In 2025, the SHAPE+ platform for innovative music and interdisciplinary art, co-funded by the European Union and Pro Helvetia, will have 5 showcases outside of the EU.
First three of these have been announced: Indonesian festival Jogja Noise Bombing (9 – 11 May), Cairo’s innovative party series Jellyzone (22 May) and London’s experimental music venue Cafe OTO (16 June).
Two more showcases are coming in June, so keep an eye out for further announcements!
Jogja Noise Bombing (9.-11.05.2025)
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
SHAPE+ line-up of the event:
Jogja Noise Bombing (JNB) is a noise and experimental music-based community based in the city of Yogyakarta. JNB was first formed in 2012 based on the desire of several sound artists to amplify this type of music through a method called Noise Bombing. Noise Bombing tests the accessibility or possibility of acceptance of sounds with a tendency to disturb (noise or noisy) in public spaces. This method is also used as a responsive intervention tool to the homogeneity of noise that exists in public spaces.
The 2025 edition will feature street noise bombing, noise concerts with spatial sound and visuals, as well as discourse events.
JellyZone: Magalaat (22.05.2025)
Cairo, Egypt
SHAPE+ line-up of the event:
JellyZone, a curated night since 2017, has redefined Cairo’s electronic music scene by opening doors to a more diverse and inclusive audience. With accessible, affordable events, it’s become a home for experimental and left-field artists, connecting them with a broader crowd and cultivating a vibrant, supportive community that thrives outside the mainstream.
Magalaat [“Fields” in Arabic], a JellyZone series launched in November 2024, created to spark dialogue between Cairo’s underground scene and artists from other underrepresented regions.
Magalaat: Scatter is a special edition bringing together three artists from three different places: Brazil, Slovenia, and Egypt.
Set in a mini football field by the Nile, the choice of venue reflects JellyZone’s instinct to adapt and transform: they’ve previously done events at wedding halls, rooftop corners, desert camps hidden in the heart of the city, and riverside gardens.
Both alys(alys) and Assyouti will conduct a one-day masterclass, targeting young producers like themselves,, they will showcase a few of their projects and demonstrate their workflow, tips and tricks and share experience together and connect with the other producers attending.
London, United Kingdom
SHAPE+ line-up of the event:
Cafe OTO provides a home for creative new music that exists outside of the mainstream with an evening programme of adventurous live music seven nights a week.
The concert programme at Cafe OTO is managed by OTOProjects – a not-for-profit Community Interest Company (CIC).
Upon the Cafe OTO’s ten year anniversary in 2018, The Guardian hailed it to be “the heart of the underground”.
Two more SHAPE+ showcases outside of the EU will be announced next month.