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School of Unthink, curators of Luton’s annual Dislocation festival, return to Filmstock to continue their project of connecting works of art which appear isolated, but are ultimately united in their discord against all things ordinary.

Vultures
This anarchic London collective bring their unique home-made instruments and general cacophony back to Luton, this time entwined with visual stimulation.
www.myspace.com/justvultures

Skarabee
Stuart Chalmers’ highly experimental alter ego has recently released a full length album on Fbox Records, extracts of which are set to independent films from the UK underground at this festival.
www.fboxrecords.co.uk

Oblio
Often slow-burning and deceptively calm, the digital tapestries of Mark Burton aka Oblio have lulled several Luton audiences into blissful dream-states at Dislocation and beyond for a number of years. Set against a sumptuously fitting backdrop of Koyaanisqatsi (1983).
http://www.myspace.com/burtronkram

The Lottery in Babylon
The Lottery’s oneiric sepia tones and cryptic lyrical metaphors are complemented on the night by a narcotic collage of Point Blank (1967) and Dead Man’s Shoes (2004).

Criemen
Are a disorienting extended belch of hypertensile hum and reverberating despair. A project inspired by the harrowing World of Glory (1991) by Roy Andersson, to which this performance is set.

Global soundtracks have provided us with podcast coverage of Dislocation Festival 09. Which features live music from the festival and interviews with School of Unthink members and some of the bands performing.

Listen/learn/download here:
http://www.globalsoundtracks.com/show/31-august-2009/

If you missed this years festival you can still purchase a Dislocation Festival CD sampler.

Here is this years track-listing that features exclusive tracks from the artists on the line up.

Dislocation Festival Sampler 2009

Black Carrot – BangMoonyFatZummer
Rory/Heroines of the U.S.S.R - A Kind of Dance-
Oblio – A Robot Eating Prunes On His Favourite Sofa
Cigars of the Pharaoh – Sit On Your Roof And Watch The Sky
“Don’t Move, Play Dead!” – Untitled 3
Horselover Fat – Adrift
Coldstream – Mecolico
Circuit Breaker – Evolve/repeat
Same Actor – Untitled
N,Nminus – Why?
Meek Tiger - Milk
Wounded Knee - atlanta

Samplers are £1.50 including postage.

Please download our Festival Program for more information including our festival timetable.

The final acts for this years Dislocation Festival are announced today;

We’re very excited to confirm that Black Carrot, Temperatures, Nitkowski, N,Nminus, Cigars of the Pharaoh and Oblio all join the Saturday August 22nd line up.

The festival programme booklet will be available to download from the beginning of August and the festival CD tracklist will be published in the next week or so.

Advance tickets are still available, and the best way to guarantee yourself a spot at the festival this year. In the next three weeks, the festival organisers will post preview information about their personal festival highlights, so stay focused.

Today we announce further additions to the Friday and Saturday line up;

Friday 21st August – entire film programme announced. See respective pages for more details

Saturday 22nd August – Same Actor, Horselover Fat, Elapse 0 and Wartgore Hellsnicker are added to the line up

Friday’s full film line up has now been announced, including Wong Kar-wai’s Fallen Angels, Koen Mortier’s Ex-Drummer, and a host of short films from the UK and abroad.

Read the full list or see details of the features or shorts.

Music wise he recommends Wounded Knee for his original and poetic voice soundscapes and Temperatures for there pummelling and distorted mix of noise rock and metal. He has picked Ex Drummer as this years feature due to it’s high octane mix of action and rock music and it’s darker portrayal of the human condition. He is also eagerly awaiting Dj Engram’s musical response to his choice of film that will be revealed to the audience on the day.

The Dislocation Festival is an annual exploration of experimental music and film hosted by The School of Unthink. This year it will take place in Luton on the 21st and 22nd of August 2009. The festival seeks to introduce (and reintroduce) people to an exciting variety of new musics and film over two events on successive days.

Both events will be held at The Old Shop, a dedicated arts space run by the organisers of the Filmstock festival. The Friday will see an afternoon and evening of short and feature films, live soundtracks, and musical performances; the Saturday is an all-day musical marathon featuring local and not-so-local acts.