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An arena for new forms of popular pleasure made possible by emerging media formats, cutting up the dancefloor and live performance with the future worlds of computer gaming and digital technology. Treading the high wire between pleasure and experimentation, the festival will feature artists from the US and Europe as well as the best of Manchester's world renowned music scene in a packed 3 days of live performances, club nights, multimedia showcases, interactive installations, mutant music machines, workshops, and talks by leading figures from the music industry and new media. Featuring artists from Grand Central, Fat Cat, Skam and Paperecordings, as well as a host of other leading figures and a return by :zoviet*france: following their sell-out performance at Contact earlier this year. Futuresonic website.