SOTU

SOTU

SOTU (Sounds of the Underground) is a music festival and cultural foundation organising events centering on and celebrating some unique aspect of the global independent music and art community and its diy and counter cultural traditions. The festival takes place in Amsterdam (the Netherlands, since 2012) and Lithuania (since 2014), yearly around April and September. SOTU´s passion for genre bending sound and performances is at the heart of all their events – you can listen to noise, prog, folk, avant jazz, underground core, house, electronica and bass.

Sotu MusicFeed  (blogspot)


Upcoming

CANCELLED

Thursday, Apr 16, 2020
Doors open: |

CANCELLED

Saturday, Apr 18, 2020
Doors open: |



Past

CANCELLED

Sunday, Apr 5, 2020
Doors open: |  
SOME BECAME HOLLOW TUBES (CA, AiDAN GiRT from Godspeed You! Black Emperor/Exhaust & ERiC QUACH, ThisQuietArmy) + DUO MARTIJN COMES & FRANK VIS + DAGORA DJ SET!
Avant-Garde, Noise-Rock, Experimental | Expansive drum'n'drone post
Wednesday, Oct 2, 2019
Doors open: 20:30 - 01:00 | €8  
DEAF KIDS (BR) + RAKTA (BR) + FLOWERS + PIJN (UK) + SOON
SOTU Festival and V for Vulture are joining forces on the last day of the festival to offer you a night of underground Brazilian noise
Sunday, Apr 14, 2019
Doors open: 19:00 - 23:00 | €8-10  
SITBQ + BLACK FAUN + INUTILE TÉMOIN + NOISE AGAINST FASCISM (SE) + ABRAHAM WURSTKESSEL + M.A.X. The DISINTERGRATOR/D.D.S.L. + ZUSTAND D. + ZARAPAZ + AK'SEND + BOB THE BUILDER + SPACEBEEST + THE SCORCHER + NHC + BLOODHOLE + GRIDBUG + INDRE SUNNMØRE STØYLAG (DK) + SPLITTER HAWKINGS
noisespeedcoreraveparty!
Saturday, Apr 13, 2019
Doors open: 20:00 | €7,50 DayTicket / €15 Festival Passpartout  
DJ GODSWIL + ELECTRIK + HUNTER COMPLEX + SALÒ (FR) + ZS ZS + ATILLA THE HVN + VJ KINETIC MUD + PATAPOE OP ZOLDER: LIVE RADIO & MUSIC & SPOKEN WORD
Live bands, Spoken word, DJ's en meer...
Friday, Apr 12, 2019
Doors open: 20:00 - 03:00 | €7,50 DayTicket / €15 Festival Passpartout  
AVENTURINE + DAS SYNTHETISCHE MISCHGEWEBE & ROEL MEELKOP (DE/NL) + BOKITO HATEJAZZ ENSAMBLE + WIDT (PL) + THE ETERNAL SUN [Jasper Stadhouders, Nora Mulder, Maria Carlas, Teun Doekes, Stephan Doyle, Luc van Weelden, Renato Ferreira, Paulo] + FILM: SPACE IS THE PLACE [USA, John Coney] + DJ SL'OCCII
SOTU Festival #8 ★ i n f i n i t y ★
Wednesday, Apr 10, 2019
Doors open: 20:00 - 01:00 | €7,50 DayTicket / €15 Festival Passpartout  
CiTY DRAGON (FR) + BRAiN MASTURBATiON (GR) + DJ KRAAAOUUU (GR) + DJ SL'OCCii
Sounds Of Joy | Sounds Of The Underground
Wednesday, Jan 9, 2019
Doors open: 19:30 - Late | Donation for the players  
Noise Potpourri w/ Kazehito Seki (JP) + ... (CH) + NuR (CH) + Tzii (BE) + Vestas + DJ Shoko (JP)
cut-ups , no inputs , dry vox , soundscapes , noises , glitches
Friday, Dec 21, 2018
Doors open: 20:30 | €6  
SOTU FESTIVAL w/ MISHA FEIGIN (US) & LUKAS SIMONIS + DIRAR KALASH (PS) + KINDER MECCANO (UK) + ARVIND GANGA & LEO SVIRSKY + DOLKAMAR
Improv | Free Music | Noise
Sunday, Apr 15, 2018
Doors open: 20:00 - 00:00 | €5 / DONATION  
COR GOUT BOEK Presentatie: ‘Tien muziekmomenten die mijn leven veranderden’ (In de Knipscheer) w/ Dolf Planteijdt (Morzelpronk), G.W. Sok (The EX), Rob H. Bekker (Zimihc), Cor Gout, Frank v/d Bos, Peter Bos (Trespassers W) & Lukas Simones (Dull Schicksal), Bert Vissers (Bender) + Peter Bruyn (Frnkfrt), Gé Huismans (Gonzo circus), Oscar Smit (Vinyl), Wim v/d Herik (Opscene/Fake)
Figurehead Dutch Indie Scene | Forum MusicZines | Live Music | Book Presentation
Sunday, Apr 15, 2018
Doors open: 15:00 - 18:00 |  
SOTU FESTIVAL w/ HELLASH + SVARTVIT + WRNGDNG (DE) + DIARRHAEL BLAST (IT) + HEIDI HOERSTURTZ + TAPE JOCKEY + HEIPALEN + DEL_F 64.0 (DE) + BLOODHOLE (NIMATEK) + DJ GINGERMOON + CYCLIKWEETOS (FR) + LOVE TARAXX (FR) + JOE KISSER + LOGOSAMPHIA + GARCON TAUPE + DJ MATINEE

