Grauzone festival finales line up

Grauzone Festival finalizes it's line-up with The Soft Moon (US), The Myrrors (US), Lydia Lunch (US), Cocaine Piss (BE), Hackedepicciotto (Ger/US), Ulrika Spacek (UK), Sally Dige (Can), Unit Moebius (NL) and Volition Immanent (NL). The fifth edition of Grauzone will take place in The Hague, saturday February 10, 2018 at Paard and Het Koorenhuis. First names were amongst others Cabaret Voltaire, IDLES, Michael Gira and Motorama.

The Soft Moon is one of the most popular wave/post-punk bands at this moment and will present their fourth album 'Criminal' which will be released a few days before Grauzone!

No Wave/post-punk legend, singer, writer, poet and actress Lydia Lunch will give an exclusive performance with Weasel Walter. as "Brutal Measures", a longform composition featuring tense spoken word versus manic free drumming outbursts, glued together by cryptic electronics. She's known for her intense performances and collaborations with artists like Nick Cave, Sonic Youth and Michael Gira/Swans.

Belgium punks Cocaine Piss always play an energetic, aggressive show and already performed at festivals like Pukkelpop and Dour. In 2016 they released their album The Dancer which was recorded by legendary producer Steve Albini in Chicago.

Hackedepicciotto is the cinematic drone project of American interdisciplinary artist Danielle de Picciotto and German composer/musician Alexander Hacke, founding member of influential German industrial band Einsturzende Neubauten

Arizona's psych desert rock band The Myrrors, started in 2008 and just released their fourth album 'Hasta La Victoria' in 2017.Popular Post -punk shoegaze band Ulrika Spacek, were the highlight of Eindhoven Psychlab and played festivals like Best Kept Secret, Le Guess Who and London Calling. Berlin-based Canadian Sally Dige is known for her dark yet highly danceable electro-pop songs

Dutch electronic sounds come from duo Volition Immanent Parrish Smith and Knekelhuis' Labelboss Mark Van de Maat. They mix EBM, Body Music and Techno reminiscent of acts like Nitzer Ebb and Front 242. Unit Moebius, pioneer of The Hague electronic acid house will play a live set. They influenced many electronic bands with Aphex Twin as their biggest fan.

At the pre-party, Berlin producer and DJ Manos Simotas, also known as UNHUMAN, will play an exciting EBM, industrial set. New Yorks DJ 'Deirdre Direktor'' plays a mix of electro, wave and techno.

Besides music there's also film, a symposium and an exhibition. One of the guests will be Stephan Plank, filmproducer of the documentary ''Conny Plank – The Potential of Noise'' which will also be part of the program. The documentary features music producer Conny Plank, who produced albums of artists as David Bowie, Kraftwerk and Killing Joke. Luis Vasquez, singer ofThe Soft Moon and Alexander Hacke & Danielle de Picciotto will also join the symposium. John Robb (known for The Membranes and Loud As War) will lead the conversations. There will also be an Exhibition GRAUKUNST- VOID which features 13 contemporary artists who are all interested in ''black''.

Pre- party friday 9 february

• UNHUMAN / DEIRDRE DIREKTOR

Saturday 10 February

• CABARET VOLTAIRE / THE SOFT MOON / MICHAEL GIRA / IDLES / LYDIA LUNCH & WEASEL WALTER / MOTORAMA / DRAB MAJESTY / COCAINE PISS / HACKEDEPICCIOTTO / UNIT MOEBIUS / BASHAN / THE MYRRORS / SCHWEFELGELB / ULRIKE SPACEK / VOLITION IMMANENT / SALLY DIGE / DUNE MESSIAH