2008 February  HOMEWORK FESTIVAL 6.0 ---- Bologna – 15, 16, 17 Maggio 2008 - (2008-02-21)*BANDO DI PARTECIPAZIONE PER PROGETTI AUDIO, VIDEO e AUDIO/VIDEO*  L'associazione culturale Homework presenta la sesta edizione di Homework Festival, evento di arti e autoproduzioni digitali audio e video. Il Festival, nato come vetrina per artisti emergenti, col passare degli anni si è trasformato in un evento di cultura e intrattenimento in grado di coinvolgere un pubblico sempre più numeroso, variegato e proveniente da tutta Italia. Nonostante la sua crescita costante, Homework Festival ha comunque mantenuto fede ai suoi propositi iniziali di promozione di giovani talenti.Gli artisti che parteciperanno al festival saranno in parte invitati direttamente dall'associazione culturale Homework ed in parte saranno selezionati attraverso un bando di concorso. Saranno premiate le produzioni, le performance, le installazioni ed i progetti che sapranno distinguersi per valore artistico, originalità e che sapranno esprimere in pieno il concetto di *artigianato digitale*. Il bando per partecipare ad Homework Festival 6.0 è scaricabile sul sito www.homeworkfestival.net o sulla pagina www.myspace.com/homeworkfestival in formato DOC, PDF e ODT (per chi usa Open Office). Il bando è aperto a progetti di musica, video ed audio/video. Scadenza bando: 31/03/2008 – ore 24.00 -- www.homeworkfestival.net , www.myspace.com/homeworkfestival mail: info@homeworkfestival.net Sander van Doorn - "The Bass" - (2008-02-21)Sander van Doorn - "The Bass" (tech trance) ---- Out now (audio samples) Available also from Trackitdown Danzando per la Vita Lecco - (2008-02-21)Ninth Edition of Danzando per la Vita Lecco , dance competition . Patrocinio Provincia di Lecco, Comune di Lecco- Soloist Duo Groups - The competition is open to male and female Dancers of all nations Styles admitted: classical, neoclassical, character dancing, contemporary, modern jazz, funky. hip-hop breakdance and tap. PROFESSIONAL DANCERS (new category) ) and SENIORS on Saturday 8th March,2008 - JUNIORS and BABY on Sunday 9th March,2008 The event will take place at the Teatro Cenacolo Francescano, Piazza Cappuccini 3,Lecco, Italy General rules and info: www.concorsididanza.com , Tel: (+39) 034 283948 Ballata Mediterranea "Ile Oyo" and Le Ninfe della Tammorra - (2008-02-21)Ballata Mediterranea is an ethnic group composed of 9 elements, on tour to promote the work record "Ile Oyo" ... a story in music of south Italy popular traditions (tammurriate, pizziche, tarantelle ....) where the sound of the drums is confused with the heartbeat.: percussion instruments , ritual dances, costumes, choreography ...... Integral part of the "Ballata Mediterranea" are "Le Ninfe della Tammorra", 5 artist with the head maestro Serena Della Monica ... ethnic music of southern Italy along with music world sounds .... Celtic , Arab, African ... More info and booking: ITALIA MANAGEMENT Via Eugenio Siciliano, 2 - 84014 Nocera Inferiore (SA) - Italy Piazza Madonna di fatima, 2B - 83031 Ariano irpino (AV) - Italy tel. +39 349 5423365 - +39 347 7577476 tel./fax +39 0815170815 - +39 081825 828813 abmanagement@libero.it - info@italiamanagement.com DeeJay Booking agency for international deejays - (2008-02-19)More info ; deejaybooking.com , info@deejaybooking.com, Newsletter . S.O.U.L.Management, 144 Rue de Livourne, 1000 Brussels. Belgium Tel +32 2 647 96 74, Fax +32 2 644 18 20 MPC distribution releases - (2008-02-15)THE ADVENT vs INDUSTRIALYZER" Kombination