Saturday, Apr 14, 2018
Doors open: 21:00 - 03:00 | €7 / DONATION  
SOTU FESTIVAL w/ VAMPILLIA (JP) + VMO (Violent Magic Orchestra)(JP) + PGR (IT) + BLACK SAND (IT) + VENDERSTROOIK + URBAN GREY + CHRIS MEIGHAN + BUNNY VORTEX + ARMA AGARTHA (LT) + HET PROGRAMMA + APOPHALATION + VENTA PROTESIX (IT) + LOURDES
Brutal Orchestra | Noise |
Friday, Apr 13, 2018
Doors open: 20:00 - 03:00 | €8 / DONATION  
SOTU FESTIVAL w/ L’ATLIER D’EVEIL MUSICAL DU CENTRE SOCIAL RAYMOND POULIDOR (FR) + ERIK RUIN (US) & DEAD NEANDERTHALS + DJ PAPELÓN KIFESH + SJAMANDADA + INNASSAAH (IT/FR)
Libertaion Music | Noise
Wednesday, Apr 11, 2018
Doors open: 20:00 - 01:00 | €5 / DONATION  
SOTU Festival 2018 - II V II w/ VAMPILLIA (jp) + VMO (jp) + ERIK RUIN (us) & DEAD NEANDERTHALS + URBAN GREY + L'atlier D'eveil Musical Du Centre Social Raymond Poulidor (FR) + MUCH MORE!!!
The SOTU is a five day underground music festival in Amsterdam. The festival concentrates on alternative and independent music culture with noise, wave, psychedelia, avant-garde, improvisation & underground dance.
Tuesday, Apr 10, 2018 - Thursday, Apr 12, 2018
Doors open: 20:30 | €15 PASSPARTOUT (5 DAYS)  
MAHER SHALAL HASH BAZ (JP) + LE TON MITÉ (BRX) + ZACH PHILLIPS (US) + Potty Mouth & Leopold
Japanese underground | experimental rock ensemble | a comedy of errors
Wednesday, Mar 21, 2018
Doors open: 20:00 - 01:00 | €6  
SOTU OCCII BAR w/ STUDIO KINEMATIX + BSE + DJ HakkiTakki
TOTAL REMIX | records, x-rays, live projection
Wednesday, Jan 31, 2018
Doors open: 20:00 - 01:00 |  
SOTU OCCII BAR II-X-II w/ TRIEBLAUT (DE) + STÖRENFRIED (DE) + COLLOID + DJs SL'OCCII + HAKKI TAKKI & FLIP
SOTU [Sounds of the Underground]
Saturday, Dec 2, 2017
Doors open: 22:00 - 03:00 | Donation  
DEFEKTRO (JP) + EXOTERRISM (Hong Kong/Brxl) + O O O (Nikola H. Mounoud, CH) + KAZEHITO SEKI (JP) + MIKKO SAVELA (FI/SE) + LEKKAGE + PRESSURE THERAPY + ANDRé AVELãS (PR) + DJ LND PND
NOISE POTPOURRI 888 | Live performance |
Thursday, Oct 26, 2017
Doors open: 20:30 | €5  
SOTU SHOW /w Osilasi - B6rb6p6pa - Sssorry - BSE - djCS

