EVNT Friday
LM=Live Music
DJ=Disc Jockey
VJ=Video Jockey
MM=Multimedia
EW=EVNT Winner
Eight events taking place across the Northern Quarter, in evening (6pm-9pm) and night (9pm-late) sessions.
Evening: CDR Special. Fry-up. Monatronic
Night: City Centre Offices. 2020 Vision. Low Grade Live. Blowout. C'mon Feet
6-9pm, Friday
Common
Tony Nwachukwu (from the celebrated Attica Blues) and Gavin Alexander (Call 'n' Response) showcase the diversity of electronic music that gets aired and developed at CDR events, with the focus on soulful electronic music and unreleased tracks-in-progress from producers worldwide.
Presented by Burntprogress. Totally fresh music.
Burntprogress website
DJ
6-9pm, Friday
Cord
Bastards at Work provide an outlandish range of tunes; JT supply the bass drum hits; and Lil' Fee brings a sterling selection of past, present, future and sub funk. Fun, laughs, light shows and dancers: this isn’t one for the shy and retiring.
DJ
6-9pm, Friday
Centro
Manchester label, Monatronic present the artists behind the PC in this total audio and visual night. Expect everything from disco and deep house to techno and environmental sound. DJs Opiu and Nunatak – plus special guests – are supported by Hollowsphere Visuals and Filmonik.
Monatronic
LM, DJ, VJ
9-11pm, Friday
Cord
Berlin's Thaddi Herrmann and Manchester's Shlom Sviri lead this showcase of the City Centre Offices label with a selection of their favourite records, old and new. Their label has had releases over the years from artists as diverse as To Rococo Rot, Arovane, Dictaphone, Ribert Lippok, Solvent and Dub Tractor, with Thaddi also editor of De:Bug and Shlom running the Pelicannneck shop and Boomkat website.
City Centre Offices website
DJ
9pm-1am, Friday
Centro
A showcase of Ralph Lawson's (Back to Basics) long-running and acclaimed electronic house label, 2020 Vision, featuring established producers and up-and-coming talent, as well as Ralph's own 2020 Soundsystem.
2020 Vision website
DJ
9pm-2am, Friday
The Roadhouse
Musicians using defunct computer hardware to blow minds, featuring dot matrix pop from Dallas-based Tree Wave; Bodenstandig 2000, masters of 8-bit rave cabaret; VJ artists Constructo v Destructo; Moscow-based artist and VJ Alexei Shulgin, and New Yorker LoVid.
See Low Grade section for more info.
DJ, VJ, LM, MM
EVNT COMPETITION WINNER
9pm-2am, Friday
Bierkeller
Audio-visual artistry in this one-off exclusive, supported by funds from the Futuresonic EVNT Competition. The debut playback of Music for the Moving Image is set against a VJ set by Andrew Brooks, with his distorted images of an inner-city landscape. Supported by Test Icicles, a live set from My Bloody Valentines-influenced Working for a Nuclear Free City and hip-hop and electronica musicians, The Institute DJs. One for fans of post-rock, krautrock, electronica and independent experimental film.
Blowout website
EW, DJ, VJ, LM, MM
9pm-2am, Friday
Common
DJ Homebrew, Andy Peek, Konny Kon, Timber, DJ A-Up
C'mon Feet have a reputation for fearsome live shows from the cream of the UK scene, amazing displays from American legends, blistering showcases of cutting-edge turntablists and, not forgetting, sets from a pool of gifted locals, including residents Andy Peek, DJ Homebrew and mic supremo Konny Kon. Residents are joined by Timber and DJ A-Up. The real deal when it comes to hip-hop in Manchester.
C'mon Feet website
DJ