Research" (techno electro): 2 sided vinyl including The Advent "Blimey", Industrialyzer "Maximal", The Advent "Nitefone" BEN LONG vs A.PAUL "THE LIGHT EPISODE TWO" : Ben Long "Naked 1", Ben Long "Naked 2 ", A.Paul "Akuaba" , A.Paul "Monte" MICHAELANGELO vs THE ADVENT "SHIFTING REALITY EP" : The Advent "Tech Urbana " MARKANTONIO, PICK POCKET & LOUDON KLEER "KEEP PUSHING EP" : Markantonio "Disservizio", Pick Pocket "Keep Pushing", Pick Pocket "Paradyine" , Loudon Kleer "Space" More releseas: MPC distribution djtunes.com (electro minimal tech house releases) - (2008-02-15)Frederic De Carvalho "Burning" (Bralli Records) Plusminusklang "Non Contenance" (Piemont Records) Sounds on Line Complete Composers Collection software- (2008-02-09)Complete Composers Collection for Kompakt/Kontakt The Complete Composers Collection includes: Symphonic Orchestra Gold Complete, Symphonic Choirs, Quantum Leap Colossus, Quantum Leap RA, Stormdrum, Percussive Adventures2, Bosendorfer 290 Grand Piano System requirements 130GB Free Hard Disc Space, DVD Drive Minimum requirements (for Native Instruments software) Win XP, Pentium III/Athlon 1 GHz, 1 GB RAM, DVD drive Mac OS X 10.2.6 (use of this product with an Intel Mac requires Kontakt 2.2 or later ,not included), G4 800 MHz, 1 GB, DVD drive Reccomended system (for Sound Library) Win XP, Pentium IV/Athlon 3 GHz, 2 GB free RAM, DVD drive Mac OS X 10.3 (use of this product with an Intel Mac requires Kontakt 2.2 or later ,not included) , G5 1.8 GHz, 2 GB RAM, DVD drive Supported interfaces WIN: VST, DXi, ASIO, DirectSound, RTAS (equires update at Native Instruments support site) MAC: VST, Audio Units, Core Audio, Core MIDI, RTAS List price $1195 . Sounds on Line is a division of East West More info: EastWest/Soundsonline.com, 6000 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90028 Also available: Quantum Leap SD2 ($495) and Quantum Leap Goliath ($695) DJ ZE MIG-L (Djax-Up/Minimalistix) (from Portugal)- (2008-02-09)Live sets audio sample (o) , (o) ,(o) ,(o) , Videos Booking: Supersonic, granato@supersonic.com.pt +351 91 6666121 , +351 91 6666120, fax +351 21 4789370 M.i.d.i. and Mowree - (2008-02-09)New release "Naxu": written mixed and produced by Maurizio "Mowree" Filograsso and Vito "M.i.d.i." for Dootrecords.com; publishing by GioMBG & DiPiu. dootrecords.com , dootrecords.com @ Beatport , M-Audio Fast Track Ultra - (2008-02-07)High-speed 8 x 8 USB 2.0 Interface with MX Core DSP Technology VirSyn MATRIX 1.1- (2008-02-07)The MATRIX Vocoder is now compatible to the new VST3 standard - the next major revision of Steinberg's Virtual Studio Technology. Note: the VST3 standard is brand new. You have to update your Cubase/Nuendo to the latest version 4.1.2 or later to make use of it . Features - VST3 Compatibility with Steinberg Cubase/Nuendo 4.1.2. - Sidechain input with VST3 for Cubase/Nuendo 4.1.2 - Polyphonic internal generator. - Pitchbend for internal generator. Till February 15th, 2008 you can buy MATRIX for only EURO 129 instead of EURO 199 Eros Kristyani- (2008-02-07)Eros Kristyani presents the album "New Philosophy of Jazz" (Nu Jazz) distributed by Nicolosi Productions ----2008 February 7 (22:00) - Om Fusion Club c/o Villa Ghirlanda Vicolo Sant'Ambrogio - Cinisello Balsamo (+39 0266595166) ----2008 February 19 (22:00) - Scimmie , Via Ascanio Sforza, 49 - Milano, (+39 0289402874) Eros Kristyani collabora da molti anni con importanti musicisti del panorama italiano e straniero tra i quali è doveroso menzionare Fabrizio de