MUSIC TECH FEST BERLIN 24-26 October 2014
WE ARE AT FACTORY – THE CAMPUS FOR FOUNDERS AND INNOVATORS IN MITTE – FROM OCTOBER 24TH to 26TH. Get your tickets here
THANKS TO RS COMPONENTS FOR SUPPLYING OUR HACKERS WITH ELECTRONICS, SENSORS AND PROCESSORS!
WE’RE PROUD TO PARTNER WITH RETHINK MUSIC VENTURE DAY – A PROJECT OF BERKLEE AND MIDEM.
WE’RE HACKING WITH STEPHEN FRY – COME AND JOIN US – AND TEAM UP WITH MUSIC TECH FEST BOSTON FOR A LIVE TELEHACKATHON.
FULL LINE UP BELOW:
FRIDAY 24TH OCTOBER: TECH IS THE MUSIC INDUSTRY
6:00pm DJ BARB NERDY
7:00pm OCCUPY MUSIC: EXCLUSIVE TRAILER PREVIEW OF BRAZILIAN MUSIC COLLECTIVES MOVIE + PORTRAIT WITH ADAM JOHN WILLIAMS
7:30pm TWITTER AND SOUNDCLOUD AUDIO CARDS
8:00pm THE BODY PAD AND LUMINARY MIDI CTRL BRING LIFE TO ELECTRONIC MUSIC
8:30pm OPENSTAGE + ROSS FLIGHT
9:00pm SIDESTAGE + BLEEPSTREET RECORDS + TRIPPY H
SATURDAY 25TH OCTOBER: HMI (HUMAN MUSIC INTERACTION)
1:00pm DJ + SPECIFI WITH STEVE LAWSON
2:00pm LIVING INDIE + NAMOSH
3:00pm WHEN ROBOTS WRITE SONGS + GOPLAY + ICKSTREAM
4:00pm DUALO DU-TOUCH
5:00pm FEEL THE BEAT + ULTRASONIC + MIHA CIGLAR
6:00pm RESONATE: YULI LEVTOV, CORNÉ DRIESPRONG, CARSTEN LOTHAR, PAUL SCHUMACHER
7:00pm IRONFIST REMIXING THE PLANETS + 2V-P BY ALI M DEMIREL
8:00pm OBI BLANCHE
8:30pm KRITZKOM
9:00pm LUCIA LIP
9:30pm AITOKAIKU
SUNDAY 26TH OCTOBER: GET YOUR EARS DIRTY
1:00pm DJ
2:00pm SIBHACK HELSINKI + NAGUAL SOUNDS + HARDWARE.CO
3:00pm RANI DAR + MELUDIA
4:00pm THICKEAR + BERKLEE MUSIC TECH INNOVATION
5:00pm OSCILLA + KAKITA + AXOLOTI
6:00pm MTF LONDON GRAND HACK PRIZE: ‘WATERDOG’ + MTF LONDON BEGGARS GROUP HACK WINNER: ‘LIVEDRIVE”
6:30pm HACK CAMP AND TELEHACKATHON PRESENTATIONS, PERFORMANCES AND AWARDS
8:00pm TOMAZ GROM + RAHRA AVIS
9:00pm MTF JAM
MUSIC TECH FEST LONDON 5-7 September 2014
THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS, THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, FOR MAKING US PART OF THE LSO EXPERIENCE AT THEIR STUNNING VENUE!
THANKS TO MTV FOR FILMING VIDEO STEMS ESPECIALLY FOR OUR HACKERS!
THANKS TO BEGGARS FOR MAKING A LOAD OF VIDEOS FROM GREAT BANDS AVAILABLE TO OUR HACKERS TO MESS WITH!
We are at the LSO St Lukes – the home of the London Symphony Orchestra – from September 5th to 7th. Get your tickets here
OCCUPY MUSIC WITH NEW IDEAS. EXPERIMENT WITH GUNK – GEEK PUNK – AND HMI – HUMAN MUSIC INTERACTION. COME AND GET YOUR EARS DIRTY. WITH SHLOMO, TIM EXILE, LEAFCUTTER JOHN, MATT BLACK (COLDCUT) AND JASON SINGH.
