present Mute - T849379947Featuring performances and unique collaborations from Mute artists past, present and future alongside talks, workshops, screenings and installations, the occasion will celebrate Mute’s unique and influential work as a label. Tickets are on sale now and include a limited premium ticket, which will give access to both Mute days, entry to an exclusive aftershow party, as well as specifically created Mute objects that will only be available with this ticket. Mute was founded by Daniel Miller in 1978, and since then has signed and developed some of the world’s most influential recording artists - including Depeche Mode, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Goldfrapp, Erasure, Moby and Richard Hawley - and become home to a crop of emerging talent and recent signings such as Josh T. Pearson and Liars. Whilst maintaining a firmly eclectic roster, from the earliest days of The Normal, Fad Gadget and DAF through to the techno era with artists such as Plastikman / Richie Hawtin and Speedy J, and to the present day with hybrid electronic artists such as Yeasayer and S.C.U.M, the label has always been a champion of electronic music. Mute also looks after a catalogue of seminal electronic artists such as Can, Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire and Kraftwerk. Short Circuit pays tribute to the key Pioneers of Electronic Music, recent festivals have hosted performances from artists such as the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Holger Czukay, John Foxx, Jeff Mills and Gavin Bryars. | |
| 13 May 11 to 14 May 11 | Roundhouse, West End :: V242 listing details L418834514 |
Ryuichi Sakamoto - T02023025533The German electronic label Raster-Noton have confirmed a line up for the opening night of Short Circuit and a specially created sound piece will link the Raster-Noton and Mute events. The Raster-Noton / Mute Sound Halo will consist of sound loops created by artists from both labels and will play overnight from 12 May to 'warm up' the space for the Mute event. The line up for Raster-Noton’s event features the premiere of Ryuich. Sakamoto and Alva Noto’s new piece, plus performances from Anne James Chaton, Grischa Lichtenberger, Atom TM, Byetone and Mark Fell (snd). | |
| 12 May 11 | Roundhouse, West End :: V242 listing details L0333354550 |
T478098791We crackle into life this spring with a four day celebration of electronica, beginning with its most influential pioneers and continuing with artists they've influenced in today's dance music scene. | |
| 14 May 09 to 17 May 09 | Roundhouse, West End :: V242 listing details L01357017391 |