Andrè e il figlio Cristiano, Mauro Pagani, Stefano Cerri, Franco Mussida, Roberto Vecchioni e tra gli stranieri Joan Isacc, Eric Marienthal e Stanley Jordan in un tour Europeo parte dei Novecento Groove Machine. More info : Nicolosi Productions , (I) +39 0331 251281 , (US) +1 347 9640108 "School of dj" tour 2008 - (2008-02-07)February 8 , Parma (Casa Musicale Varese infotel +39 0521786204) February 9 , Reubblica San Marino (info tel. +39 0549905767) Next dates: Sicilia (Italy). Info tel: (+39) 335.5315785 , Fax: (+39) 041.81064102 , info@djing.it The Art of DJing , Sottomarina Lido (Venezia), Italy MusicRow Magic Vox - (2008-02-05)Virtual Instrument VST Future Sound Corporation news - (2008-02-04)Producers Floppy, IG Bounce & Darqtai and DJ Daniele Mondello joined Future Sound corporation. New releases Future Sound Corporation Label Manager, Simon J. Bergher, is back with a new slamming 12'' "Contaminated Sounds" Limited Yellow Vinyl. Audio samples (o), (o) Jon The Baptist, UK hard trance master, is back with a storming master piece released in cooperation with his production partner DJ CHUCK-E. Two hard trance full of leads and melodies. Audio samples (o), (o) IG Bounce and DarqTai "Jenny & Chantal ep " - Audio samples (o), (o) Coming soon Daniele Mondello vs Express Viviana "Borchland" - Audio samples (o), (o) DJ Floppy (also known as AJ Busta) "Slammin'out Rhythms" - Audio samples (o), (o) Distributed by Hitland More info Akai Pro MPC 5000 - (2008-02-03)8-track direct to disk recorder production station Autechre "Quaristice" (Warp) , electronic experimental - (2008-02-03)This album will be available 3rd of March 2008. It is now available to download, MP3 format includes exclusive individual track artwork designed by the Designers Republic. Audio samples Clark "Turning Dragon" (Warp) techno/electronica - (2008-02-03)Clark drops his new album. Don't expect the lullabies and emotional epics of the last album 'Body Riddle', 'Turning Dragon' is a smasher. Hard, deep, continuously evolving and gritty tracks, aimed at contorting your body on the dance floor or just contorting your brain. Audio samples Moog new product - (2008-02-03)MP-201 Multi-Pedal: programmable four channel CV/MIDI foot pedal controller. It has four analog control outputs, MIDI In & Out and USB connectivity (MIDI over USB). It can transmit controller information on up to 4 MIDI channels and CV outputs simultaneously. Each CV output can be programmed individually. Signals can be foot pedal controlled analog control voltages with +/-5V limits, LFO waveforms or GATE voltages (0V=Off,+5V=ON). In addition, each channel can output MIDI CC’s over specified MIDI channels simultaneously with the analog CV outputs. -Video, more info 9Records.com news- (2008-02-03)Alkeny "Transient Hazard", Alex di Stefano "Ogma" Harmonic 313 (Warp) - (2008-02-03)EP 1, a new release by Harmonic 313 (aka Mark Pritchard) is out now (Warpmart / Bleep ). The track names on the release are simply written as Problem 1-6 . --- Audio samples . Mark Pritchard will be performing in Australia: FEBRUARY 08 Sydney, - Ruby rabbit MARCH 07 Sydney, Void. 08 Adelaide, Adelaide festival (as part of The Books live) 09 Sydney, - Playground festival Korg Pa2XPro - (2008-02-02)Professional Arranger Keyboard Akai Pro XR20 - (2008-02-02)Beat Production Station VirSyn Vtape - (2008-02-02)the Analog Tape Suite (software) Personal thoughts -  -(2008-02-01)The same yesterday as today ..... as tomorrow ? Sergio Corbucci 's "Gli onorevoli" (1963) : " .... vota