See one of us hacking three instruments with support from our partners RS Components, sponsors of the MTF London Hack Camp: https://youtu.be/m97thyq3iLc. If you are interested in taking part in the hack challenges contact us. Spaces are limited.
FULL LINE UP BELOW:
FRIDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER: OCCUPY MUSIC AND TECH IS THE MUSIC INDUSTRY
6:00pm THE MUSICTECHIFESTO + ARBOREAL LIGHTING BY ATMOS FOR IMOGEN HEAP’S REVERB + DIGITAL MEDIAEVAL
6:30pm TECH IS THE MUSIC INDUSTRY: PERCEPTION PLUGIN
7:00pm OCCUPY MUSIC: EXCLUSIVE TRAILER PREVIEW OF BRAZILIAN MUSIC COLLECTIVES MOVIE + OFF AXIS NETWORK
7:30pm OCCUPY MUSIC: KENDRA + TECH IS THE MUSIC INDUSTRY: SUPAPASS
8:00pm TECH IS THE MUSIC INDUSTRY: DIZZYJAM + NOVALIA
8:30pm MAKE MUSIC WITH THE BRAIN AND THE HEART: BRAIN MACHINE + BIOBEATS
9:00pm CREWDSON’S CONCERTRONICA + ROBERT THOMAS’S POETRY MACHINE WITH GEOFF HOWSE, TADEO SENDON, KEVIN LOGAN AND ARTUR VIDAL
9:30pm MTF SPECIAL COMMISSION IN CONJUNCTION WITH RS COMPONENTS: MUSICAL WEARABLES WITH JASON SINGH AND ADAM JOHN WILLIAMS
SATURDAY 6TH SEPTEMBER: GUNK AND HMI (HUMAN MUSIC INTERACTION)
1:00pm MTF SPECIAL: BRAINWAVE QUARTET WITH EDUARDO MIRANDA AND THE BERGERSEN STRING QUARTET + INTELLIGENTSIA
1:45pm NEOSCORES PERFORMANCE WITH THE BERGERSEN STRING QUARTET + GAYNOR O’FLYNN WITH THE BERGERSEN STRING QUARTET
2:30pm MELOMICS COMPUTER WITH VIOLIN SOLO + LSO PLAY
3:00pm MUSIC, EMOTION, DATA: HARKIVE + SOUND&MUSIC + METABLE + ANDREW FARADAY’S LIVE CODING
4:00pm FIONA SOE PAING + KATARIINA NYBERG AND THE FINNISH OPERA
4:30pm PLAY NICELY FOR MAX RICHTER + ALEX MAY PAINTING WITH LIGHT
5:00pm OSCILLA BY ANDREA SANTINI + ELIO ICAZA – RISD
5:30pm GLITCHING BY LJ RICH + TECH IS THE MUSIC INDUSTRY: TUNEPICS
6:00pm BBC R&D RADIO EXPERIENCE + REVEIL BY SOUNDCAMP
6:30pm PATRICK WOLLNER’S MEPHISTOPHONE FOR MATTHEW HERBERT
6:45pm: MTF SPECIAL: TIM EXILE AND HEEN PERFORM ON THE SEABOARD
7:10pm: GUNK – GEEK PUNK: FAKEBIT POLYTECHNIC ANNOUNCE THE START OF THE GUNK WORKSHOP – MAKE NOISE WITH GAMES CONTROLLERS
7:15pm SUBPAC – THE WEARABLE DEEP BASS + BITBIN
7:45pm BATTLE OF THE APPS: MATT BLACK (COLDCUT) ON NINJA JAMM VS YELLO’S YELLOFIER
8:15pm MTF JAM: JASON SINGH, YAZZ AHMED, TIM EXILE AND GUESTS
9:00pm LEAFCUTTER JOHN
9:30pm GUNK WITH FAKEBIT POLYTECHNIC, LU FROM PIL, FERAL FIVE, JASON SINGH, AND ANYONE STILL STANDING
SUNDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER: HACK PERFORMANCE AND GET YOUR EARS DIRTY
1:00pm TECH IS THE MUSIC INDUSTRY: BOOKABEAT + SONGDROP + MUSIKKI
1:45pm TECH IS THE MUSIC INDUSTRY: THIS IS MY JAM + POWSTER + REBECCA FIEBRINK
2:30pm MTF SPECIAL PERFORMANCE: LOSSY & STRANGERS ARE PEOPLE TOO: MICROVERSE
3:00pm MTF SPECIAL PERFORMANCE: SHLOMO + FIRST EVER JAM WITH SHLOMO AND JASON SINGH
3:30pm CUSTOMUSE
3:45pm MTF KIDS: LABMEDIA + ABRSM MELODY WRITER + BRUSH DJ
4:30pm MTF SPECIAL: RESULTS OF THE KIDS HACKS
