Flow06 presents its versatile programme

Flow06 presents a wider, more astonishing and versatile festival programme than ever before! This year's artists include Swedish singer-songwriter José González, Ali Shaheed Muhammad (A Tribe Called Quest), soul veteran Candi Staton, breakbeat hero Coldcut and the Underground Resistance collective on their sole gig in Europe, just to name a few.

The festival has expanded to include new indie music, everything from pop to rock and electro to folk. The main focus is, as before, on different forms of urban music from hiphop and soul via disco to reggae, and from dance jazz to soulful electronic music.

Indie-hiphop’s American number one record label Stones Throw brings a ten-member group including hiphop artists Dudley Perkins and Wildchild and soul/rnb singer Georgia Anne Muldrow. The Five Corners Quintet, which received a rapturous response at last year’s festival, will premiere their new repertoire at Flow06.

Flow's interesting and fresh indie programme features José González, British Gravenhurst, who combine apocalyptic folk with droning rock and Icelandic electro-folk artist Mugison. Notorious Happy Mondays will show up for a DJ gig. Finnish indie artists featured at Flow06 include well received recent solo debutant Siiri & The Sweeters and lo-fi-electropop favourites TV-Resistori and Aavikko.

Performance of the legendary Underground Resistance collective will undoubtedly be the number one happening within Finnish electronic music scene. The Flow lineup includes also Norwegian space disco maestros Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas, black music ambassador Moodymann and German nujazz heroes Jazzanova.

If ever there was an argument against musical pigeonholing, Flow05 was it. The unifying principle was rhythm, and on offer was an intriguing mix of deep techno, soul, electronic music, acoustic jazz and a whole lot more. – The Observer, Stuart Nicholson, 28.8.2005

The Flow event is a highlight on the international festival calendar. – Blues & Soul magazine, July 2005 issue

Flow is quite possibly the best festival to emerge from Europe in the last few years. – Undercover magazine, September 2005 issue