weren’t discouraged and played on, unaffected. – It was really cool that people stayed even though the technology failed us [...]

Aarhus City Hall, MXD and SPOT Festival welcomes the visiting music industry representatives

Friday morning, Aarhus City Hall, MXD – Music Export Denmark and SPOT Festival hosted a welcome reception for the visiting representatives from the music industry. About 350 music business representatives from 20 different countries were welcomed by Gunnar Madsen from the SPOT Festival and the mayor of Aarhus, Jakob Bundsgaard. The air was thick with expectation [...]

Ray Cokes Edition of Beta Sessions hits SPOT

For the third consecutive year, Beta Sessions – Copenhagen Records’ string of low key, intimate concerts – will relocate to Aarhus during the SPOT Festival. Launched from the onset to present less known high quality acts performing in a scaled-down and relaxed setting, the SPOT Beta Session will continue in this mold. Friday May the [...]

The strongest Twitter-forces of the music industry lift #SPOT13

Because of smartphones social media – and thereby the rest of world – is only a press of the thumb away. At the SPOT Festival Twitter is the virtual focal point for the audience, industry people and musicians. Through Twitter everyone can share their experiences and at the same time absorb impressions from other guests [...]

SPOT maintains its high levels of international participation

The 19th edition of SPOT Festival is upon us and over 300 international delegates have confirmed their attendance, maintaining the high levels of international participation of previous years. One of the focus countries at SPOT is Germany, with more than 130 German professionals confirmed, representing companies from all strands of the music industry, including Herbert [...]