And meaning I won't be able to see them :( I'll be playing there as part of Signal Sever on 30.4..
Jernej www.soundoflj.com/octex > -----Original Message----- > From: robin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 29. marec 2004 17:08 > To: 313 > Subject: Re: (313) Futuresonic04 Festival > > > > yes! the Scion performance is now a week later than originally > planned...meaning i'll be able to make it.... > > chuffed > > robin... > > > > drew hemment wrote: > > dear 313 > > some info on Futursonic04 > > cheers > > drew > > > > > > ____________________ > > > > > > Futuresonic04 > > April 27th-May 8th 2004 > > Urbis and city wide > > Manchester UK > > > > A festival of electronic music and media arts > > Featuring 250 artists & 50 projects and events > > Est. 1995 > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > > > > Futuresonic04 eflyer > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > > > > > > view in html | www.futuresonic.com/email > > > > view website | www.futuresonic.com > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > > > > Futuresonic live > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > > > > > > Tuesday April 20th > > The Matthew Herbert Big Band > > A pre-festival special event - Pioneer of electronic music Matthew > > Herbert (UK) > > performs live with a full 20-strong band, stunning vocals and live > > sampling. > > With Bugge Wesseltoft (NO). > > ____________________ > > > > Saturday May 1st > > Free outdoor May Day event > > Unite and Love Music Hate Racism present Dizzee Rascal > stablemate Wiley > > (UK), > > former N.A.S.T.Y. MC D Double E (UK), Metz & Trix (UK) and Virus > > Syndicate (UK) > > showcasing the cutting edge new urban sound of Grime. > > > > ____________________ > > > > Sat May 1st > > Location live > > Live sound art in the unique surroundings of a > fifteenth-century hall > > including > > Glide by Echo and the Bunnymen's Will Sergeant (UK), Mathew Gregory > > (UK), Vergil > > Sharkya' (UK), Phil Mouldycliff (UK) and Colin Potter (UK). > Curated by > > Colin Fallows. > > ____________________ > > > > Saturday May 8th > > Arrange and Process Basic Channel live > > Closing party and profile club event of Futuresonic04 - a > rare UK live > > set and > > Futuresonic04 exclusive, Scion (DE) plays re-arranged and re-worked > > tracks from > > the back catalogue of the legendary German techno outfit > Basic Channel > > (Moritz > > von Oswald and Mark Ernestus). Plus very special guests. > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > > > > Turntable re:mix > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > > > > > > Celebrating 25 years of the Technics 1200MK2 with a series > of events > > featuring > > pioneers of turntable music and looking at the past and > future of the DJ > > with > > artists detonating the art of playback by using Phono > Fiddles and laser > > harps. > > ____________________ > > > > Tuesday April 27th > > noiseDJ > > Pioneer of turntable noise Philip Jeck (UK) alongside Aleks > Kolkowski > > (DE) and > > Matt Wand (UK) performing with 78 cutting machines, old wax > cylinder > > players > > and Phono Fiddles. > > ____________________ > > > > Thursday April 29th > > mobileDJ+liveDJ > > Part One: First ever scratch team outing for Finga Thing's > Peter Parker > > (UK), > > World ITC Scratch Champion DJ Woody (UK) and G-Kut (UK) - > WITH A TWIST: > > they > > will be cutting up vocal fragments and short stories commissioned by > > the-phone-book Limited for mobile phones! > > Part Two: Sirconical (UK) performs live with his band > comprising of DJ > > Woody > > (ITC World Scratch Champion/UK), live drums and bass. With > Twisted Nerve > > head honcho Andy Votel (UK) in support. > > ____________________ > > > > Friday April 30th > > scratchDJ with C'mon Feet > > Hip hop and next-level turntablism with D-Styles (Invisibl > Skratch Picklz) > > presents Gunkhole (four person DJ set including live > drums/US), Tigerstyles > > (DMC World Supremacy Champion/UK), DJ Homebrew (UK), Angry P (UK). > > ____________________ > > > > Saturday May 1st > > futuresonicDJ with Music Is Better > > Detonating the art of playback by DJing with Kaoss pads, > Theremins and > > laser > > harps. An all-star international line up includes Daniel > Wang (Metro Area > > collaborator/US), Ann Shenton and Pierre Duplan (Large > Number/Add N to > > X/UK), > > electro-funk pioneer Greg Wilson (Wigan > Pier/Legends/Hacienda/UK), Danny > > Webb > > (UK), Bonnie & Clyde (UK), Solid State (UK) & Roger > (special futureDJ > > set/UK/ > > FI). Also celebrating the first birthday of > Mancunian/Finnish electronic > > innovators Music Is Better. > > Technology curated by Alchemy Audio Lab. > > 9.30pm - Demo of Final Scratch, and your chance to learn > about the advanced > > technology used in this event. > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > > > > Mobile Connections > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > > > > > > Exploring new horizons in wireless and mobile and the > diverse ways in which > > artists and DIY technologists are pushing the limits, and soliciting > > unexpected or unforeseen results from communication media > past and present. > > ____________________ > > > > April 30th > > Mobile Connections live > > Renegade rollergirls from RICHAIR2030 (UK+++) patrolling > the city in search > > of wireless hotspots and SIGNAL_SEVER! (SLO/US/UK/FR/DE/RA) > surfing the > > radio > > zones of the electromagnetic spectrum > > ____________________ > > > > April 30th to May 2nd > > Mobile Locations - Interactive experiences in the city streets > > Set off into the city with InterUrban (US) to uncover an > interactive story. > > Try to make sense of a world in which you hear things 10 > seconds after they > > happen with Sonic Interface (JP). Text the numbers on the > (area)code (UK) > > signposts that have sprung up around Manchester to discover secret > > histories > > or leave your own digital graffiti. Put on a pair of Aura > (UK) headphones > > and navigate the virtual sound environment in Cathedral Gardens. > > ____________________ > > > > April 28th to May 8th > > Mobile Connections exhibition > > Trace a journey in sound through Tokyo's bustling streets > with Streetscape > > (JP). Explore the immersive environment of Come Closer > (UK). Play Schminky > > (UK) while sat at the bar. Remix the city with The Central > City (UK). > > Listen > > to Disembodied Voices (US) plucked from the air. Let Auto > Mobile (IN) zip > > you through the streets of Bangalore mobile in hand in. Be > a Wifi-Hog (US). > > Just say Telenono (UK). > > ____________________ > > > > April 28th to May 8th > > Location installations > > Sound installations curated by Colin Fallows. With John J. > Campbell (UK), > > Max Eastley (UK), Colin Fallows (UK), Lee Ranaldo (US), > Russell Mills and > > Ian Walton (UK) > > ____________________ > > > > April 30th to May 2nd > > Mobile connections workshops > > Create your own animations and ringtones for mobile phones > with the-phone- > > book Limited (UK). Collaborate in close-proximity network > communication > > through Oscillating Windows (US). Build your own wireless > network with > > Consume (UK). Explore the interactive creative possibilities of the > > Soundbeam (UK) sensing technology. Road test cutting edge > location aware > > technologies with Locative Media Lab (CA/UK/US). > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > > > > Conference > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > > > > > > The Mobile Connections conference at Urbis explores how > geographical, > > cultural > > and perceptual space are being reconfigured by wireless and > mobile media. > > Specific focus on the interventions of the freenetworks, > how locative media > > opens up new ways of experiencing the city, and how sound > artists explore > > space and the urban environment. > > ____________________ > > > > Friday April 30th > > Introduction Drew Hemment (Futuresonic/UK) > > Keynote Sadie Plant (UK) > > Network Commons with Armin Medosch (AT), Jonah Brucker-Cohen (US), > > TAKE2030 (UK+++). > > Locative