5:00pm TECH IS THE MUSIC INDUSTRY: PAPA ENGINE BY SOMETHINELSE + MUSICJELLY + TANGIBLE ORCHESTRA + VIDIBOX
6:00pm TECH IS THE MUSIC INDUSTRY: SHUFFLER.FM + WHOSAMPLED + HMV DIGITAL + MARK TOWERS ON THE ABLETON PUSH AND MAX MSP
7:00pm GET YOUR EARS DIRTY WITH THE MTF HACK CAMP AND HACKER AWARDS: RS COMPONENTS AWARD FOR MUSICAL WEARABLES + MTV AWARD FOR HACK THE GIG + SOUNDLAB AWARD FOR ACCESSIBLE MUSICAL EXPRESSIVITY + BEGGARS AWARD FOR HACK THE VIDEO EXPERIENCE
8:00pm MTF AFTER HACK PARTY: HOPE AND SOCIAL
8:30pm MTF AFTER HACK PARTY: NINA & THE BUTTERFLY FISH
9:00pm MTF AFTER HACK PARTY: FINAL JAM WITH JASON SINGH
MUSIC TECH FEST BOSTON 21-23 March 2014
We’re at Microsoft Research NERD Labs for a special Music Tech Fest gathering the great minds of creators, researchers and innovators from New England’s hub of music technology.
FRIDAY 21ST MARCH
11:00am MTF Special: Posterity hacking – Developers, APIs and the music archive
A live linkup to the British Library Sound Archive’s ‘Keeping Tracks’
12:00pm The Ministry of Measurement, Adam John Williams, Paul Lamere (The Echo Nest), Redstar Union
1:00pm Xiao Xiao (MIT), AudioCommon, Jonathan Sterne (McGill), Noteflight
2:00pm MusicBiz.org, Bryan Pardo, iZotope Iris demo
3:00pm Panos Panay & Ken Zolot (Berklee Creative Entrepreneurship), Pandemic.fm
4:00pm Jonathan Marmor (The Echo Nest), MaxD
5:00pm RecordME, Eric Rosenbaum (MelodyMorph)
6:00pm Peter Torpey (MIT), Wax Limited, Sonos
7:00pm MTF Special: David Blutenthal of Boston Music Tech Meetup Group hosts the Music Tech Fest UnConference.
Join the Impromptu, Unstructured Conversation Sessions. Go explore!
SATURDAY 22ND MARCH
12:00pm Nancy Baym (Microsoft Research), LJ Rich (BBC Click)
1:00pm Hard Hittin Ent, OpenAura, Chrysalis Guitar
2:00pm MaKey MaKey , Tutti Player, Trill
3:00pm Soundslice, Hack for Music Therapy, Mmmmaven
4:00pm Sofar Sounds, LiquidScore, Sonation
5:00pm Norbert Schnell (IRCAM), Music Minds at Harvard
6:00pm Together Festival, Moduloktopus, CRaTER Live
7:00pm Mashed Up and The Piracy Crusade, Moodsnap, iZotope BreakTweaker
8:00pm Roundware, Joshua Fineberg (Boston Uni) tech-ing the Arditti Quartet
10:00pm HACKATHON CONTINUES AT REDSTAR UNION FOR AN ALL-NIGHTER MUSIC HACK PERFORMANCE AND IMPROVISATION WITH LIVE MUSICIANS
SUNDAY 23RD MARCH
12:00pm David France presents The Revolution of Hope, Thicket, Anthony de Ritis
1:00pm CataRT: real-time MIR, Tonic, Grouptones
2:00pm Wayne Marshall (The Echo Nest), Bundio, Abjad Notation Library
3:00pm Presentation and performance of the hacks from the Music Tech Fest Hackathon
Followed by Hacker prize giving
7:00pm MTF Special: Arditti Quartet concert at ICA Boston thanks to Boston University
Jonathan Marmor of The Echo Nest will host our hackathon starting at the NERD Labs at noon on Saturday, then migrating to Redstar Union where hackers and musicians will collaborate and perform, and returning on Sunday for the prizegiving.
