Minimalist punk rock, aggressive rap, international electronica and Danish radio pop. Eleven distinguished and wide-ranging acts are the latest addition to this year’s SPOT Line-up.

From the punk rock underworld emerge the three stylish girls of Nelson Can, who have toured all over Europe with a line-up consisting of nothing but bass, drums and vocals. The raw and aggressive rapper, Linkoban, has also gained international recognition with the single “Like This”, which was used at Stella McCartney’s Spring/Summer 13 fashion show in Paris.

Producer Thomas Barfod will appear at SPOT with his electronic solo project, but his vast experience includes various band constellations such as WhoMadeWho and Filur. The Danish pop duo NOAH is a relatively new acquaintance. Nevertheless, both their singles have been certified gold for 15,000 downloads and platinum for 1.8 million streams.

“Fantastic Danish soul pop talent” said Gaffa’s five-star review of Kamilia Amélie’s debut album “Come What May”. Also the stubborn eccentric Marie Fjeldsted aka Penny Police has received a lot of praise along the road. Gaffa characterized her as “a pretty overwhelming talent”.

The Icelandic Aarhus guy Snævar Njáll Albertsson is the mastermind of the group Dad Rocks!. Reviewers have described the music as orchestrated folk fop with a soft spot for hip-hop inspired vocals. In contrast to Albertsson 20-year-old Ásgeir Trausti has held on to Iceland, where he got his breakthrough this summer with the single “Sumagestur”. The Last North Atlantic contribution is Hamferð, which was formed for one reason only: to bring slow, grinding and atmospheric music to the Faroe Islands.

The last two acts have been selected by SPOT together with JazzDanmark. Six City Stompers consists of six young, talented and critically acclaimed musicians. In 2006 the band won the audience award at the European Championship of Traditional Jazz in Paris. The other band is Danish-Norwegian Foyn Trio. Their roots may be in jazz soil, but they play alternative improvisational pop with clear references to rock, world and electronic music.