Buoy up and explore a new world of musical freedom! London Music Hackspace and MS Stubnitz present a one day festival of musical hacking and contemporary sonic arts.

 MHS celebrates an adventurous program of performances and workshops that explores the crossover between musical practice and maker culture. Learn to build your own music technology or repurpose what is already there through daytime workshops and talks. Create new circuits and conduits of information, sound, and ideas. The evening program is headlined by Leafcutter John who combines vanguard electronics and processing with improvisation and traditional folk forms to great effect. He is joined by Riz Maslen and many further instrument builders, noise artists and electronic indeterminists from around the world. 

DAY PROGRAM :

SITE-SPECIFIC SOUND INSTALLATION by Kacper Ziemianin - exploring the sounds of MS Stubnitz. ARTISTS TALKS:

Tim Murray-Browne, The Hackspace Ensemble, ...

S Jagannathan, DIN for Mac OS X, ...

More talks TBA

WORKSHOP: Music Hackspace Circuit Bending, 2.30 pm to 6 pm

Hacking sound toys workshop, led by Tasos Stamou. The workshop provides an introduction
to basic circuit bending techniques and handmade electronic instrument design. It is suitable for beginners and experienced benders alike, and also a good chance for hackers and sound explorers looking to push forward their ideas for extended & self-made electronic instruments. Learn the necessary techniques to turn hackable toys into useful sound devices and electronic performance instruments. Practical, hands-on workshop, including an introduction to the easiest and most effective bending techniques and a presentation of instrument designs and musicians using hacked equipment. Everyone is welcome to bring their own devices for bending, otherwise hackable toys will be available.

WORKSHOP: MzTek Soft-Circuit Synth, 2.30 pm to 6 pm Make a wearable electric piano using soft-circuit techniques, sewing all electronic components and a speaker into fabric. Feel free to bring your own textile project to embed the synth into. ...

 EVENING PROGRAM

Performances by: LEAFCUTTER JOHN ... XNAME ... TIGER WALKING DOWNHILL ... TASOS STAMOU ... RIZ MASLEN, NEOTROPIC LIVE ... ... BIONI SAMP ... ANINA and JASCH ... ... ALO ALLIK ... LONDON HACKSPACE BIG BAND ... Video Hackspace VJ crew LetraRuido