From David Sylvian: “We’re … in the process of putting together a release by Jan Bang and Erik Honoré based on my stint at the Punkt festival of last year. The work is built around my readings of poems, especially commissioned for the Uncommon Deities installation, by the celebrated Norwegian poets Paal-Helge Haugen and Nils [...]

A Message from David: This isn’t a message I’d anticipated writing. Unless memory fails me, I’ve managed to get this far in life without having to pull out from touring commitments entirely. I’ve had messages from everyone involved in the tour, all very generous and forgiving, willing me onto better health, which in my book [...]

Norway, Ethiopia, France, USA and England meet when Punkt goes to Paris, invited by the Banlieues Bleues Festival.Artists this evening include a fantastic combination of Punkt veterans and newcomers: Etenesh Wassie, Hamid Drake, Mathieu Sourisseau, Ikue Mori, Evan Parker, Sidsel Endresen, Nils Petter Molvær, Jan Bang and Erik Honoré.More info can be found here: www.banlieuesbleues.org [...]

Legendary artist and producer Brian Eno is confirmed as Artistic Director of next year´s Punkt Festival. Eno will curate all 18 concerts and live remixes during the three day festival (6. – 8. September.). Limited edition “earlybird” passes at reduced price are available now. See the Tickets section for how to purchase the passes. Last [...]

“Implausible Beauty 2012″ sees David Sylvian tour Europe in March 2012, his first series of performances since 2007. More information here: http://tour.davidsylvian.com

An extensive review of the 2011 Punkt Festival by John Kelman of All About Jazz is now published and available to read online. Punkt is, quite simply, a festival that can’t be missed; there are too many one-of-a-kind performances that either happen there for the first time or, even more significantly, for the only time, [...]

Official Punkt Photographer, Alf Solbakken, has added some new photos in both Full Colour and stylish Black & White to his Flickr photostream. You can view the fantastic new photos, as well as some beautiful photos of previous Punkt Festivals HERE These are not for use or redistribution without the prior consent of Alf Solbakken/Punkt [...]

After the main performance Thursday evening sold out in record speed, we are very pleased to announce the second performance of David Sylvian’s audiovisual installation “Uncommon Deities“, featuring Evan Parker (UK) / Ingar Zach (N) / Stian Westerhus (N). – David Sylvian wanted to give more people the opportunity to experience his installation in both [...]

Susanne Sundfør with special guests Sacred Harp perform at Punkt (Agder Teater) Saturday September 3rd at 18:30. A very limited number of single tickets are available here. Day passes for Saturday 3rd are also available, including concerts by Sundfør, Minibus Pimps (John Paul Jones / Helge Sten), Marilyn Mazur, Arve Henriksen featuring Sylvian/Aarset/Zach/Friman/Bang/Honoré and more.

This year`s Punkt Seminar, in co-operation with the University of Agder, features an exclusive meeting with John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin / Them Crooked Vultures) and Helge Sten (Supersilent), different perspectives on free improvisation (Evan Parker, John Tilbury, Philip Jeck), music related visual design (Chris Bigg of Samadhisound and 4AD), and modern interpretation of mediaeval [...]