Turntable re:mix - April 27th to May 1st
Futuresonic04 celebrates 25 years of the Technics SL-1200MK2 turntable with a series of club and music events featuring pioneers of turntable music. The Technics record deck is one of the iconic cultural objects of the twentieth century. In marking its 25th anniversary Futuresonic04 widens the frame to explore the past and future of the DJ - with performance using early recording technologies such as Phono Fiddles and 78 cutting machines and artists detonating the art of playback by DJing with cutting edge touch sensitive Kaoss pads, Theremins and laser harps.
noiseDJ - Phono Fiddles and pioneer of turntable noise Philip Jeck. mobileDJ+liveDJ - The world's first mobile phone tag team plus ITC World Scratch Champion DJ Woody in Sirconical's live band. scratchDJ - Cmon Feet present Invisibl Skratch Picklz's D-Styles head to head with DMC World Supremacy Champion Tigerstyles. futureDJ - Daniel Wang, Ann Shenton (Add N to X) and Greg Wilson DJ with Kaoss pads, Theremins and laser harps at Music Is Better's 1st Birthday. Plus DJworkshops and DJtalks. In association with Knowledge Mag.
noiseDJ - Philip Jeck, Matt Wand, Aleks Kolkowski
Tuesday April 27th. 6.30pm. First performance 7.30pm
Late Room, 23 Peter Street, Manchester, Tel. +44 (0)161 833 3000
For Futuresonic<04> pioneer of turntable noise Philip Jeck (UK) presents a stunning live performance alongside Aleks Kolkowski (DE) and Matt Wand (UK) performing with 78 cutting machines, old wax cylinder players and Phono Fiddles.
£5/£4 on door or free with festival pass
mobileDJ - DJ Woody, Peter Parker, G-Kut, Sam Pepper
Thursday April 29th. 8pm-1am (double header with liveDJ)
Band On The Wall, 25 Swan Street, Northern Quarter, M4. Tel. +44 (0)161 834 1786
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! Sam Pepper (SubTub/Players) in support. A futuresonic04 exclusive.
In association with SubTub
Label launch for the-phone-book Limited
£7.50/£6.50 or free with festival pass.
Limited capacity - festival pass holders only guaranteed entry until 10.30pm
...followed by: liveDJ - Sirconical, DJ Woody, Andy Votel
Thursday April 29th. 8pm-1am (double header with mobileDJ)
Band On The Wall, 25 Swan Street, Northern Quarter, M4. Tel. +44 (0)161 834 1786
Sirconical (UK) performs live with his band comprising of DJ Woody (ITC World Scratch Champion/UK), Carl Sharrocks (drums/UK) and Chris McGrath (bass/UK) to mark the launch of his debut LP 'Waving at Planes' released on Manchester's Twisted Nerve. Once the scourge of the live artist, the DJ is now an integral part of many live acts, and Sirconical, an extremely talented drum-programmer, combines live drums, bass and DJ to instil his electronic music with a multi-layered hip-hop aesthetic. With Twisted Nerve head honcho Andy Votel (UK) in support.
In association with Twisted Nerve
£7.50/£6.50 or free with festival pass.
Limited Capacity - festival pass holders only guaranteed entry until 10.30pm
scratchDJ with C'mon Feet - D-Styles (Invisibl Skratch Picklz), Tigerstyles, and many more
Friday 30 April. 10pm-3am
Band On The Wall, 25 Swan Street, Northern Quarter, M4. Tel. +44 (0)161 834 1786
Hip hop and next-level turntablism with D-Styles presents Gunkhole (four person DJ set including live drums/US), Tigerstyles (DMC World Supremacy Champion/UK), DJ Homebrew (UK), Angry P (UK).
A Futuresonic04 and C'mon Feet collaboration
£10/£9 or free with festival pass.
Limited capacity - festival pass holders only guaranteed entry until 11.30pm
futureDJ with Music Is Better - Daniel Wang, Ann Shenton, Greg Wilson and many more
Saturday May 1st. 10pm-3am
Band On The Wall, 25 Swan Street, Northern Quarter, M4. Tel. +44 (0)161 834 1786
Detonating the art of playback by DJing with games engines, Kaoss pads, Theremins and laser harps. An all-star international line up includes Daniel Wang (producer with Metro Area/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.
A collaboration between Futuresonic04 and Music Is Better.
Tournament DJ Gameplay developed by Mathias Fuchs, Salford University.
Technology curated by Alchemy Audio Lab.
futureDJ Technology - learn more
£12/£10 or free with festival pass.
Limited capacity - festival pass holders only guaranteed entry until 11.30pm
9.30pm - Demo of Final Scratch by Tom Trouble, working club DJ at the Leadmill Nightclub, Sheffield, and your chance to learn about the advanced technology used in this event.
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DJworkshops - free
April 29th to May 1st
School of Sound Recording, 10 Tariff Street, M1. Tel. +44 (0)161 228 1830. www.s-s-r.com
Presented by Technics DJ Academy and School of Sound Recording
Click here to visit the Workshop page.
DJtalks - free
April 29th
School of Sound Recording, 10 Tariff Street, M1. Tel. +44 (0)161 228 1830. www.s-s-r.com
Presented by Technics DJ Academy and School of Sound Recording
Click here to visit the Talks page.
Turntable re:mix is presented in association with Knowledge Mag
