Liverpool Sound City will host the most exciting new names in music this year. Headliners White Lies - already chart toppers with debut album To Lose My Life... - promise to be one of the most talked about acts at the festival which takes place from Wednesday 20th to Saturday 23rd May 2009.
Last year's Capital of Culture will be this year's 'Nucleus of New Music' with pop starlet Little Boots joining the West London band and making her first UK festival appearance this year at SoundCity. Fresh from wowing US audiences it will be a North West homecoming for the Blackpool singer. She is joined at the city centre music festival by hot favourites The Black Lips.
Graham Holland, the man behind the It's a Frog's Life podcast, the Liverpool Acoustic Podcast and co-hosts the Made in the UK music podcast has been busy - very busy from the looks of it- now he is going the whole frog sorry hog and appearing live at possibly the best acoustic music venue in the city - View Two on Mathew Street.
Late last year, Graham gave up some of his valuable time to contribute a weekly programme to the Art in Liverpool FM project which ran from September through to November. He is no stranger to producing great content tough, in fact he has been podcasting since July 2006 and has "enjoyed every minute of it" he says.
Ding Dong presented by Soundnetwork at FACT from Friday 12th December.
12 DECEMBER 2008 - 22 FEBRUARY 2009
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ANDY MCCLUSKEY/OMD / PETER SAVILLE / HAMBI HARALAMBOUS
THE FRAGMENTED ORCHESTRA / PHILIP JECK / THE OWL PROJECT / RAY LEE /
TETSUAKI BABA / JULIAN OLIVER / PIX / STEVE SYMONS
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ITS ABOUT EXPANDING AND RE-BOOTING MUSIC
HACKING AND REWIRING INTO THE NORMAL WAY
OF LISTENING AND PERFORMING.
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ALSO FEATURING RESIDENCIES AND ASSOCIATED EVENTS:
URBEATZ / NOF***INGIDEAS / MELA CODY / POWERPLANT / MANCHESTERMIDISCHOOL /
HIVE / SIMON REYNOLDS / LUKE JERRAM /
The Artists' Book Fair will be open 12 - 5 Saturday 15th November and 11 - 4 Sunday 16th November
There will be performances taking place from 12 midday on Sunday.
Venue: Wolstenholme Projects
Tea, cake, proper coffee and a friendly atmosphere also on offer.
Contact: Emily Speed - 07970 212 176 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
http://artistsbookfairliverpool.blogspot.com
During the summer of 2008 the Owl Project worked with musicians Leafcutter John, Kaffe Matthews and Thor Magnusson (IXI software) to develop a range of new wooden instruments for live performance. Night of the Owl will be a chance to see and hear some of the first results of this collaboration as well as other classic Owl Project instruments such as ilogs and log1Ks.
Venue: A Foundation, 67 Greenland Street, Liverpool, L1 0BY
Time: 7-11pm
Admission: FREE ADMISSION. NO booking required.
As part of Cities on the Edge - Radio Grenouille from Marseille uses radio as a space for communication, performance, creativity and social change. They have moved their operations to Liverpool for the duration of Coming and Going and they'll broadcast into and out of the streets of the city from the foyer at FACT. Their programmes will be an mix of music, sounds, voices and recipes from Liverpool, Marseille, Gdansk, Istanbul and Naples.
They've invited artists from all 5 cities to send a sound postcard of that place and, in Liverpool, are working with Tenantspin, a Liverpool-based community TV channel, to develop a bigger audio picture of the city. Alongside the usual ways of listening to radio, Radio Grenouille will be narrowcasting to locations across the city: shops, restaurants, galleries and public spaces will all become listening locations playing CDs of their broadcast.
See listening locations here. Monday 17- Friday 21 November, 4.30pm-6.30pm
Come and meet the Radio Grenouille every evening in FACT during their broadcast. Free. FACT, 88 Wood Street, Liverpool L1 4DQ
Centrifuge is a new outlet for creative musicians playing freely improvised music in the north west of England. Set into motion by the Frakture organisation based in Liverpool.
November 27th will witness Centrifuge #2 a new venture from the Frakture organisation. Centrifuge aims to provide a new opportunity in the North West for musicians, artists and listeners to meet, perform and share.
From the AmbITion Project - digital development for the arts - www.getambition.com
Digital content re:connected
Monday 27th October, MDDA, Manchester - 9.30-6pm
This one-day seminar will explore how creating art is changing around us, featuring insights from arts organisations and mavericks that are leading the way in developing new content using the latest technologies. All-comers are welcome within your organisation, the event should be especially useful for your marketing and creative teams. Register online at http://digitalcontentreconnected.eventbrite.com/
Digital marketing re:connected
Monday 17th November, Hope Street Hotel, Liverpool 10.00-6.30pm
This one-day seminar will look at how arts organisations can make the most of digital technology in their marketing activities, featuring in-depth sessions from digital marketing gurus! The event has been put together for AmbITion by leading digital marketing specialists, e-consultancy www.e-consultancy.com/ and will be of interest to marketeers, senior management and anyone who is involved in developing audiences for the arts. Register online at http://digitalmarketingreconnected.eventbrite.com/