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The Trade Fair: Elektro-Fachmarkt
Live-Acts, Labels, Lifestyle, Workshops, Films
A meeting place for anyone involved in labels, record shops, festivals and clubs, software and hardware production, featuring live sets, technological innovations and free workshops.
Danish Zigzag – Come and let us zigzag your head
Live-Acts
aarhusE.dk, an outtake from DIEM, the conservatorium for electronic music in Aarhus, presents eleven Danish electronic artists.
4 pm Badun – this group is developing a new genre crossing abstract-digital sound design with IDM and the spirit of Seventies fusion jazz. They have one strict rule: any sound they use has to be their own creation.
4 pm Dustdive – this new project by the German-Danish artist Manu Grünberg was inspired by techno musicians such as Bjørn Svin, Christian Vogel or Juan Atkins. A surreal sound trip.
Wayne Siegel – is one of the central figures on the Danish electro music scene. Most of his work simply refuses to be pigeon-holed. He combines electronic elements with classic musical skill and brings computers and live musicians together.
4.15 pm Maulex – experimental electro music that slowly reverberates around the room.
4.45 + 6 pm Kati Linek – this Czech-German-Danish electro-artist experiments with every acoustic phenomenon the world has to offer: everyday sounds, toy instruments, computers and human voices.
5 pm Vectral - aka Soren Lygso, his concerts are audio-visual experiences in the universe of abstract digital sounds.
5.30 pm Bjørn Svin – this charismatic live performer creates experimental music along the lines of rave-hip hop-fusion-techno-jazz. And you can dance to it, too.
5.30 pm Morten Riis – in his quest for new sound material, Morten Riis stretches the limits of technology and creates a new aesthetic of technological imperfection.
6.15 pm Voks – since 1996, this duo, made up of Mikkel Pihl and Ea Borre, use mechanical paper machines and home-built organs for their live shows.
7.25 pm Band Ane – the Danish artist Ane Østergaard captivates her audience with melodic compositions mixing electro with pop, and children’s songs with happy hardcore.
7 pm Snöleoparden – Jonas Stampe alias Snöleoparden combines a preference for instrumental music with sound experiences gathered on the road, mainly in India, Pakistan and Morocco.
Workshops + Presentations
National and international Labels present the latest electronic music from Canada to Mexico and all the way to Cologne. Anyone who wants can join in the music-making.
4-8 pm BumSs, Bingbong, Fuss-O-Mat@Worldtronics
Fans of analog sound synthesis can attend a joint workshop held by Schneiders Büro , the leading address for haute couture electronic instruments, along with Leaf Audio . Register here...
4-8 pm Presentation for Specialists: the makers of the legendary label management software “go disko“ present their new online software for booking agents “Details” .
From 6 pm Beginner’s Seminar: Digital Music Production
The Berlin label “Brothers in Music” introduces visitors to the creative use of professional production software for compositions and arrangements.
No need for any prior qualifications or knowledge. More on brothers-in-music.de ...
Live Acts and DJ Sets
5 pm DJ Strobocop (Karaoke Kalk)
Strobocop aka Thorsten Lütz set up the abel Karaoke Kalk in 1997, providing an artistic home for artists such as Dakota Suite, Wechsel Garland, Donna Regina, Toog and Pluramon. In musical terms, his DJ-sets wander between house, techno and electronica while making frequent forays into pop history.
6.15 pm DJ Markus Detmer (Staubgold)
Few German labels are as musically diverse and worldly while preserving the personal signature of the label founder and manager as Staubgold, owned by the Berlin-based Markus Detmer. This year, the label presents its 100th release.
6.45 pm DeWalta Live (Meander)
DeWalta aka David Koch from Berlin Is a familiar figure through various releases on KalkPets, Vakant, Meander or Cynosure, be they collaborations or solo projects. His live sets are mainly to be heard on the international stage these days. His show at Worldtronics 2010 will be a little mucial contribution that may well turn out to be even more experimental than the sets he usually puts on in clubs around the world.
Labels + Lifestyle
With City Centre Offices , Cómeme , Cynbookings , Cynosure , Das Drehmoment , Giegling , Horizontal, Monika Enterprise , I'm Single , Italic , Karaoke Kalk , Klangwirkstoff Records , Kompakt , Lebensfreude Records , Meander , Ruta5 , Shitkatapult , Staubgold , Sub static and Leila M
