New names have additionally been added to the lineup, together with Aya, infamous for her uncooked power, humour, and unpredictability. Combining high-concept concepts with DIY aesthetics, Aya makes use of voice, electronics, and razor-sharp wit to blur the boundaries between efficiency artwork, rave, and stand-up comedy. Her exhibits can really feel like a shared exorcism—humorous, chaotic, sweaty, and emotionally charged. Egyptian-born Abdullah Miniawy merges the religious depth of Sufi chants with the improvisational freedom of jazz. Accompanied by trombonists Robinson Khoury (2024 Django Reinhardt Prize from the Academy of Jazz) and Jules Boittin, Miniawy’s sound is certainly one of resistance, ritual, and reimagining—music that doesn’t simply cross cultures, however reshapes them.
Penelope Trappes creates immersive, emotionally resonant soundscapes that mix ambient, shoegaze, and experimental electronics. Her music is intimate and atmospheric, with reverb-drenched vocals and minimalist textures that evoke a haunting, dreamlike world. Jackie-O Motherfucker, the experimental collective based in Portland, Oregon, in 1994, will carry their dynamic fusion of free jazz, psychedelic folks, drone, and house rock, famend for his or her unpredictable reside exhibits. Supersonic is worked up to welcome again Six Organs of Admittance, who current an ever-evolving mix of ecstatic melody, acoustic intricacy and religious noise. Skloss, the Austin-by-way-of-Glasgow duo of Karen Skloss and Sandy Carson will carry heavy psychedelia, post-metal drones, meditative rhythms, and uncooked distorted riffs. Rocket Recordings newest signing Rún, an Irish band whose sound is rooted in folks custom however deeply exploratory and atmospheric (channeling influences from Coil to Pauline Oliveros), will even be welcomed to the Supersonic stage. And Black Nation duo Large Particular will fuse the grit and spirit of their industrial roots right into a uncooked, pressing and evocative sound that blends the non-public with the political.
