All Tomorrow's Parties (festival)
| All Tomorrow's Parties | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Post-rock, indie rock, electronic, avant-garde, underground hip hop |
| Location(s) | London, England |
| Years active | 1999–2016 |
| Founded by | Barry Hogan |
| Website | atpfestival |
All Tomorrow's Parties was a UK organisation based in London that promoted
Locations and artists
The festival took place in the UK, US, Japan, Iceland and Australia, and was curated by the following artists:
History
The festival had its origins in the
In 2001 the organisation spawned ATP/Recordings,[5] a record label originally created to bring out compilation albums related to its festivals. However the label eventually moved on from just doing compilations for the festival to sign and release singles and albums from artists including Threnody Ensemble, Bardo Pond, The Magic Band, Deerhoof, White Out, Death Vessel, The Drones, Fursaxa, The Scientists, Apse, Fuck Buttons, Alexander Tucker, Sleepy Sun, Spiritualized, Built To Spill, Autolux and most recently Tall Firs and Tennis. At the end of 2007 ATP/R launched series of double 7" singles called Custom Made, which would feature bands choosing four songs; one something old, one something new, one something borrowed (a cover version) and one something blue (artists were free to interpret this as they feel). Artists to release singles in this series were Australia's The Drones, Britain's Alexander Tucker and America's Deerhoof.
In 2002, the festival expanded to the US, and several events took place there in subsequent years. The organisation also became involved in booking stages at the
The organisation that put on these festivals also promoted concerts in London and the rest of the United Kingdom, curated the yearly Don't Look Back concert series and ran the record label ATP Recordings.
All Tomorrow's Parties, as with a number of modern festivals, embraced a variety of artistic genres. Most festival events featured art exhibitions and cinema programmes (in the US, ATP collaborated with Criterion to present cinema highlighted by appearances from Paul Schrader and Jim Jarmusch), and others featured spoken word performances, stand-up comedy, and book clubs.
In 2007 the curators allowed festival-goers to pick the line-up by organising a voting process for all ticketholders in the months running up to the event, and this was repeated in May 2009. The 2007 festival took place at Butlin's Minehead.[8] In the years before 2013, when ATP announced they were ceasing to hold residential festivals in the UK,[2] the festival took place up to three or four times a year in the UK (in May and then in December for the 'Nightmare Before Christmas'). UK festivals were planned to recommence in 2015, moving to Pontins Prestatyn.
In 2009,
In 2010, ATP announced I'll Be Your Mirror, a series of events to take place in cities around the world named after the B-side to the original 1966 "All Tomorrow's Parties" single by the Velvet Underground. These events still involved a curator choosing all the music and films that play at the event, but without the holiday resort accommodation. The first event took place in Tokyo, Japan in February 2011.
Significant past performances at ATP festivals include the reformations of The Magic Band, Television, The Jesus Lizard, Sleep, and Slint amongst others. All Tomorrow's Parties also presented the return of
Financial difficulties
In 2012, the company running the events was put into liquidation, owing £2.6 million to its creditors.[10] The company's directors set up a new firm, Wilwall, but this also experienced difficulties, filing late accounts, incurring significant debts, and was subject to court judgements related to debt.[10] A Grizzly Bear concert at Alexandra Palace was cancelled, as was its urban festival, Jabberwocky, the latter only 3 days before the event was due to take place.[10] A festival hosted by Drive Like Jehu was to be held in Prestatyn in Wales in 2016, but this was moved to Manchester in England, before being cancelled. A few months later the company went in administration, and its scheduled festival in Iceland was cancelled.[11]
See also
- List of electronic music festivals
- List of music festivals in the United Kingdom
- All Tomorrow's Parties, a 2009 documentary film
References
- ^ a b Sisario, Ben (2 September 2010). "Flouting the Mainstream, Forgoing a Corporate Stamp". The New York Times.
- ^ a b "ATP launch End Of An Era - All Tomorrow's Parties". All Tomorrow's Parties. 26 April 2013.
- ^ Empire, Kitty (8 May 2010). "The 10 best music festivals". the Guardian.
- ^ Gensler, Andy (1 September 2010). "All Tomorrow's Parties & Book Club". T Magazine.
- ^ "ATP Recordings". All Tomorrow's Parties. 11 October 2018.
- ^ Dollar, Steve (22 July 2008). "Pitchfork Hosts a Perma-Rock Festival". The New York Sun.
- ^ "Veterans rock for Cave the curator". The Australian. 12 January 2009. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
- ^ Smart, James (11 December 2007). "ATP: The Nightmare Before Christmas, Butlins, Minehead". the Guardian.
- ^ "Warp's return to Sheffield". BBC. 18 September 2009.
- ^ ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- ^ "ATP shuts down for good, ATP Iceland cancelled". FACT Magazine. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
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