From cevallos Sent Wed, Jul 1st 1998, 14:50
Friends, We are planning to have an electronic music festival here @ Penn State sometime during the Spring 1999 semester. We are in the initial stages still but things look good b/c I got an inside source in student government that tells me that the staff that put together "Ska Fest 98" got almost 8 grand to put on their production. We want to showcase as many different musical styles as possible. The BIG ballroom would be the main dance room (house, dnb, breaks, whatever), the Fishbowl (side room) would be the ambient/chill out room, and the third room would be the acid jazz/hip hop/downtempo room. We are trying to figure out what acts to bring and how much they would cost us. As a little side note, we are not making a dime off this festival: since it is on University property it must be free for all students and if we actually get permission to charge non-students, it is illegal for us to make a profit. At any rate, as of right now we probably want at least 1 live PA and as many DJs as we can fit (we have 3 rooms in the Student Union). If you have a demo tape (PA or DJ), please send it to: PSU Electronic Music Fest '99 c/o Pedro Cevallos 201 Vairo Blvd. Suite: 255-A State College, PA 16803 USA Please include all booking info. I have to admit that Outside, Fila Brazillia and Coldcut are the first 3 acts on our wish list. Does anybody know how much they charge per gig? I know the airfare from the UK here would put a HUGE dent in our budget as it is, but hey it's worth a shot! Plus we can have local talent handle the rest of the festival. We also want to support national acts and labels (Ubiquity, Astralwerks, 8th Dimension, Sweetmother, Mephisto, Mammoth, 18th street lounge, Strictly Rhythm, etc) as well as labels from our Northern neighbors in Canada (Mo Funk, Mute, etc). The University Concert Committee here has several different sound and light systems, but we might have to rent some (or parts of some) out for the festival. If you have connections in this area, please also let us know contact info and prices. Finally, does anybody have contact info for the following: Mixmaster Morris (UK) Viperhouse (VT) Kruder and Dorfmeister (Austria) DJ Shadow (CA) Rabbit in the Moon (FL) DJ Craze (FL) Thievery Corporation (DC) Cut Chemist (CA) Q-burn's Abstract Message (FL) Please backchannel all leads to me via snail mail or email. Thanks and take care everybody, Pedro Cevallos -- "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans" -- John Lennon -- http://www.cat.net/~cevallos/