Thursday, Jun 8, 2017
Doors open: 20:00 - 01:00 | €4  
NIONDE PLåGAN (SE) + TRACHIMBROD (SE) + THE FIFTH ALLIANCE + SNøGG (SI) + SLO DAZE + AZBUKA (SI)
FINAL CLOSING ACT OF SOTU 2017!
Sunday, Apr 16, 2017
Doors open: 17:30 - 23:00 | €6,66  
KENNY HARDER + PAUL TAS + BADABOUM (FR) + JAN WILLEM GINKO + AVENIR (FR) + CORAZÓN DE ROBOTA (CL) + CUNTROACHES (BATALJ, DE) + DJ TEE + RAASKALBOMFUKKERZ + FETTER (US) + DJ NYMPHOMANIAC + DIKEMAN/SMAL DUO + BEEATSZ V6.663 + CHRONONAUTZ (UK) + DOMINIQUE MANU + MISTER TRANKILO + HYPERDRIVER (UK) + VENTA PROTESIX (IT) + DISKETTE DELUXE + VOGEL & STOFZUIGER + DJ MORETHEE + DJ ZENUWPEES
Electronic Anarchy | Handcrafted Love Synths
Saturday, Apr 15, 2017 - Sunday, Apr 16, 2017
Doors open: 20:30 | €6,66  
LES FILLES DE ILLIGHADAD (NE, Sahel Sounds) + DJ SEBCAT (REBEL UP!) & DJ DIEGO ARMANDO (ES)
Songs about Love, religion, the difficulties of life, the joy of the community, the glorification of nature and the Tuareg culture.
Thursday, Apr 13, 2017 - Friday, Apr 14, 2017
Doors open: 21:00 - 01:00 | €6,66  
ZOO (IN, Rully Shabara/Senyawa) + GUESS WHAT (FR) + COMMON EIDER, KING EIDER (US) + CATHY HEYDEN (FR) + DJ SL'OCCII
«Freaky Groovy» | A curious night fever
Wednesday, Apr 12, 2017
Doors open: 20:00 - 01:00 | €6,66  
SOTU-Festival 666! w/ ZOO (IN, Senyawa) + GUESS WHAT (FR) + COMMON EIDER, KING EIDER (US) + CATHY HEYDEN (FR) + HYPERDRIVER (UK) + SNOGG (SI) + NIONDE PLAGAN (SE) + FETTER + LES FILLES DE ILLIGHADAD (NE) + 6EMME6ATALE6RIDAY+ PAUL TAS + BADABOUM (FR) + JAN WILLEM GINKO + AVENIR (FR) + CORAZÓN DE ROBOTA (CL) + CUNTROACHES (BATALJ, DE) + MORE !!!
SOTU (Sounds of the Underground) is a music festival and cultural foundation organising events centering on and celebrating some unique aspect of the global independent music and art community and its diy and counter cultural traditions.
Wednesday, Apr 12, 2017 - Sunday, Apr 16, 2017
Doors open: 20:00 - Late | €18.50 for Passe-partout (5 days, 5 venues, only 66 available!)  
FÉLON (fr) + TERRINE (fr) + A_R_C_C (fr) + DOMINIQUE MANU (fr) + M8JN
'80's Industrial | Experimantal Dance | Casio Madness
Thursday, Feb 9, 2017
Doors open: 20:30 | €6  
MultiDAMMN!!!
Roaming Festivities For Hard-Listening Non-Music, Non-Performance and Negletive Arts
Wednesday, Nov 30, 2016 - Friday, Dec 2, 2016
Doors open: 20:00 - 02:00 | FREE, Donation for Artists Welcome!  
NI (at) + ARMA AGARTHA (lt) + PARALODIA + SYNTH&BEAT + SOTU DJ TEAM w/ DJ GINGERMOON
musique concrete | DIY shamanism | Everything’s there, and everything’s there is shit hot.
Friday, Nov 18, 2016
Doors open: 21:00 | €6  
DANCE EXPO w/ DJ ADHD + DJ MARTIJN + DJ SANDER + DC20 + DJ LNDPND + ADEPTUS MECHANICUS + DJ CRYSTAL MIND & DJZ + DJ MARK + CREVER + DE SLAK + MINEUR + SUZUKI JUNZO + DVJ CAPTAIN SPANK + KUTWYV + BSE + DECO BY DECO
