[Microsound-announce] just returning from Athens Synch festival + next week in Poland @ Off festival

[Philippe Petit]

dear readers,
for those who like the band ROTHKO please have a look at the new  
video for one song from our album:

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm? 
fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=15036618

done by Anne Sulikowsky, who is also composing some very nice music:
http://www.myspace.com/buildingcastlesoutofmatchsticks

The video is a mix of films and photos she has taken, attempting to  
document the art of wandering through life being awake and also  
wandering while being in a dream, and focusing on how there is really  
no difference between the two. Hope u will like it...


just returning from Athens where I co animated (with Markus from the  
label Staubgold) our seminar explaining how to run an indie label,  
how to develop internationally and other subjects in the indie business.
It took place in Benaki Museum of Contemporary Art and was part of  
the Synch festival.

www.synch.gr

Synch was Qwartz-awarded best festival of the year and I can confirm  
they deserve the price.
The organisation was impeccable, the action was set in an ancient gas  
factory, very beautiful and industrial-looking.
Musically very varied, one can have a look at their program there:

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm? 
fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=72311421&blogID=258242058


For those of you leaving close or attending Off festival, Markus and  
I will do our talk there + we'll both be DJing
On August 17 and 18
Headlining there Electrelane, Radian, Piano Magic, Architecture In  
Helsinki, Port-Royal, I Like Trains, and many Polish acts...

http://www.off-festival.pl/
www.myspace.com/offfestival


here details on our lecture:

Record labeling workshop

In the past ten years there is a constant increase of number of  
independent record labels on the territory of Europe and the United  
States. The complete system of music industry – which probably knows  
of better days than the situation it is in today – is becoming more  
and more complex, and the musicians themselves are not the only  
“brands” and references anymore.
This process is probably most visible on the scene of contemporary  
independent (electronic) music production: new micro-genres are  
emerging on a monthly basis, supported by record labels who wish to  
present their musical sensibilities, but also take a distinctive  
position on the already over-populated musical map of the world.

The aim of the RECORD LABELING seminar is the education of current  
and future professionals from the milieu of music industry, be it  
musicians, producers, label managers, distributors or salesmen… The  
success and hi-profile of the labels such as Staubgold (Berlin) and  
BiP-HOp (Marseille) are the best recommendations for the lecturers :  
Markus Detmer and Philippe Petit.
Over the course of the seminar they will try to cover the numerous  
aspects of starting up and managing an independent record label,  
through lectures about the manufacturing of compact discs, visual  
identity, distribution, Internet-only projects, concert promotion,  
copyrights… In a friendly tone showing that humanity is possible in  
business and in hope to raise interest from the listeners fans of  
music and to show them that it is possible to become an activist...  
And hopefully turn them into activists.


AUGUST 17

15h
gathering, checking participants, introducing each other, explaining  
why they came and what they expect from us

15:30 - 16:30
general intro
presentation of Staubgold and BiP_HOp
development, major artists, aims, focuses, approach, mission,  
markets, visual identities... distribution/promotion

overview of the development and role of record labels in the past 2  
decades / their position in the music cluster
different profiles and way of running labels
mapping of the contemporary electronic scenes and its companies

major vs. indie:
characteristics, way of working / role in local communities
describing markets (europe/USA/Japan/UK)
overview of the general situation inthe music industry and what are  
the possible developments

coffee break

17:00 to 18:00
presentation of Staubgold and BiP_HOp
development, major artists, aims, focuses, approach, mission,  
markets, visual identities... distribution/promotion



AUGUST 18

14:30 - 15:30
how to start a label
where to start?/ process and costs of manufacturing/ various  
packagings possibilities
how to promote: radio, tv, mags, web
ways of distributing

coffee break

16:00 - 17:00
how to manage your band/how to approach labels: send demos, develop  
international recognition, legal issues, copyright, licensing,  
contracts...




Other than that please do not forget our 2 new releases :


Spaceheads & Max Eastley : a very long way from anywhere else [bleep 35]
http://www.spaceheads.co.uk/page.php? 
section=biography&page=discography/longway
Spaceheads are a unique duo of trumpet (Andy Diagram) played through  
electronics and looped with drums (Richard Harrison). Max Eastley is  
a sound sculptor, artist, and musician who plays an instrument he  
invented and made himself called The Arc. It is a monochord of wood  
and wire, which is scraped, bent and flexed into an orbit of  
amplified effects. This new CD was recorded live, improving at two  
very different locations, one an island of the south of France during  
Mimi festival, and the other a remote village on the North Yorkshire  
moors, both venues a very long way from anywhere else.
SELECTED REVIEWS :
"A fascinating meeting of surreal improv strategies and electronic  
abstraction, A Very Long Way From Anywhere Else, is, as the title  
suggests, a pretty unique piece of work. Recommended." BOOMKAT / UK


Rothko : eleven stages of intervention [bleep 36]
http://www.rothkomusic.co.uk/
Following releases on such visionary labels as Lo Recordings, Simon  
Raymonde’s Bella Union, Too Pure and Kraak, Bip_Hop is pleased to  
welcome the release of Rothko's new album. Mark Beazley (bass),  
Michael Donnelly (bass), Ben Page (keyboards/percussion) and Tom Page  
(drums) continue to create a warm and inviting sound, where solitary  
keyboard melodies transition from exploratory passages and fragile  
beauty intertwines effortlessly through somber basslines. The music  
of Rothko at equal turns challenges and comforts the listener. At  
first perhaps confrontational, yet ultimately nurturing, the band's  
eleventh fulllength release -- adds to Rothko's already innovative  
and impressive catalogue.
SELECTED REVIEWS :
"It’s like a more melancholy, more muted Godspeed You! Black Emperor,  
without the hint of post-rock cliché, or at times even like Southern  
Lord’s slow rockers Earth without the metallic subtext – this is  
cinematic and evocative music in the best possible way... Quite  
hauntingly beautiful… recommended!" BOOMKAT / UK

Each Digipack CD is 15 Euros  (postpaid).

thanx for your attention
ip

www.bip-hop.com


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