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FUTURESONIC 2006 Urban Festival of Electronic Music and Arts Manchester 20 - 23 July

Futuresonic 2006 presents two major exhibitions as a part its 10th
anniversary festival featuring more than 100 acts and artists.

INSTRUMENT MANCHESTER UK 20-29 JULY 2006 http://10.futuresonic.com/instrument.html An exhibition of artist-made instruments, noise generators, audio- visual manipulators and head twisters by leading sound artists and
noise-makers. A mix of high tech and low tech - live installations,
concert performances, and abstract busking. Museum of Science and Industry

A computer allows users to make music with the hands-on process of
scratching the disk (LSD Drive, Simon Blackmore), the re-mix is taken
into uncharted territory (Scrambled Hackz, Sven Konig), hand-drawn
images are digitally brought to life (Drawn, Zachary Lieberman),
copyleft licensed 12 inch vinyl 'battle tools' are created (Leverage,
Open Music Archive), and a potent mix of wood and computer technology
appears (iLog, Owl Project). See and hear an instrument and
performance creating improvised choral music (The Speech Guitar, Jon
Cambeul), and music created with an Etch-A-Sketch (Duelling Etch-A- Sketches, Pete Hindle). Hypercompositions are created for digital and
acoustic instruments (Tosterasta, Vergil Sharkya'), and light and
sound are controlled as comfortably as playing musical instruments or
painting pictures (Tenori-On, Toshio Iwai).

Voices sing into the quiet resonance of a banjo echoing the distant
strum of a half-remembered blues (Can You Hear Me? (Peter Appleton
and Simon Thorne), listen to the sound of the human voice re-voiced
as an electric guitar (Translate, John J. Campbell), and the sound of
a large scale digitally controlled ready-made noise-machine orchestra
(Noise-Machine Orchestra, Colin Fallows). At Instrument anything
seems possible - an Aeolian bow is transformed into an electro
acoustic instrument (The Arc, Max Eastley), high tech instrument
design is combined with ancient African musical forms (Pangeia
Instrumentos, Victor Gama), enjoy the physical experience of music
whilst sitting in an armchair (Sonic Armchair, Kaffe Matthews), and
consider the application of the 'Process of Painting' to the guitar
(Guitar Retrospective, Keith Rowe).

Curated by Colin Fallows and Drew Hemment

FUTURESONIC 2006 FOCUS WEEKEND 20-23 JULY 2006 http://www.futuresonic.com Futuresonic 2006 also features the OFF THE MAP exhibition, the SOCIAL
TECHNOLOGIES SUMMIT, and extensive WORKSHOPS programme, and
FUTURESONIC LIVE.

VENUE

1830 WarehouseThe Museum of Science & Industry in Manchester Liverpool Road, Castlefield, Manchester M3 4FP 0161 832 2244 http://www.msim.org.uk

TICKETS

http://10.futuresonic.com/tickets.html

Delegate Pass: 45 GBP Includes Weekender Wristband (normally 25 GBP).

Student Delegate Pass: 10 GBP Includes Loyalty Wristband (normally 3 GBP).

ACCOMMODATION

If you're looking for a place to stay, some of us will be staying at
the Britannia Hotel. Any hotels located within a half-mile of this
location will put you right at the heart of the festival's night-time
action.

The Britannia Hotel, Portland Street, Manchester M1 3LA. 0161 228 2288 / 0845 644 8444

http://10.futuresonic.com/accommodation.html

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