The exhibition from Peter Bolhaar will end, 12 hours of party with trippy deco & musix
Sunday, Jun 12, 2016
Doors open: 12:00 - 00:00 | Free  
THE POISONED GLASS (us, Edgy59 & G.Stuart Dahlquist ) + BLOWN OUT (uk, Mike Vest) + VALVE (fr) + ROPE (uk) + MODERN RITUALS (uk) + SHAHR-E NO
SOTU FESTIVAL 2016 | http://www.sotufestival.com/2016
Sunday, Apr 24, 2016
Doors open: 17:00 - 00:00 | PAY WHAT YOU WANT!  
War tone + Frau Diamanda + Das Punkt + Damcase + Weird Dust + Laser Poodle + dj Sajjra + DMDN + FoetusLapDance + DJ Ramses + Scrambled Channel + ListenToMerijn + Boris Scorpio + DJ Vroom&Dreesman + Secret Sjorrephone + Crever + Film/Lecture/Workdshop/Food at NotenPret/Bollox/LagLab/MKZ
SOTU FESTIVAL 2016 | http://www.sotufestival.com/2016
Saturday, Apr 23, 2016
Doors open: 15:00 - 18:00 // 21:00 - LATE | PAY WHAT YOU WANT!  
Ludo Mich (be) + Maîtres Fous (it/fr/brx) + Bromp Treb (us) + Curse Purse (us) + Bonne Aparte + Dj Lonely + Headband (us) + Ro (us) + New Root Canal (be) + Tellavision (de) + Fake DJ Team
SOTU FESTIVAL 2016 | http://www.sotufestival.com/2016
Friday, Apr 22, 2016
Doors open: 20:00 | PAY WHAT YOU WANT!  
OCCII BAR SOTU SPECIAL Presents: BILLENPLAS + ALMEIDA/LOPES/SMAL TRIO (pt/nl) + MNHM + OLIFANT TAKEOVER + PULPY BLOSSOM + OPERA&KUTWYV + SPECTRAL YOUTH (fr) + BRAIN MASTURBATION + BALKH (us)
SOTU FESTIVAL 2016 | http://www.sotufestival.com/2016
Wednesday, Apr 20, 2016
Doors open: 19:00 - 01:00 | PAY WHAT YOU WANT!  
SOTU FESTIVAL 2016 - 5TH EDITION - SOTU (Sounds of the Underground)´s passion for genre bending sound and performances is at the heart of all their events...
– you can listen to Noise, Free-music, Rave, Modular-Acid, Hardcore Punk, Industrial, Freejazz, Electro, Staycore + Orchestral doom | http://www.sotufestival.com/2016/
Tuesday, Apr 19, 2016 - Sunday, Apr 24, 2016
Doors open: 12:00 | PAY WHAT YOU WANT!  
ASTMA (ru) + Giulio Aldinnuci (it) + SOME TRUTHS (uk) + AKKII ATTII & MARTIJN COMES
Concertzender Nederland | Classwar Karaoke | free improv/electro-acoustic/noise
Wednesday, Dec 16, 2015
Doors open: 20:30 | €6  
UKRYTE ZALETY SYSTEMU (PL) + PRZEPYCH (PL) + DISC JOCHIE GRRRT + TEMPTING VOID + DJ LARVA (AR)
post-punk, new wave and cold wave | DIY social-cultural centre | AfterPartiiiii
Friday, Oct 23, 2015
Doors open: 21:00 | €7  
SOTU SUMMER PARTY -w/ DJ AZID + THE NO + AKEMIÖ GREY + EMPTY FRONT (Live) + LINGUA NADA (de/Live) + TILIKUM, TILIKUM (de/Live) + SOTU DJ Team + De Grote BSE Show (Radio Patapoe) + Jeanann Dara (us) + MAD-VIS-CASE (Live) + Visuals by - De Oplichters
Sounds of the Underground | From SynthPop To RAVE
Saturday, Jun 27, 2015