antonio vota antonio vota antonio ...." ..... then ... ethic conscience .... Il comizio elettorale" di Antonio La Trippa (Toto') .... yes, but how many La trippa are on this earth ? OPTRONICA exhibition - (2008-02-01)Hybridations sonores et visuelles. Anglo-French curators Cinefeel have been commissioned by multimedia venue Le Cube in Issy, in Paris, to curate the exhibition OPTRONICA - Hybridations sonores et visuelles, which starts on January 31st 2008 and runs six months till July 2008. The exhibition showcases a generation of innovative artists who explore the synergy between music and visuals, and who are also developing new techniques and new tools. OPTRONICA is a bi-annual festival in London founded by Anglo-French curators Cinefeel and British artists/producers Addictive TV, which champions the fusion and interaction between images and music through performances, screenings, installations and talks. The festival is organised in collaboration with the British Film Institute and the IMAX cinema. Before its next edition in 2009, Optronica is on the road, presenting selections of audio/visual delights around the world. www.optronica.org, www.cinefeel.org Venue and opening times:: From January 31- July 26, 2008 Opening: January 31st, 2008 at 7:30pm. Le Cube, 20 Cours St Vincent, 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux, France Admission free: Open from Tuesday til Saturday, Tel: +33 1 58 88 3000 More info audio/visuals . Optronica trailer Mac of Bionight - (2008-02-01)The restyling of 'Mac of Bionight' website: www.macvibes.com Phunk P.R agency - (2008-02-01)Phunk is France electronic music P.R agency (press, radios, TV, web, DJs incl worldwide digital...) representing Miss Kittin, Kitsune, Ed Banger (Justice, Busy P, Uffie...), MGMT, Chloe, Border Community, Mylo, Scratch Massive, Get Physical, Because Music, N.E.W.S/Eskimo, Resist, Versatile, Dan Deacon, Institubes/Para One, Claude VonStroke, Peacefrog, Clone... Plus the Awdio network project, Synch Festival (Athens, Greece) and monthly parties Phunk Cirkus at Bataclan (Paris) . Phunk - 8, rue Andre Messager, 75018 Paris, France T (0033)1 5309 2670 , F (0033)1 5309 2671 , phunk@phunkster.com "Masterpiece": created By Francois K - (2008-02-01)Mixed 3xCD (57 tracks) spanning the genres of deep house, techno, afrobeat and ambience. artwork front, retro, audio samples Themain management and booking agency - (2008-02-01)Abnormal Boyz news Gli Abnormal Boyz sono dal 2007 sul mercato discografico con prodotti di successo (usciti con belga SAMMEPLATZ REC, l'italiana GLOBOX). E' uscito su FRANKIE REC. “Keep It” , presente nlle classifiche europee e presente nei dj set di molti djs europei . Da segnalare inoltre la presenza di una traccia sul "Gold ep" della LOOSE REC e, a breve, sulla stessa etichetta un ep tutto a cura degli Abnormal Boyz. Al momento i Boyz sono impegnati su due remix per etichette tedesche: la KAUFE MUSIK e la MICROTONAL. l'ultimo lor ep e' uscito in questi giorni sulla spagnola MINIBUS, nuova etichetta di musica elettronica. A breve anche la realizzazione di una release in collaborazione con Joseph Capriati su SPLITSOUND. themain.it agency , via Nuova del Campo 21, Napoli, Italy tel +39 08119362253, fax +39 081 19576613, info@themain.it Naked Lunch records - (2008-02-01)Releases available now (singles and ep) : A. Paul, Ben Long , Fer Br, Submerge 101 and Larix, , Next releases: DJ Pallette, James Hammer. 
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