Get in touch to request an invitation.
Watch the best of MTF Wellington and see the previous lineups below:
MUSIC TECH FEST WELLINGTON February 26-28 2014
We hosted a pilot for Music Tech Fest Wellington at Sounds Aotearoa together with The British Council and the New Zealand Music Commission. Korg, Ableton and Baboom presented hack challenges and the winning entries were phenomenal. Prizes included software, synthesisers and even dinner with Kim Dotcom.
Listen to the Radio New Zealand National 12-minute report on MTF Wellington.
MUSIC TECH FEST LONDON 17-19 May 2013
THANKS TO MIKE SKINNER FOR SENDING THE HACKERS HIS VIBES IN AIF FORMAT!
THANKS TO RCA RECORDS FOR UNLEASHING AMAZING WAV CONTENT ONTO THE HACKERS!
THANKS TO JACOB BANKS FOR LENDING HIS VOICE TO THE HACKERS!
LET’S #MAKEMUSICWITHANYTHING
SUNDAY 19TH 12noon-11PM: HACKERS, JAMMERS AND BEATBOXERS
12:00 MAKEY MAKEY: DUSTIN O’HARA, POWSTER, SOUNDCLOUD, BANDWAGON
13:00 IN YOUR OWN TIME, MUSIC GATEWAY, MOBBRA, MOBILE ROADIE
14:00 MAKING MUSIC WITH TECH: FAKEBITPOLYTECHNIC
14:15 DAVE CHATTING, ALEX ALLMONT
14:45 MAKING MUSIC WITH TECH: NATIVE INSTRUMENTS TRAKTOR DJ WITH CEDRIC COUDYSER
15:00 MIXLR, WEMAKEAWESOMESH.IT
15:30 GEEK ATTACK BEATBOXING: SHLOMO
16:00 MATT BLACK: NINJA JAMM
16:20 MAKING MUSIC WITH TECH: ALPHASPHERE
16:40 MAKING SOUND ART WITH TECH: YURI SUZUKI
17:00 VYCLONE, THISISMYJAM
17:40 MAKING MUSIC WITH TECH: ABLETON PUSH WITH MARK TOWERS
18:00 HACKER AWARDS CEREMONY: DEMOS AND PRIZES WITH SPOTIFY, SOUNDCLOUD, RCA RECORDS, CISCO, FXPANSION, LEVELS ENTERTAINMENT AND YURI SUZUKI
20:00 INTRO TO THE NYC HACKATHON
20:20 MAKING MUSIC WITH TECH: CASSIEL
20:40 MAKING MUSIC WITH TECH: EZRA – BIONIC ORCHESTRA
21:00 MAKING MUSIC WITH TECH: JASON SINGH + JASON & EZRA
22:00 MAKING MUSIC WITH TECH: XPRESS 2
SATURDAY 18TH 12noon-11PM: APPS, INSTRUMENTS AND NEW SOUNDS
12:00 SEEVL, ANDREW DUBBER – MUSIC INNOVATION GROUP (INTERACTIVE CULTURES), SOHALO, EMMANOUIL BENETOS – MUSIC INFORMATICS RESEARCH GROUP (CITY UNI)
13:00 SHUFFLER.FM, CHARLIE INSKIP, INTEGRA LIVE, SONARFLOW
14:00 WHOSAMPLED, FRAUNHOFER IDMT, NINIAN DOFF, EXFM
15:00 CISCO BIG AWARDS, CUE SONGS
15:40 MAKING MUSIC WITH TECH: ANDREW FARADAY
16:00 SOUNDWAVE, ANIMAL SYSTEMS, STREEMLINER