Doors open: 21:00 - LATE | DONATION €5  
OCCII Bar -w/ BALKH (us, “Dissociative-trance” liveset)
Come by, have beer and a smile -:)
Wednesday, Apr 29, 2015
Doors open: 18:00 | FREE  
RHYS CHATHAM (us) + SHIT & SHINE (us) + WAIVER + VARKENSHOND (be) + DJ TEXEL + FAKE #01 (Magazine & CD-comp) + THE OUTSKIRTS + ARNO PELZER + SPOELSTRA + DISC JOCHIE GRRRT & DATNAPOKU [DJ] + FESTIVAL TALKSHOW : T' Gaepent Gat
Sounds of the Underground | 15-19 April 2015 | Local & International Acts | www.sotufestival.com
Saturday, Apr 18, 2015
Doors open: 20:00 - Late | €8  
THE KURWS (pl) + SHEIK ANORAK (fr) + STOKA ENSEMBLE + CYRIL M. (fr) + DJ MEEUW + DJ GINGERMOON + NOODLEBAR -w/ Mono-Poly + OSC1899 + Boris Scorpio + Falafelbiels + Kami Kapnobatai + FESTIVAL TALKSHOW : T' Gaepent Gat
Sounds of the Underground | 15-19 April 2015 | Local & International Acts | www.sotufestival.com
Friday, Apr 17, 2015
Doors open: 20:00 - Late | €5  
SOTU Festival 2015 -w/ SENYAWA (ID) + THE KURWS (pl) + RHYS CHATHAM (us) + SHIT & SHINE (us) + SHEIK ANORAK (fr) + VARKENSHOND (be) + STOKA ENSEMBLE + CYRIL M. (fr) + WAIVER + CREMATION LILY (uk) + URBAN GREY + URPF LANZE (be) + FETTER + INVUNCHE + KLANKMAN + BRUTAL ORGASM (be) + FAKE MAGAZINE + THE OUTSKIRTS + HOWIE REEVE (sc) + EUGENE CHADBOURNE & ROGIER SMAL (US/NL) + So Much More !!!
Sounds of the Underground | 15-19 April 2015 | Local & International Acts | www.sotufestival.com
Wednesday, Apr 15, 2015 - Sunday, Apr 19, 2015
Doors open: 18:00 | €5/€8  
OCCIIBAR Sotu Noisespecial -w/ SENYAWA (id) + Apophallation + Gods Will + Nekschot + Atama + DJ’s Duizend Baasheid Wax Society + Kasper Vogelzang (Photo-expo)
Sounds of the Underground | 15-19 April 2015 | Local & International Acts | www.sotufestival.com
Wednesday, Apr 15, 2015
Doors open: 19:00 | Donation / 5 EURO  
OCCII Bar -w/ JOHN (us) - Rainbearcultsolo Performance
Come by, have beer and a smile -:)
Wednesday, Mar 25, 2015
Doors open: 18:00 | FREE  
OCCII BAR -w/ HYPERCULTE (ch)
Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp | Massicot | kraut trans rock duo
Wednesday, Mar 18, 2015
Doors open: 18:00 | Donation  
OCCII Bar -w/ Dj Goiz (Auto Control) and dj Charis Ashtrubation
Come by, have beer and a smile | Cheese, greek fingerfood and vegan meat.
Wednesday, Mar 11, 2015
Doors open: 18:00 | FREE  
OCCII Bar + opening PATAPART exhibition + performance by David Moon (de)
Indie Glam | snippets from Radio Patapoe | BEER
Wednesday, Mar 4, 2015
Doors open: 18:00 | FREE  
OCCII Bar
Come by, have beer and a smile -:)
Wednesday, Feb 25, 2015
Doors open: 18:00 | FREE  
OCCII Bar
Come by, have beer and a smile -:)
Wednesday, Feb 18, 2015
Doors open: 18:00 | FREE  
OCCII Bar
Come by, have beer and a smile -:)
