From slow sound system Sent Tue, Jul 6th 2004, 14:46
it's back! LONDON HEADPHONES FESTIVAL 2004 placard: headphone concerts for headphone people state51 extension #3 14 hours, 39 acts. listen. don't listen. 17 July, state51 factory, 12pm-2am The London Headphones Festival returns ... 14 hours of headphones-only performances from the cream of UK underground electronica and beyond. Last year over 500 people packed into the state51 factory space to experience a day of headphonics. Think of a festival in reverse. Forget about background chatter: for once, it's a chance for some focused listening. All performances are heard only through headphones, artists play 20 minute sets and the whole thing is streamed to listening rooms around the world. Lining up in the state51 warheouse space are 2004 Ars Electronica-winners Janek Schaefer and Leafcutter John, alongside Main, David Toop & Max Eastley, dDamage, Hot Chip, Holkham, Antenna Farm, Noun, John Chantler, Adem Ilhan/8 Hours, Paul Hood, Cylens, Discom, The Sound Of Squaljax & Farbulous, Jonathan Coleclough, sAnso-xtro, eg0 + e/n, Heller, Dallas Simpson vs Viv Corringham, Michael Rodgers vs Romuald Wadych, Nada, Nebogeo, Table, Claire Hope, 87 Central, CK Dexter Haven, Fisk Industries, Dual vs Murmer, A.M.P. Studio, Duncan Whitley, Smack Miranda, Karina ESP, Ed Bennett vs Cormac Heron, Yellow6, Rashamon, Same Actor, Pez Orchestra, Recon vs Thorsten Sideb0ard, Emanuela De Angelis and Akira The Don. Also on display will be video, photography and installation work by Steinbrüchel/Brusca, Semiconductor Films, Jayrope, Gr., iMax and others tbc. The Festival is organised by a network of London-based promoters, labels and artists: highpoint lowlife records, coombe records, idoia, murmer, [no.signal], slub, midRange, state51 and the slow sound system. Please bring your own headphones! ------ when: 17 July, 12pm-2am where: state51 factory, 8-10 Rhoda St, e2 7ef what: headphone performances, films and video, bar, food, merchandise how: free entry remember: bring your own headphones! ------ xxx@xxxx.xxx http://state51.org/placard ------ Praise for last year's festival: 'massively straight-faced' The Guardian 'one of the highlights of a long hot summer' The Wire ------ placard: headphone concerts for headphone people The London Headphones Festival is part of the 7th global placard conspiracy, a three-month, non-stop, self-organising festival of headphones listening taking place across the globe and streamed online. somewhere>anywhere placard95.dokidoki.fr placard7.ath.cx ------ ends slow sound system a walk on the mild side xxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx www.slowsound.net ----- in league w/ [no.signal] | sonomu | highpointlowlife | midrange | frequenzen | kultureflash | sprawl ----- ----- unslow sound system @ foundry, 10 july | http://www.slowsound.net london headphones festival 2004, 17 july | http://state51.org/placard ----- 'midrange sessions', forthcoming on coombe records | http://www.coomberecords.com 'there is no hidden meaning', forthcoming on kabuki kore | http://www.kabukikore.net slow sound system vs. posset, 'entropy sessions' out now on kabuki kore | http://www.kabukikore.net 'first steps' out now on grain of sound | http://www.grainofsound.com remix and rebuild project on 8bitrecs | http://www.8bitrecs.com imax photogallery | http://www.lomohomes.com/imax ----- [no.signal] : promoters of genius | http://nosignal.slab.org sonomu : sound noise music | http://www.sonomu.net highpointlowlife : guitars and laptops live happily ever after | http://www.highpointlowlife.com frequenzen, fortnightly on resonance 104.4fm | http://www.frequenzen.co.uk kultureflash : headlines from london | http://www.kultureflash.net sprawl club @ lifthouse | http://www.dfuse.com/sprawl ----- ----- no? reply to this mail with 'get off' in the subject line ----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: xxx-xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx For additional commands, e-mail: xxx-xxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx