SHITNEY

What is Shitney ? The female rulers of Sun Ra’s Saturn colony ? Rebel refugees from the eighties synth-pop ? Goddesses gibberish trash talk ? Hyperactive tone geologists that will blow your head while drilling into the core of this planet ? Witty feminist criticism of masculine-muscular free jazz ? Most likely, all together and much more. If there is some justice on this Earth, Shitney should headline festivals near your home." - Eyal Hareuveni, freejazzblog Danish/Swedish/Estonian Impro-Avantgarde-Electronica trio SHITNEY was formed in 2015 with the purpose of creating contrasting acoustic/electric music. After a widely praised debut album, EARTH CORE, Shitney has had frequent live activities both at international festivals, and concerts at cinemas, churches, club venues and much more. The three members now have an in-depth knowledge of each other's musical expressions, constantly developing and refining their dialogical real-time compositions together. Three musicians with different musical approaches and backgrounds united in a hybrid of abstract and concrete, minimalism, noise and smoldering symphonic passages. Shitney embodies the force of giving space for diversity, and manages to present the unexpected mix of styles and sounds in a natural and distinct way. Earth Core was nominated for a Danish Music Award 2017 in the category Special Release of the year. Currently they are working on their second album. Maria Faust - Sax/effects Estonian composer and saxophonist, best known for her own large groups Maria Faust Machina, In the beginning (with Kira Skov), MF Jazz Catastrophe, M F Sacrum Facere, and several smaller improvisation-based ensembles. She is the recipient of multiple awards and grants, including Danish Music Awards, NILS Prisen, Estonian Jazz Award, and many others. Katrine Amsler – Microguitar/Keys/Programming Danish composer and keyboard player, best known from her constantly changing and innovative band Television Pickup and as a solo artist under the name Tuba Dynamite. Amsler works with improvised music in a number of different ensembles and alongside being a live musician she works as a producer and makes sound design and music for computer games. Recently with composer and sound-artist Martin Stig Andersen on Wolfenstein by Machine Games. Qarin Wikström – Voice/Effects/Keys Swedish composer and vocalist. So far, she has released 18 albums as a composer/co-composer, with diverse ensembles such as Kostcirkeln, Sekten and Babakarej, and previously with her solo project Q. Wikström also works as a contemporary dance composer and performer, and in a number of smaller sized improvisation-based ensembles. She is the recipient of multiple Danish Music Awards, and a winner of Denmark’s National Arts Foundation's three-year working grant.