Media with Anthony Townsend (US), Marc Tuters > (CA), Ben Russell > > (UK), > > Anne Galloway (CA) - In association with Locative Media Lab > > Creative Crossings with Tapio Makela (Programme Chair, > ISEA2004/Vice Chair, > > m-cult/FI), Susan Kennard (Executive Producer, Banff New Media > > Institute/CA), > > Derek Freeman (UK) - Followed by reception. In association > with Banff > > New Media Institute, ACE and ISEA2004 > > ____________________ > > > > Saturday May 1st > > Keynote Matt Adams/Blast Theory (UK) > > Wireless Interface with Marko Peljhan (Projekt > Atol/Makrolab/SLO), Fee > > Plumley > > (the-phone-book Limited/UK), Tom Melamed (Mobile > Bristol/UK), Zoe Irvine > > (UK). > > Sonic City with Christa Sommerer (AT) and Laurent > Mignonneau (FR), Tom > > Wallace > > (resonance.fm/UK), Steve Symons (UK). > > Location with Colin Fallows (Chair, UK), Tim Cole > (SSEYO/Tao Group UK), > > Hugh > > Davies (UK), Max Eastley (UK), Russell Mills (UK) > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > > > > Workshops & Talks > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > > > > > > Free Audio/DJ workshops and talks presented by Technics DJ > Academy and > > School > > of Sound Recording. www.s-s-r.com/sonic > > ____________________ > > > > Tuesday April 27th > > ProTools > > An overview of Digidesign's ProTools system with authorised > instructors > > ____________________ > > > > Wednesday April 28th > > Computer Music Production > > Interactive workshop hosted by Elliot Eastwick and > Steinberg's Neil Cooper. > > Based around Cubase SX2 and Reason. Advanced level. > > ____________________ > > > > Thursday April 29th > > Electro-Funk: The missing link in the evolution of UK Dance Culture > > Artist talk by Greg Wilson, DJ at Wigan Pier and Legends, > promoter of the > > first dance event at Hacienda, and pioneer of UK electro > > ____________________ > > > > Thursday April 29th > > DJ technique workshop > > Basic level mixing through to the most advanced scratch and > beat-juggling > > techniques. Hosted by DJs Masta Wong & G-Kut. > > ____________________ > > > > Saturday May 1st > > DJ workshop: Final Scratch > > Real-time manipulation and scratching of digital music files using > > time-coded > > vinyl and a hardware interface. > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > > > > Futuresonic City > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > > > > > > Celebrating Manchester's new cutting edge with a city wide > programme of > > affiliated live music and club events plus a special event > in Liverpool to > > coincide with the festival launch. See www.futuresonic.com for full > > listings. > > Futuresonic City events are not included in festival pass. > > ____________________ > > > > Tuesday April 27th > > Hive at FACT > > Kaffe Matthews & Riz Maslen play live, plus > Futuresonic-commissioned > > films by > > Coldcut, Ultra Red, Battery Operated. > > ____________________ > > > > Wednesday April 28th > > Blood And Fire Sound System > > Live from Jamaica, Dancehall DJ Legend U Brown, plus selector Steve > > Barrow & > > Dom on dex & fx. > > ____________________ > > > > Thursday April 29th > > Life Begins when You're Ready to Face it > > Snazzy Records Showcase with Doublejo(H)ngrey, Viva Stereo, > Cholo, Testrack > > vs Protoplasm Daddy, IZU and the A La Mode resident DJs, > Dylan, Goon, Betty > > Botic and Nigel Anlaog. Visuals by Dot matrix, Betty Botic > & Rubber Ghandi. > > ____________________ > > > > Friday April 30th > > Joe Zawinal > > The legend of frontier music with Graham Massey's Toolshed > (7 piece) in > > support. > > ____________________ > > > > Friday April 30th > > Phush & Hippocamp - Joint Birthday > > Moodsaver, DNCN, Maurofleur, Batfinks, Domestication of the > Dog. DJs Xander > > & Neemo. Phush TV, Artwork and installations by RTFM & friends. > > ____________________ > > > > Friday April 30th > > Club Suicide presents Spektrum > > With Gabriel Olegavich (Medasyn/Non-Stop/The Sweatshop). > > ____________________ > > > > Friday April 30th-Saturday May 15th > > Perfect > > A New York-Manchester multimedia theatre collaboration by > the award winning > > Contact - a tale of cyber crossed lovers. > > ____________________ > > > > Saturday May 1st > > Beans on Toast Phonic Art > > Anomali, Human, Bot, Gate 33, DKD Girl, Formula Ghost. > > ____________________ > > > > Saturday May 1st > > Friends & Family > > With very special guests. > > ____________________ > > > > Sunday May 2nd > > aLECTRO_eCOUSTIC > > Daniel Weaver, Lee Patterson and Owl Project > > ____________________ > > > > Sunday May 2nd > > Valentine Records present Dark Shores > > Helen Lagoe, Triclops, Lynskey and The Roar of the Guns. > > ____________________ > > > > Sunday May 2nd > > Alison Crockett live > > The Brooklyn based diva with DJs Kelvin Brown and Jon-K (Eyes Down). > > ____________________ > > > > Sunday May 2nd > > The Beards at the Bearbash > > The Beards (Homo Electric) vs Matt Rothery and friends > present electro- > > klash, glitch and micro house at a gay event for large, > hirsute, bigger > > built men, their partners and their admirers by the new > queer creatives. > > ____________________ > > > > Wednesday May 5th > > Cut n Paste > > With very special guests > > ____________________ > > > > Sunday May 9th > > Burst Couch # 11 > > Post-festival special event and Lotta Continua label showcase with > > Illuminati, Unplugboy Meets Disco Operating System, DOS. Visuals by > > VJ Fusion. > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > > > > Satellites > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > > > > > > International taster events leading up to Futuresonic04 in > Berlin and San > > Francisco plus the Broken Channel tour featuring Kaffe > Matthews and Riz > > Maslen > > plus films by Coldcut, Ultra Red and Battery Operated in Bristol, > > Birmingham > > and Liverpool. > > ____________________ > > > > February 2nd, 2004 > > MobiloTopia @ transmediale04. Berlin > > Exploring the emerging field of 'Locative Media' and the > utopian hopes > > generated by location aware media. www.transmediale.de > > ____________________ > > > > April 21st, 2004 > > MobiloPhobia @ CFP2004. San Francisco > > The panacea of openness and accessibility has not arrived > and MobiloPhobia > > looks at the dystopian vision of a future in which our > every move is > > monitored > > and tracked. > > www.cfp2004.org > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > > > > Broken Channel tour > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > > > > > > Noises of dissent and visions from the shattered lens of CCTV and > > surveillance. > > ____________________ > > > > April 17th, 2004 Cube - Bristol > > Kaffe Matthews & Riz Maslen live. Films by Coldcut, Ultra Red, > > Battery Operated. > > Tickets/Info +44(0)1179299008 > > ____________________ > > > > April 23rd, 2004 Feed Festival - Birmingham > > Kaffe Matthews & Riz Maslen live. Films by Coldcut, Ultra Red, > > Battery Operated. > > http://www.wayahead.com > > ____________________ > > > > April 27th, 2004 Hive @ FACT - Liverpool > > Kaffe Matthews & Riz Maslen live. Films by Coldcut, Ultra Red, > > Battery Operated. > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > > > > Tickets and Info > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > > > > > > > > Ten events are free and tickets are available individually. > But if you are > > planning to make the most of Futuresonic04, we recommend > you buy a Festival > > Pass, which at £40 (£32.50 concs) will save you £52.50 if > you go to all > > events. > > Festival Pass covers all Futuresonic<04> events except The > Matthew Herbert > > Big Band and Futuresonic City events (some discounts may apply) > > > > Book online... > > http://www.futuresonic.com/futuresonic/tickets_and_info/ > > > > Festival/Day Pass Tickets only. +44 (0)161 605 8200. > Booking fees apply. > > > > Individual event and Festival Passes: Piccadilly Box > Office. +44 (0)161 > > 832 1111. > > Booking fees apply. > > > > > > -------------------- > > ends > > -------------------- > > > > > > > > > >
