ROTA is an experimental music festival created by AADK SP, that spans the spectrum between traditional music and post-industrial electronica under the motto ‘from roots to noise’. Initiated in 2017 by Selu Herraiz and Elena Azzedin, it takes place in the rural town of Blanca and the city of Murcia. Its main objective is to raise awareness and interest in peripheral territories and positively contribute to their repopulation by bringing the most innovative contemporary culture closer. Additionally, the festival works to create networks for the transmission of knowledge among peers and to foster the creation of new contemporary rituals to strengthen bonds.
The unstoppable continuous rotation.
The inevitable change. The world is different.
Rurality is activated as a territory for new practices.
Through care, a new sound ecosystem is generated from the fissure.
From local to global.
ROTA develops an annual program that includes concerts, sound residencies, educational activities, and publications, shifting towards a gathering format where the focus is on bringing people together. Its curation includes unique and unpublished sound pieces developed on-site, inviting musicians to explore the local environment and its traditions during a residency period prior to the festival. In this way, ROTA serves as a bridge: linking folk and avant-garde sounds, bringing cosmopolitanism to rural areas, and highlighting both underground and academic music. The festival supports emerging creators and musicians with long trajectories equally, with a strong emphasis on the visibility of women, non-binary individuals, and BIPOC. AADK SP, through ROTA, we aim to generate new communities around sound and contribute to the international visibility of the Region of Murcia.
Listen
Here you can find many of the full concerts and some sound clips from the artists who have performed at the festival.
SEE
Visit our visual radio channel –ALDARRAX–, where you can find videos of the concerts in the various playlists.
ARCHIVE
ROTA 6a Edición · 14-20 Diciembre 2023
THURSDAY 14 DECEMBER
Centro Negra
Concerts
Chago
Severine Beata
Builtthenburnt
Instalactions
1000 Murmurs
Le Parody
FRIDAY 15 DECEMBER
Teatro Victoria
Concerts
Cereus
Alvaro Sola
José Perelló
SATURDAY 16 DECEMBER
Centro Negra
Concerts
1000 Murmurs
Nadelør
Al de la Algaida
Mitchell Keaney
DJ set
Squid Inc
SUNDAY 17 DECEMBER
Castillo
Sound Intervention
Mark Shorter
Teatro Victoria
Concert
La Capaza
Projection
‘El Sonido de un Valle’
MONDAY 18 DECEMBER
Rambla de las Salinas
SOUND WALK
Diane Barbé
& Selu Herraiz
TUESDAY 19 DECEMBER
Centro Negra
Somatic Workshop
‘Body Bewilder’
Lou Croff Blake
& Madelyn Byrd
Cashmere Radio
Radiophonic Transmision
Improvisación
Collectiva
Listen to the concerts and some excerpts from the artists
ROTA x Cashmere Radio
Colaboración especial con la radio alternativa Cashmere, radicada en Berlin.
12.12.2023 · con Alvaro Sola, Cereus, Le Parody, Severine Beata, Selu Herraiz & Diane Barbé
19.12.2023 · con loh (Pia Achternkamp), 1000 Murmurs, The Whisper, Nadelør (Nime & Burgund T. Brandt), Severine Beata, Jacob Eriksen, Ana Carucci, Munda (Selu Herraiz), Alvaro Sola, Mark Shorter, Sevc, Mitchell Keaney & Diane Barbé
26.12.2023 · con Abraham Hurtado, Giuliana Grippo, Mitchell Keaney, Selu Herraiz & Diane Barbé
5ª Edición 8-10 Diciembre 2022
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Centro Negra (Blanca):
MAQ (AR)
Ana Carucci + Nacho de Andrés (AR)
Jesús Victoria (ES)
Diane Barbé (FR/DE)
Susan Drone (ES)
Munda (ES/DE)
Centro Párraga (Murcia):
Varoujan Cheterian (CH/AM/DE)
burgund t brandt (DE)
Atlas Parlor aka La Josephine (ES)
See all the concerts in our Visual Radio channel –ALDARRAX–
4ª Edición 18-20 Noviembre 2021
Listen and see the concerts of this edition in our Visual Radio Channel –ALDARRAX–
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Centro Negra (Blanca):
Jorge Barco
Lynhan Balatbat
Julia Eckhardt
Selu Herraiz
Centro Párraga (Murcia):
Ceola Behrens
Niko LFO
Julia Eckhardt
Marta de Pascalis
Beatrix Weapons
Jorge Barco
Nara is Neus
Amas
Ruda
Artificiero
Listen and see the concerts in our Visual Radio Channel –ALDARRAX–
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Centro Negra – Blanca:
Flamante / Aldarrax
Josman P# / Aldarrax
Hugo Capablanca / Capablancas Records
Agus / Estrasburgo1518
Centro Párraga – Murcia:
Masterclass / Rabih Beaini
Lorenzo Sandoval y Pedro André *
Mariana Carvalho / Aldarrax
Falsos Profetas / Aldarrax
Pablo Jordán / Vulture
Rabih Beaini / Morphine
* Lorenzo Sandoval y Pedro André present ‘Can’t you Hear the Whisper of One Another’s Touch’, a sound travelogue about Halim El Dabh, with a narrative voice from Lynhan Balatbat-Helbock. The sound piece was listen in the dark.
Rabih Beaini [LB/DE]
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Laboratorio de Escucha Activa / Grupo infantil de Sonora, Blanca
Radio Infusión / Nilo Gallego y Annouk Deville + gente de la comunidad de Blanca
La Orquesta Exploratoria / Nacho Muñoz (Galicia) + Peña Huertana La Capaza (Blanca)
Carlos Suárez (Galicia)
Úrsula Bravo (Murcia)
Raúl Cantizano (Sevilla)
Atractores Extraños (Murcia/Galicia)
Koichi Shimizu (Japón/Tailandia)
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Laboratorio de Escucha Activa / Grupo infantil de Sonora, Blanca
Ensemble de la deriva / dirigido por Josep Lluis Galiana (Valencia)
La Orquesta Exploratoria / Nacho Muñoz (Galicia) + Peña Huertana La Capaza (Blanca)
Nacho Muñoz (Galicia)
Josep Lluis Galiana (Valencia)
Carlos suárez (Galicia)
Pia Achternkamp aka Loh (Berlin)
Selu Herraiz aka Lilith21 / AADK (Murcia)
Dj Shak (Barcelona)
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