At Peel Slowly and See, the curious music enthusiast explores new horizons; from the latest, buzzing UK-jazz groups, to crackling indietronica, intriguing ethnic music and wayward guitar-bands. Nobody leaves the festival without discovering something out of their regular musical comfort zone, including the performing artists.
FRIDAY 21nd OF MARCH
Trupa Trupa | Trupa Trupa is a psychedelic post-punk trio from Gdańsk, Poland, blending off-kilter melodies, ominous instrumentation, and lyrical explorations of the darkest side of the human condition.
Nadine Khouri | ‘A Thing of Dark Possessed Beauty’ wrote MOJO about the debut album from Nadine Khouri, Rough Trade made it ‘Album of the Year’. John Parish discovered Khouri through her music, which sounds like a soothing blanket to keep you warm in the deepest of nights.
Crowdsurfers Must Die | A mix of drums, guitar, and theremin. All played loud and fast make sure to be on time because it will end before you realised it really started.
Adrian Crowley | Award winning Irish singer/songwriter and composer, known for his disparate songs, deep, gentle voice, and touching ballads.
I am Oak | Beloved ethereal alt-folk/slowcore formation from Utrecht around singular songwriter Thijs Kuijken, known for his poetic and elusive songs.
Chew | Atlanta based psychedelic rock trio that manages to squeeze and contort multiple genres in a fuzzed out freak out of a live performance.
SATURDAY 22nd OF MARCH
James Holden & Waclaw Zimpel | James Holden worked with the biggest names on the planet, including Madonna, Britney Spears, and Depeche Mode, and established his own record company, Border Community. Together with Polish clarinet-guru Waclaw Zimpel, he creates deliciously kraut-in-the-moment improvisations—techno meets jazz.
Arp Frique & The Perpetual Singers | A new journey, channeling their love for organic, funk-based music, filled with obscure synths and bubbly basslines with their newest influence: gospel-disco. The Perpetual Singers is a stellar gospel group with Brandon Delagraentiss and Rocq-E Harrell, who worked with some of the biggest names on the planet (Stevie Wonder, Barry White, Earth, Wind & Fire to name a few). Houston, we don’t have a problem, we’re ready for lift-off!
Rafting Goods | The biggest rapcrew of The Netherlands descends on the Nobel during PSAS. The Rafting Goods collective exclusively consists of Dutch hiphop royalty & heavweights. Peel Slowly and MC!
Atol Atol Atol | Post-punk quartet Atol Atol Atol from Wroclaw, have strong ties to the city’s vibrant DIY underground scene. They play angular, overstimulated, rhythmically organized yet freedom-hungry songs.
Zamilska | Iggy Pop and Nine Inch Nails are fans of Zamilska’s heavy rhythmic bassy sounds. Though her music is associated with techno, her music reaches way beyond the definition of the genre, with influences from everywhere, world music, noise, and electronica, from tribal chants to oriental elements, pensive yet melodic. Famous in Poland, ready to take over the world, starting at Peel Slowly And See.
Jozef van Wissem | Renowned Dutch avant-garde composer and lutenist playing his all black, one-of-a-kind custom-made baroque lute all around the world.
Los Piranas | Colombian trio that blends traditional cumbia and champeta rhythms with elements of surf rock and psychedelic music.
Benjamin Herman’s Bughouse | An explosive clash of punk and jazz formed around prolific musician Benjamin Herman, sparking new energy from jazz, punk, and noise.
Santanique Samba Trio | Adding virulence, dissonance and provocation to Brazil’s musical heritage. No traditional rhythm remains unscathed on their trail of desecration.