Wednesday, Feb 11, 2015
Doors open: 18:00 | FREE  
OCCII Bar
Come by, have beer and a smile -:)
Wednesday, Jan 28, 2015
Doors open: 18:00 | FREE  
SOTU Benefiet Feest -w/ THE LOCK + SCMB + SYNTH & BEAT + DJ DUISTERE BARDO + DJ INDPND + DISCO NARCISCO
Punk/Noise/Psy bands | Sound Of The Underground | Disco/Electro/Wave DJ's
Saturday, Jan 17, 2015
Doors open: 22:00 - 04:00 | Donation  
ORDRE ETERN (es/uk) + COAGUL (es) + HALVIS + -1 (fr)
RITUALISTIC | PSYCHEDELIC | INDUSTRIAL | NOISE
Thursday, Dec 4, 2014
Doors open: 20:30 | €7  
DJ NIGGA FOX (príncipe) + DJ KOLT (blacksea não maya / príncipe) + GUM TAKES TOOTH (uk) + JOHN EWBAND + MATAKLAP + BORIS SCORPIO
Next level kuduro, tarraxinha, batida, afro house hybrids | Marfox | Pantropical
Thursday, Oct 23, 2014
Doors open: 21:00 - 02:00 | €6  
MORIHIDE SAWADA (jp) + TESTA DI CAVALLO (ch) ft. G.W. SOK + SUN RΔΔR ORKEST (Δ*dam) + SOTU DJ's
Snare, Sticks | piano-ferraille | Eerlijk Stelen | avant-garde
Sunday, Jun 15, 2014
Doors open: 20:30 | €6  
BESOIN DEAD (fr) + MASSICOT (ch) + USÉ (fr) + THE BODY (us) + SOTU DJ TEAM
Et Mon Cul C'est Du Tofu? | DadaRiotGirls | Noise Chamanique | “There’s heaviness. There’s brutality. Then there’s The Body.”
Sunday, Apr 20, 2014
Doors open: 20:00 | €8  
DJ GINGERMOON + THE JULIE MITTENS + DYLAN NYOUKIS (uk) + PLATTETOZTI NOISE ORKEST + EKOPLEKZ (uk) + GΔRTMΔLEN + DJ BORIS BECKER + IDEAL CORPUS (fr) + WTF Saturday! (DRAG QUEERS & DJ's) + NOODLE BAR (MONO-POLY, BORIS SCORPIO, COLLOID)
Squeak Rock | Former Heavy Metal Kid | Analog Not Digital | Tuning Out | Planet Mu | GhettoBass | Local Drag Kings & Queens
Saturday, Apr 19, 2014
Doors open: 20:00 | €8  
DATNAPOKU [DJ] + SIR RICHARD BISHOP (us) + ASHLEY PAUL (us) + FLOWER/CORSANO DUO (uk/us) + DJ CHRIS MENIST (uk) + NETWORK AWESOME
Onorthodoxe Solo-Gitaarspel | PunkRaga | Hyperkinetische Drumaanvallen | Paradise Bangkok
Friday, Apr 18, 2014
Doors open: 20:30 | €8  
SOTU Festival #3! -w/ Sir Richard Bishop (us) + Flower / Corsano duo (uk/us) + Ideal Corpus (fr) + Ekoplekz (uk) + Massicot (ch) + The Body (us) + WTF Saturday! + Many More !!!
THE ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF UNDERGROUND CULTURE
Wednesday, Apr 16, 2014 - Sunday, Apr 20, 2014
Doors open: | €25  
CANDIE HANK aka PATRIC CATANI (de) + KARL MARX STADT (de) + DION AND THE MAGIC CHORDS + ROSS PARFITT (UK) + HELLASH + DJ GINGERMOON + VJ VIS AND SOTU DJ'S
New Fields of Music | Society Suckers | Swing, Dada, Future
Friday, Dec 20, 2013
Doors open: 21:00 | €7  
SOTU FESTIVAL 2013

Saturday, May 11, 2013 - Sunday, May 12, 2013
Doors open: 22:00 | 5 euros  
SOTU FESTIVAL 2013

Friday, May 10, 2013 - Saturday, May 11, 2013
Doors open: 20:30 | 7 euros