Lee Gamble to Replace The Haxan Cloak in Unsound Adelaide

World-renowned abstract electronic composer Lee Gamble (UK) will be replacing The Haxan Cloak at Adelaide Festival's experimental electronic music festival Unsound Adelaie due to unforeseen circumstances. Gamble is set to appear Friday, March 7 at Queen's Theatre, in a line up including Morton Subotnick (USA), Nurse With Wound (UK) and Cut Hands (UK).

Using his background in experimental computer music, Gamble has built up a reputation as a composer fascinated by decomposition, abstraction and digital synthesis and resynthesis of jungle & techno. Two of Gamble's most recent releases, the forthcoming ten track Dutch Tvashar Plumes and Diversions 1994-1996 represent a new approach for Gamble; an inspired syncretism of dance music forms and his former styles.

The rest of the Unsound Adelaide program - that runs from Thursday March 6 to Saturday March 8 - includes the world premiere of Snowtown: Live with the Australian debut performance from Stars of the Lid (USA) and an exclusive line-up of new and legendary names in electronic music including: Moritz von Oswald Trio featuring Tony Allen and Max Loderbauer (GER/NGA), Emptyset (UK), Gardland (AUS) and James Ferraro (USA).

Since it began back in 2003 in Krakow, Unsound has become one of the world's most praised avant-garde festivals, drawing together a wide range of international artists for a week of left-field and advanced music, often incorporating visual elements. Unsound New York began in 2009 missing only one year in that time: 2013, which is when Adelaide Festival exclusively presented the inaugural Unsound Adelaide. 2013 also marked the first year Unsound Festival headed to London.

Over two separate nights at the Queen's Theatre and one unique evening at Adelaide Town Hall, festival goers will have the chance to experience emerging and established electronic music performances from Africa, Australia, Europe and the USA in another exclusive Adelaide Festival event. With its HQ in Krakow, the festival has its origins in both Poland and Australia. Unsound was part of the Wagga Space Program from 2001 until 2006. Unsound is focused on international collaboration, using the festival as a tool for commissioning and fostering new work.

In 2013 the inaugural Unsound Adelaide sold-out to a captivated audience. "The Adelaide Festival provided a showcase of cutting edge artists that, creatively, was a brave and progressive step for Australia's arts and cultural festivals. The bar has now been raised," said a 2013 resident advisor.

David Sefton, artistic director, said: "The First Unsound Adelaide in 2013 was a risky undertaking but people from all over Australia turned out in droves making it a sell-out success. It really tapped into Australia's underground electronic music community. I never repeat anything when programming festivals but doing Unsound Adelaide again was a no-brainer."

The program includes the world premiere of Snowtown: Live with the Australian debut performance from Stars of the Lid (USA) and an exclusive line-up of new and legendary names in electronic music including: Morton Subotnick (USA), Nurse With Wound (UK), Lee Gamble (UK), Cut Hands (UK), Moritz von Oswald Trio featuring Tony Allen and Max Loderbauer (GER/NGA), Emptyset (UK), Gardland (AUS) and James Ferraro (USA).

For more information about Unsound Adelaide visit their website at www.adelaidefestival.com.au.

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