#MTFLabs Helsinki
“The band on stage was made of neuroscientists, accessibility designers, computer programmers, directors of gaming companies, a cyborg with RFID implants, and audience members who were transmitting their reaction through pulse sensors to the blind singer” - SLUSH 2017
The labs saw the first ever prototyping of real-time tracking of intellectual property in the blockchain.
Jasmine Isdrake
Dean McCarthy
Xico Teixeira
Luis Anjos
Cyril Laurier
Maya Benainous
Rojan Gharibpour
Stefano Piermatteo
Don Gossen
Gautam Dhameja
Juan Carlos Vasquez
Riikka Hänninen
Vahakn Matossian
Kosti Rytkönen
Kimmo Kari
Katarina Nyberk
Dmytro Izotov
Alexander Allen
Matthias Strobel
Marta Arniani
Andrew Dubber
Michela Magas

Here are some of the heroes who have helped us build this ecosystem over the past 4 years:
Jason Singh, Adam John Williams, Matt Black-Coldcut, Eska, Graham Massey, Emika, Nitin Sawhney, Reeps One, Viktoria Modesta, Martyn Ware, Laura Kriefman, Ezra, Grace Savage, Shlomo, Synthestruct, Crewdson, LJ Rich, Jamie Cullum, Scanner, Tim Exile, Mørk, Ross Flight, Leafcutter John
Ninja Tune, Warp, Soundcloud, RJDJ, The Echo Nest, Spotify, Last.fm, Shazam, Mixcloud, MusicBrainz, Musimap, B3 Media, Drake Music
Reactable, Alphasphere, Ableton, Native, ROLI, Izotope, FXpansion, Teenage Engineering, Toontrack, Serato, Soundation, Bare Conductive, Jays, Dizzy Jam, Grain Audio, Ultrasonic
element14, RS Components, Makey Makey, London Music Hackspace, Music Tech Meetup, Monthly Music Hackathon, Innovation Warehouse
The BBC, Abbey Road, Warner Music, EMI, RCA Records, London Symphony Orchestra, Barbican, WIRED, MTV, Stephen Fry/Penguin, Realta Films, Rebel Uncut, Riff Raff Films
Sonos, Volvo, Philips, Microsoft Research, Cisco, Swedbank, Red Bull
EU Commission, DMIC, British Council, Slovenian Ministry of Culture, Cankarjev Dom, MSUM, Umeå Kommun, Region Västerbotten, Uminova, Ume.net, Guitars Museum, NZ Music Commission, Sounds Aotearoa, Sound and Music, Redstar Union, Factory Berlin
MTG, IRCAM, C4DM, Fraunhofer, BCU, MIT Media Lab, Harvard Music Minds, Berklee College of Music, McGill, Goldsmiths, Umeå University, Royal College of Art
…and an ever growing list of music tech startups with great ideas on how to reinvent this space.
The Music Tech Fest evolved from the ROADMAP FOR THE FUTURE OF MUSIC TECH.
The Music Tech Fest soundtrack is growing courtesy of those great guys at Soundcloud.
Every network should have a soundtrack.