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Monday, 2 March 2015

LLEAPP Festival, March 4 - 6th 2015



PACE, Phoenix Café Bar & Leicester Hackspace

LLEAPP (Laboratory for Laptop and Electronic Audio Performance Practice) is a collective of musician-researchers based in Edinburgh. It is run on the basis of a 3-day practice-led symposium, discussing tactics and strategies for collaborative play, a series of open rehearsals, and finishes with a performance each day.
LLEAPP started in 2009 at the University of Edinburgh, has since been held at different universities across the UK, and is being hosted this year by De Montfort University, Leicester.
Among featured guests will be Hong Kong-based Takuro Lippit (aka DJ Sniff), a turntablist working in the field of improvised and experimental music; cellist and string arranger Audrey Riley whose work ranges from The Smiths to the Merce Cunningham Dance Company; Swedish noise artist Max Wainwright; mobile artist Steranko; and John Richards with members of the Dirty Electronics Ensemble.




LLEAPP all participants: Owen Green, Taku Lippit, Max Wainwright, Steve Jones, J Richards, Amit Patel, Jim Frize, Sam Topley, Audrey Riley
Schedule

Wednesday 4th March 2015
13:00 -14:00 – Seminar with Takuro Lippit + Owen Green (University of Edinburgh) MTIRL, Clephan Building
14:00 -18:00 – Open rehearsals in the PACE Studio 1
19:00Concert 1, PACE Studio 1 (all LLEAPP)

Thursday 5th March 2015
9:00 -12:00 – Breadboard Workshop with Jim Frize (Sonodrome) + DMU students at Leicester Hackspace (meet PACE @ 9.00 am)
9:00 -15:00 – Open rehearsals PACE Studio 1, DMU (LLEAPP)
21:00 - 21:30 – Q&A with Jenny Walklate + LLEAPP musicians The Real Junk Food Project, Leicester in the Phoenix Café Bar.
21.30 - late Concert 2, feat DJ Sniff + Breadboard Workshop + LLEAPP musicians in the Phoenix Café Bar.

Friday 6th March 2015
9.00 - LLEAPP get-in/rehearse PACE Studio 1
10:30 - 12:00 – Open rehearsals/workshop (MUST1008). Mobile music feat Steranko, Dushume, DMU students, PACE Studio 1
12.00 - 13.00 Pay-As-You-Feel Food provided by The Real Junk Food Project, Leicester on the PACE Mezzanine.
13:00 - 14:30 – Lunchtime Concert 3, PACE Studio 1 + mobile music performances
14:30 - 15:00 – Breakdown
17:00 - Social


Links


Leicester Hackspace is a venue for makers of digital, electronic, mechanical and creative projects. http://leicesterhackspace.org.uk/
The Real Junk Food Project is a pioneering UK movement that re-purposes food thrown away by supermarkets. http://www.therealjunkfoodproject.co.uk
For further information and details of featured artists, please contact Steve Jones at steve@amancalledadam.com Jack Richardson jack.richardson@dmu.ac.uk or John Richards jrich@dmu.ac.uk

Monday, 4 February 2013

Audio-Visual concert Wednesday 13th February

Wednesday February 13th, 2013
Phoenix Square (Film & Digital Media)


Midland Street, Leicester, LE1 1TG
 

Visible Bits, Audible Bytes

Seminar: 3pm – 5pm


Concert & screening: 6.30pm - 8pm

Location: Phoenix seminar rooms and cinema
 

Concert tickets: £5 (£3 conc.) - seminar free entry
Call the box office on 0116 242 2800 to reserve your free place on the afternoon seminar or to book a ticket for the concert - or book online (http://phoenix.org.uk/)




Visible Bits, Audible Bytes presents a series of talks and a concert of experimental film and audio-visual works that champion the soundtrack and explore the relationship between sound and the moving image. An afternoon seminar brings together three of the UK's leading practitioners to discuss their current work in restoring, creating and performing audio-visual works - Dr Joseph Hyde, Bath Spa University; Dr Mick Grierson, Goldsmiths College University of London; Dr Louise Harris, Kingston University. This is followed by a concert screening of works, curated to demonstrate the historical legacy of sound and image practice, bringing contemporary works and those from the BFI archives together in a diverse and rich programme. 



Perpetual Motion (2011) - Andrew Hill
Trade Tattoo (1936) - Len Lye
Cs2 (2013) - Louise Harris
Delusions of Alien Control - Mick Grierson [Live Performance]
End Transmission (2012) - Jo Hyde
In Absentia (2000) - Quay Brothers & Karlheinz Stockhausen

The event has been curated by the Music, Technology and Innovation Research Centre (De Montfort University), in partnership with Phoenix. The afternoon talks are free and will take place in the Courtyard Rooms between 3-5pm. The concert screening will take place in Screen Two from 6.30pm.


This is part of the concert report series for MUST1009, MUST2003 and MUST2007.