17:00 TSB FAST TRACK SHOWCASE: DIZZYJAM, EXPLOVIA, THE BACKSCRATCHERS, MPME RADIO, RICHSEAM, BUDDYBOUNCE
18:00 A MEETING OF CREATIVE MINDS: JAMIE CULLUM, ROLI LABS AND RIFFRAFF FILMS – SPECIAL SCREENING OF JAMIE CULLUM ON THE SEABOARD, RECORDED ON TUESDAY 7TH OF MAY, WITH LIVE PERFORMANCE OF HAO CHEN ON THE SEABOARD AND INTROS BY ROLI LABS AND RIFFRAFF FILMS
19:00 MAKING MUSIC WITH TECH: META-EX
19:30 MAKING MUSIC WITH TECH: BITBIN
20:00 MTF SPECIAL: TOM CHESHIRE, WIRED INTERVIEW WITH SQUAREPUSHER
21:00 LAUNCH OF THE WARP INCUBATOR
21:10 MAKING MUSIC WITH TECH: CREWDSON
21:40 ROBERT KAYE, MUSICBRAINZ
22:00 MAKING SOUND ART WITH TECH: THICKEAR
FRIDAY 17th 4PM-11PM: MUSIC TECH TALKS AND MUSIC TECH MEETUP
4:00 4@4: FOUR ARTISTS ABOUT MUSIC AND TECH: GAYNOR O’FLYNN, SAOIRSE FINN & ZLATKO BARACSKAI, CAROL MACGILLVRAY, TIM MURRAY-BROWNE
5:30 FROM HACKERS TO PRODUCT MAKERS – WITH ROBERT KAYE, JONATHAN MARMOR, THOMAS LIDY AND JEAN-BAPTISTE THIEBAUT, MODERATED BY JAMILLAH KNOWLES, BBC OUTRIDERS
6:30 MUSIC TECH MEETUP WITH THE SPOTIFY APP SET
7:30 TOM DAVENPORT
7:45 ROB MACALLISTER, MUSICALLY
8:15 BANDS, BRANDS AND TECH, WHERE LEGENDARY LABELS MEET FUTURE BUSINESS MODELS – WITH NIKKE OSTERBACK, JOSH SAUNDERS, CHARLY MASSEY, RICHARD ANTWI, REBECCA LAMMERS AND MICHELA MAGAS, MODERATED BY OISIN LUNNY
9:00 ROBERT KAYE, MUSICBRAINZ
9:20 MAKING MUSIC WITH TECH: TRISTAN SHONE, AUTHOR & PUNISHER
9:40 MAKING SOUND ART WITH TECH: GAYNOR O’FLYNN & NICK ROTHWELL
10:00 NINJA JAMMING WITH MATT BLACK
10:30 MTF SPECIAL: RECORDING ARTIST LENDS HIS VOICE TO THE HACKERS – LIVE PERFORMANCE BY JACOB BANKS
OUR SPECIAL THANKS GO TO STEWART BERWICK, JAMILLAH KNOWLES, STEVEN HILL, CHARLOTTE RAFFO, JUSTIN CROSS AND RICHARD ANTWI.
…AND OUR BIGGEST THANKS GO TO TWO AMAZING PEOPLE – DAMIEN JOYCE AND NIKKE OSTERBACK, WHO HAD TWO DAYTIME JOBS DURING THE ORGANISATION OF THE FESTIVAL
See last year’s line up below, and the videos of performances, demos and hacks on the Music Tech Fest YouTube channel.
MUSIC TECH TALKS 15th November 2012
Music Tech Fest Special: the next Music Tech Talks will run on the 15th of November 2012, at the QMUL site in Lincoln’s Inn Fields, featuring Robert Kaye of MusicBrainz.
