Open'er Festival have announced some exciting new acts joining this years festival line up which include, Jonny Greenwood - Electric Counterpoint

As a musician and composer, he is best known for his role as a guitarist with the British rock band Radiohead, in which he also plays the synthesizer and is responsible for electronic sounds. He is a multi-instrumentalist, playing the alto sax, xylophone, Martenot waves, banjo, harmonica and drums. Considered one of the most important guitarists of our time, he is also a respected film score writer, often collaborating with Paul Thomas Anderson ("There Will Be Blood", "The Master"). In his solo compositions, Greenwood incorporates contemporary music, paying homage to his master Krzysztof Penderecki. Greenwood met the Polish composer in 2011 at Sacrum Profanum festival during the premiere of "48 Responses to Polymorphia", referencing Penderecki's canonical "Polymorphia" from 1961.

"Electric Counterpoint" is a 1987 composition by Steve Reich, with its most remarkable rendition by Pat Metheny issued by Nonesuch Records. The work is scored for an electric guitar and 14 guitar tracks or a group of guitarists with electric guitars, and the composition is divided into three parts: "Fast”, "Slow”, "Fast”. Greenwood has already tackled "Electric Counterpoint" at the aforementioned Sacrum Profanum in 2011, and will record the material for Nonesuch, which previously released "Penderecki/Greenwood", this summer. 

"Electric Counterpoint” will be performed on Saturday, on the last festival day. Greenwood prepared and recorded all tracks himself and will perform them himself on Open'er's Main Stage! 

ALSO ANNOUNCED ...NAS, JUNIP, KALIBER 44  

VAVAMUFFIN / RAS LUTA / NOVIKA / OSZIBARACK / REBEKA

MAGNIFICENT MUTTLEY / THE & / PETER J.BIRCH / DREKOTY 

Gdynia, Poland, 3 – 6 July 2013  FULL 4-DAY CAMPING TICKET FOR JUST £93! 

Full festival, ticket, travel & camping information here:

4-day tickets (03.07 – 06.07) - PLN 470 (approx. EUR 115)

4-day ticket w/6-day camping (02.07 – 07.07) - PLN 550 (approx. EUR 134)

Day tickets – PLN 189 (approx. EUR 46)

SKM ticket - PLN 23 (approx. EUR 6)

Camping fee - PLN 120 (approx. EUR 30)

Camper ticket - PLN 400 (approx. EUR 98)

Please note: exchange rate is correct at the date of publishing but subject to change.

Tickets available here