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EVNTS
Saturday 12 May 2007
A Showcase of 21st Century Happenings and Freak-outs
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SoundNetwork (part 2)
SoundNetwork return to Futuresonic at the Victoria Baths with an adventurous programme inviting visitors to listen, explore and network. Featuring experimental performance, drones & sirens, artist talks & discussion, listening in changing rooms, cement mixers, sand filters, tea, coffee and cake. Featuring special performances throughout the weekend of Siren by Ray Lee - a whirling, spinning spectacle of mechanical movement, electronic sound and light. See http://soundnetwork.omweb.org for times and details
Victoria Baths, Hathersage Road, Manchester
11am-8pm, Saturday 12 May
Free
Drowned In A Dull Roar
Colin Potter
Birds of Delay
Lee Patterson
Jonathan Fisher (aka BSR)
Straight
Disco Operating System
Sparkles
Noise Club
Canvas Dance
Live visuals from Mafro
Futuresonic 2007 EVNT organised by SoundNetwork member Steven McLaughlin
A multimedia exploration of space, sound, movement and vision. This event will feature a convergence of exploraratory musics, unconventional dance, mind-bending moving image and the rich acoustics of the Victoria Baths themselves.
www.myspace.com/stephenmclaughlin
2pm - 8pm, Saturday 12 May
Victoria Baths, Hathersage Road
Free - Donations appreciated
A Noisy Night In
Quiet Night Out Presents...
Denis Jones
Magic Arm
+ DJs & VJs
For one night only 'Quiet Night Out' leaves it's relatively intimate
surroundings of The Bay Horse and makes the short journey to Common
for a rather more 'noisy' evening. The night will feature a whole
range of DJ's/VJ's and two of Manchester's best acoustic artists who
are no strangers to using the latest technology to showcase their take
on a more 21st century acoustic sound.
www.humblesoul.net
6pm-2am, Saturday 12 May
Common, Edge St, Northern Quarter, Manchester
£2 after 10pm
Free with Futuresonic Weekender Wristband BUY
Teatime Sessions
Streetdance Masquerade
Heartbreak
Tommy Walker III
London duo Heartbreak comprise analogue synth guru Ali Renault and Argentinian frontman Sebastian. Together they bravely make and perform unique disco and hysterical, high drama electro. Tommy Walker III will be bringing machine driven sex patterns and digital tangos that will someday change the face of electronic dance anthems. Everyone else should bring a mask.
www.myspace.com/heartbreak1
www.myspace.com/tommywalker3
5:30pm - 7:30 pm, Saturday 12 May
Koffee Pot, 21 Hilton Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester
Free
Burst Couch #21
Si-cut.db
Illuminati
Disco Operating System
VJ Fusion
Burst Couch #21 features an evening of electronic experimental music and visuals. As well as the Manchester based artists on the bill, the night features a set from Douglas Benford (Si-cut.db) who has collaborated with Scanner, Andrew Weatherall and currently Stephan Mathieu.
www.myspace.com/lottacontinua
8pm - 12pm, Saturday 12 May
The Briton's Protection (upstairs), Great Bridgewater Street, Manchester, £3
Free with Futuresonic Weekender Wristband BUY
Broad-minded presents
Persona
Lee Gosnay (4hr Set) with scratching from DJ Neo
Live percussion from Tony Watt (Manchester School of Samba)
Mike C (Deadwasps)
NO1S - Guitar FX
+ special guests + live VJ-ing
Music with personality. Think Leftfield, Deep Beats, Electro/Tech House, Break Beat and Experimental Sounds!
9pm - 1am, Saturday 12 May
Simple, Tib Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester
Free
Green Bohemia vs Triptronic
A Futuresonic Special
Codette - Live
Shmoo - Live
Dead Fluffy Duck - Live
Audiomainline - Live
Denis Jones - Live
K Michael - Live
SA Promotions team up with electronic collective TRIPTRONIC to bring you GREEN BOHEMIA. The night climaxes with sets from three full electronic bands, SHMOO, CODETTE and DEAD FLUFFY DUCK, preceded by three excellent alternative experimental electronic / acoustic artists, AUDIOMAINLINE, DENIS JONES and K MICHAEL.
www.trip-tronic.co.uk
8pm till late, Saturday 12 May
The Green Room, Whitworth St West, Manchester
Free
EVNT Competition Winner
Monatronic: Friends_Reunited
One Manned Mule
Monatronic
SoundNetwork
Fibla - spa.RK, Barcelona
Mark Pilkington - Thought Universe, SoundNetwork
Igor Hax - Privatelektro.de, SoundNetwork
Films by Filmonik
Monatronic host Friends_Reunited - a bubble-wrapped package of electronic sounds and visions. One Manned Mule, spa.RK Artists, Mark Pilkington, Igor Hax and Filmonik present a kaleidoscope of sounds and visions, with the emphasis firmly on creativity and individuality.
www.myspace.com/onemannedmule
9pm - 2am, Saturday 12 May
Trof, Thomas Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester
Free
Rich Reason
(Ape/Warehouse
Project/Hit & Run)
Cord distills perfect sounds for perfect people perfectly. An evening fathoming the deepest sounds around.
www.cordbar.com
9pm - 1am, Saturday 12 May
Cord, Tib Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester
Free
EVNT Competition Winner
Licktronica
Machinefabriek - Live
Soccer Committee - Live
Wouter Van Veldhoven - Live
A rare live appearance by prolific Dutch artist Machinefabriek. Playing music so advanced and beautifully dense you might assume it was made by computers, these artists look more to the sounds of the past, than to the sounds that machines create.
www.myspace.com/licktronica
7pm, Saturday 12 May
Cross Street Chapel, Cross Street (opposite Grinch Bar), Manchester, £7
Free with Futuresonic Weekender Wristband BUY
Audio
Research
Editions
Sited at listening posts in the Contact, you can access soundworks by a broad range of international sound artists, experimental composers, noise makers and other audio creators. Audio Research Editions treats the compact disc as an art space that can be experienced in either linear or random modes.
Contact Theatre Foyer, Oxford Road, Manchester
10am-8pm
Free
Digital Show
Digital Show hosts online exhibitions of international digital art. The theme for this exhibition is 'Psychedelia', in response to the Futurevisual's homage to the 40th anniversary of the multimedia events of 1967. It features 100 digital paintings by some of the world's best artists in this field. Curated by Ian & Minako Jackson. www.digitalshow.co.uk
Bitmapping
One exhibition. A thousand artists. No curator.
Manchester's New Media collective CMYK invites you to take part in a rare experiment in democratic art. Anyone who owns a camera-mobile phone can contribute to a unique, organically evolving exhibition - a consensual roadmap of perspectives and close-ups on the fabric of urban life. To take part text BITMAP SONIC to 60300. There will be a single charge of 50p. Up unitl 1 June you will receive an image from another artist to your phone which you will have 2 hours to respond to through an image of your own. Visit and view the unfolding exhibition in Cornerhouse Cafe Bar.
The Cornerhouse Bar, Oxford Road, Manchester
Viewing Free, Text 50p
Data Mine:
Through the Sound Shaft
Experimental audiovisual artists Augustine Leudar and Brian Benson create bizarre sound installations and music that featured previously at Squat parties, the Czech National gallery and the John Peel show. Leudar's fairytale soundscapes combine with Benson's dark surreal art to form a surround sound tunnel through which listeners have to wriggle.
Thursday 10 May - Saturday 12 May
The Basement Cafe, 24 Lever Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester
Free/Donation