MUSIC FOR THE BEEP GENERATION The Futuresonic 2007 festival's central music strand, featuring the likes of Kraftwerk's Wolfgang Flur, French hip-hop sensation TTC and legendary music pioneers, Faust.
A part of FUTURESONIC 2007 10-12 May, Manchester www.futuresonic.com Expect stunning live performances in Manchester's main music venues, numerous diverse events across the city, and low-slung live music at the Futuresonic lounge. Visit TICKET INFO page www.futuresonic.com/07/bookings.html __________________ Thursday 10 May 2007 TTC + DJ ORGASMIC + KODE 9 + TRAMP! DJs TTC leave the clichés about 'cool' independent hip hop lying in the dust. Hell-bent on injecting the fun back into rap, their raucous live performances are the stuff of legend. Made up of Para One, Tekilatex, Cuizinier, Orgasmic and Tacteel; a producer / MC team whose sound is unlike any other, with production handled by the group's members & guests such as Modeselektor. Their new release, '3615 TTC' has been critically acclaimed throughout the press and the group have been featured as one of The Guardian's 'Tips for 2007'. Mint Lounge, Oldham Street, Manchester 9pm-2am, Thursday 10 May £8 Adv. / £10 on the door Free entry with Futuresonic Weekender Wristband ____ Thursday 10 May 2007 FUTURESONIC LOUNGE Laid back sounds in the surroundings of the Futuresonic Lounge, with a host of live acts over the festival weekend. Performances from RF Records's Creative Entrepreneurs project and Trafford-based community project Seed Studios, including Abdul Hameed Khan singing Bollywood classics over minimal electro and legendary Manchester busker Ronnie Hoyte. This is followed by the experimental electronic pop of Peterloo Massacre, and a performance from Newcastle's gusty hard-folk protagonists, Cath & Phil Tyler. 2pm onwards, Thursday 10 May Kro Bar, Oxford Road Free __________________ Friday 11 May 2007 FAUST + THE CHAP Inventors of Krautrock, Faust are legends of 20th Century music. In the early 70's, along with Can and Kraftwerk, they changed modern music forever. Faust can claim to have influenced Brian Eno, Joy Division, Cabaret Voltaire, Sonic Youth and countless electronica and techno artists. Effortlessly blending industrial overdrive with beautiful hypnotic grooves, Faust's live performance is a once in a lifetime experience. Rare, raw and unmissable. Doors 7.30pm - 11pm, Friday 11 May Academy 2, Oxford Road, Manchester £14 Adv. / £16 on the door Free with Festival Weekender Wristband ____ Friday 11 May 2007 APPARAT (LIVE) + TRANSFORMA (VISUALS) + SLEEPARCHIVE (LIVE) + MADE (LIVE) + NAIVE MELODY DJS PLUS VISUALS A back-to-back night of cutting edge electronic music, headed by Berlin hero Apparat. With a sound that veers between dense, dark and majestic clouds of elegiac pop and driving dancefloor energy, he has marked himself apart from the stale formulaic disciplines of 'IDM'. Mysterious minimal beast Sleeparchive supports; another Berlin based producer currently creating excitement across the scene. Manchester based dark electronic hip-hop purveyor MADE performs live alongside DJ sets from local collective Naive Melody. Doors 9pm - 2am, Friday 11 May Club Academy, Oxford Road, Manchester £8 Adv. / £9 on the door Free with Futuresonic Weekender Wristband ____ Friday 11 May 2007 FUTURESONIC LOUNGE DJ & live laptop sets ranging from subtle electronica through to cutting edge contemporary music through the afternoon. As the evening draws near, Futuresonic presents a live showcase from London's finest experimental label LoAF, with everything from acoustic electronica through to junk rock n' roll and spine tingling breakcore. Live: Vincent Oliver and the Cumontitts Orchestra, Andrea's Kit, Batfinks, Felix, Hurra caine Landcrash, Straight (a dull roar) DJs: The One Man Rave Machine, Dead Babies, Lo & LoAF Dj's, Conor (U- Basstard - ashockinghobby) 2pm onwards, Friday 11 May Kro Bar, Oxford Road Free __________________ Saturday 12 May 2007 UFO CLUB vs TRAMP! Featuring... WOLFGANG FLUR (KRAFTWERK) + BLACK DEVIL DISCO CLUB (LIVE) + TRAMP! DJS + HOPPY & JACK HENRY MOORE The UFO Club from the 1960's is revived in a 5 hour freak-out that might just change your life forever. In 1967, London's UFO club wrote itself into the history books. In creating a series of seminal events, where bands such as Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd pumped out interstellar sounds to a backdrop of swirling lightshows, psychedelic projections and freak-out visuals, the modern club night was born. Now, 40 years later, we give you UFO vs TRAMP! A night featuring the original UFO pioneers, creating an optical trip and psyched-out sounds in alliance with Manchester's TRAMP!, a promoter / DJ collective that captures the spirit of the times today. Features a DJ set from Kraftwerk's beat-master Wolfgang Flur and the strange, beautiful, glitter-ball discovery of the century, Black Devil Disco Club, whose seminal dark electronic 1978 disco masterpiece '28 After' is the stuff of legends. Turn on. Tune in. Freak out. Doors 9pm - 2am, Saturday 12 May Club Underground, Sackville St (opposite Retro Bar), Manchester £12 Adv. / £14 on the door Free access with Futuresonic Weekender Wristband ____ Saturday 12 May 2007 Carbon - Official festival afterparty Featuring... CLARK - LIVE (WARP) + ALEXANDER ROBOTNICK (CREME) + CEEPHAX ACID CREW (REPHLEX) + CYLOB (REPHLEX) + LEGOWELT - LIVE (BUNKER) + ULTRE - LIVE (OVERKILL) + COMPUTER CONTROLLED (SEQUENCE) Futuresonic and Sequence present the official afterparty of the 2007 festival - featuring a stunning lineup running till dawn. Warp wonderkid Clark blends decimated MPC loops, live drums and his trademark huge melodies, creating a perfect balance of abstraction and focus. Miss Kittin's favourite, Alexander Robotnick, is also on hand to spin his famous blend of Italo-Disco and electro whilst the madcap 303 alchemy of Ceephax Acid Crew glitters like gold on a starry spring night. Support on the night comes from Legowelt and Rephlex legend, Cylob. We are all carbon. Burn brightly into the night... Doors: 11pm - Dawn, Saturday 12 May Islington Mill, James St, Salford £15 NB - ticketed event - not valid for Weekender Wristband holders Tickets: 0871 282 6000 ____ Saturday 12 May 2007 FUTURESONIC LOUNGE-BY-DAY Sultry sounds for a Saturday afternoon. Live electronic sound sculpture from MANTIS (Manchester Theatre In Sound) in the early afternoon, followed by Manchester collective/label/night Mind On Fire presenting a showcase of their favourite burgeoning local talent, with CDs and merch giveaways. Live: Sirconical, Kane Testrack, Neko Neko, MANTIS DJs: Woli Wols, Vostok, Loga, Smokes Visuals: Cycloptic 2pm - 6pm, Saturday 12 May Kro Bar, Oxford Road, Free ____ Saturday 12 May 2007 FUTURESONIC LOUNGE-BY-NIGHT The heavy loungin' moves from Oxford Road to the heart of the Northern Quarter for a major event in Kro Piccadilly. Futuresonic presents the charming acoustic avant-pop of the Matinee Orchestra, and artists associated with groundbreaking Manchester-based online label Hippocamp Hippocamp and DJ / laptop sets from Ghettoblast & Team Skull. Live: Matinee Orchestra, Domestication of the Dog, Olly Farshi with full live band and Rhythmyk. DJs: Ghettoblast and Team Skull (EatDisco). 5pm onwards, Saturday 12 May Kro Piccadilly, Piccadilly Gardens, Free __________________ Visit TICKET INFO page www.futuresonic.com/07/bookings.html Weekender Wristband £30 (Free access to over 30 events) Delegate Pass £45 (Day Passes available on Pay-What-You-Can basis)