Tickets are by invitation only, contact us for details.
MUSIC TECH TALKS 26th July 2012
Music Tech Fest Special: Music Tech Talks will run on the 26th of July 2012 in domes set up for a cultural evening programme during the Olympics, featuring:
Jason Titus, CTO, Shazam
Matthew Hawn, Head of Product, Last.fm
Andrew Shoben, Founder, Greyworld
Matt Black, Coldcut and Ninja Tune
..and a special appearance by Tim Exile.
Tickets are by invitation only, contact us for details.
Videos of past demos, talks and performances have been uploaded on the Music Tech Fest channel.
MUSIC TECH FEST LONDON 18-20 May 2012
FRIDAY 18th MAY 2012
11:00 Matt Black Coldcut and Ninja Tune jam @ the 3D Music Hack Camp
12:00 Nicole Yershon, Ogilvy Digital Labs
12:20 Frederick Rousseau, IRCAM, Centre Pompidou
12:40 Estefanía Cano, Songs2See, Fraunhofer
13:00 Saoirse Finn, Centre for Digital Music, QMUL
13:20 Patrick Bergel, Animal Systems
13:40 Ben Lawrence, Mixcloud
14:00 Evan Stein, Decibel
14:20 Kim de Ruiter, Noise Inc
14:40 Large scale audiovisual installations in the performance space
14:50 Last.fm’s special tag cloud announcement
15:00 Tim Hadley, rara.com, powered by Omnifone
15:20 Philippe Perreaux, Right Clearing
15:40 Cliff Fluet, Lewis Silkin
16:00 Brand launch of the Cue licensing platform by Ed Averdieck
16:20 Will Page, PRS
16:40 Michela Magas, Stromatolite
17:00 Daniel Lewington, MPme by Apsmart, winner of best app at MIDEM 2012
17:20 Launch of Project Now (#projectnow) a new app from RjDj’s Michael Breidenbrücker
17:40 Large scale audiovisual installations in the performance space
18:00 Peter Kirn presents the results of Thursday’s Synaesthesia Workshops
18:40 Large scale audiovisual installations in the performance space
19:00 MTF Special: Martyn Ware, Illustrious
The man who was instrumental for 80s synthpop and has since created 3D music with Vince Clarke
20:00 MTF Special: Tom Cheshire live broadcast interview with:
Jason Titus, CTO, Shazam,
Dave Haynes, VT, Soundcloud,
Michael Breidenbrücker, Founder, RjDj
Michela Magas, Founder, Stromatolite
21:00 FREE drinks and DJ event
SATURDAY 19th MAY 2012
12:00 Warmup with DJ H.A.M. @ the 3D Music Hack Camp
13:20 Christian Blom, kinetica artist about his installation at the MTF
13:40 Matthew Davies, RAMA app by INESC Porto
14:00 Martin Macmillan, Soniqplay
14:20 Paul D, director/producer, about his video work for Thomas Dolby
14:40 Olivier de Simone, Webdoc
15:00 Large scale audiovisual installation continues
15:20 Johann Waldherr, Spectral Mind
15:40 Oscar Paytuvi, BMAT
16:00 Avi Ashkenazi, live demo of large scale audiovisual installation
16:20 Large scale audiovisual installation continues
17:00 MTF Special: Stephen O’Reilly of Mobile Roadie
17:30 MTF Special: Matt Black launches Ninja Jamm by Coldcut and Ninja Tune
..Apps Albums and Algorithms: are apps the 21st century music format?
18:00 Ariel Elkin presents the results of the 3D Music Hack Camp
19:00 Jamming with Matt Black
19:30 nu desine: Alphasphere
19:50 Jake Williams: London Fields
20:10 Daniel Jones: Twitter Feed Sonifier
20:30 Cassiel: Monometamicromatic
21:00 Bruno Zamborlin: Mogees
21:30 Jason Singh: Beatbox/Vocal Sculptor
22:00 Carlez Lòpez: Reactable
22:40 Avi Ashkenazi closing DJ session
If you’d like more information about our future events, get in touch.
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