[Microsound-announce] MUTEK 2007

[Graham Miller]

SUMMARY:
MUTEK 2007 FESTIVAL NEWS
MUTEK ON THE ROAD
* MUTEK 2007 FESTIVAL NEWS *

Dedicated to new currents in electronic music and to the various  
mutations of digital creation, the 8th edition of the MUTEK festival  
will take place in Montreal from May 30th to June 3rd inclusively.


AN IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL PARTNER
The MUTEK team is particularly pleased to announce that FLASHER.COM,  
a festival partner for the past two years, has raised their  
association to MUTEK's official PARTNER PRESENTER. A web-magazine  
with head offices in Berlin, FLASHER.COM specializes in presenting  
important talents from the contemporary cultural scene to the world  
stage. From Berlin to New York, from Montreal to Sao Paulo, London,  
and Beijing while passing through St. Petersburg, FLASHER.COM offers  
exclusive video interviews with diverse artists from numerous  
cultural disciplines, whether they are directors, musicians, authors,  
painters or VJ's.
For FLASHER.COM's Editor, Jack Rieley: "MUTEK is the cutting edge of  
urban interventions and electronic music. FLASHER.COM is excited to  
be able to present this very important festival of outstanding new  
music".
MUTEK is consistently proud of the quality and the high caliber of  
its partners who, year after year, assure the strong foundation and  
continued success of the Festival.


THE HIGHLIGHTED ARTISTS!
With more than 80 different artists scheduled to participate, MUTEK  
reveals some of the headliners expected to delight, stimulate, and  
challenge festival-goers during the 2007 edition.

The first wave of confirmed performers include:
AGNES - Switzerland
CANDIE HANK - Germany
CHIC MINIATURE - Argentina/Canada
COBBLESTONE JAZZ - Canada
DIGITALINE - Switzerland
GANGPOL & MIT - France
GUI BORATTO - Brazil
HEARTTHROB - US
JESSE SOMFAY - Canada
KODE 9, feat. the SPACEAPE - UK
LEE CURTISS - US
MATIAS AGUAYO & ROCCNESS - Chile/Germany
MICHAEL MAYER - Germany
MISKATE - US
MY MY - Germany
PANTHA DU PRINCE - Germany
PHEEK - Canada
RHYTHM & SOUND - Germany
SHACKLETON - UK
SHOBOSHOBO - France
SOMEONE ELSE - US
THE MOLE - Canada
WIGHNOMY BROTHERS - Germany
+ many more.

MUTEK 2007's entire program will be revealed at a press conference to  
be held on April 23rd. Check for updates at MUTEK.CA!


PACKAGES AT ACCESSIBLE PRICES
Specially priced festival passports are already available at  
ADMISSION.COM (in limited quantities):
- the MUTEK_PASSPORT at a price of $110* gives you access to all the  
festival showcases (excluding Ex-Centris events, which can be  
purchased for an extra $40);
- the WEEKEND_PACKAGE for the price of $75*, for those who want to  
attend only the showcases taking place from Friday, June 1st, to  
Sunday, June 3rd.


FROM OUT OF TOWN AND PLANNING A VISIT TO THE FESTIVAL THIS YEAR?
Stay at the centrally-located HOTEL GODIN, this year's official  
hotel, where many
MUTEK activities will be taking place. To book a room at the MUTEK  
2007 preferred rate of 179$* per night, call +1-866-744-6346 or  
+1-514-843-6000 or send an
email to reservation at hotelgodin.com.

*All prices are in Canadian dollars, and exclude taxes and/or service  
charges.


*** MUTEK ON THE ROAD ***

Over the past few years, MUTEK has expanded its role as an important  
promoter of electronic music and digital creativity outside Quebec,  
often taking its showcases directly to the international stage.  
Coming strong off its most recent successes in Washington DC - where  
the organization hosted the "Montreal Underground" showcase on  
February 24th to a capacity crowd at the Smithsonian (more than 200  
people were refused at the door!) - and in Rome on March 30th, as  
part of the MEET IN TOWN - Landing on Contemporary Soundscapes  
series, in the prestigious Parco della Musica Auditorium, MUTEK has a  
few more events unfolding this week.

APRIL, 5-6 : MUTEK @ Festival Paysages Electroniques - Lille (France)
Paysages Electroniques is an electronic music & visual arts festival.  
The third edition of the festival will take place this year from  
April, 5 to April, 8 2007. Paysages Electroniques aims at developing  
the general public's interest for electronic music and digital  
creation, and at giving visibility to new forms of cultural  
exchanges. MUTEK is proud to collaborate with this festival & present  
the two following events:
April, 5: Marc Leclair & Gabriel Coutu-Dumont (projet 5mm)
April, 6: Ersneto Ferreyra (live), Steve Beaupré (live), Guillaume &  
The Coutu Dumonts (live), Chic Miniature (live), Akufen (DJ)
paysages-electroniques.com

APRIL, 7 : MUTEK @ Point Éphémère - Paris (France)
Point Ephémère is a centre for artistic dynamics in the 10th  
arrondissement of Paris, in a former shop of construction materials  
Point P on the Canal St Martin. It hosts MUTEK for the first time.
Line-up: Frivolous (live), Pheek (live), Steve Beaupré (live), Alex &  
Laetitia + Choco & Eva Peel (DJ)
pointephemere.org

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MUTEK warmly thanks its new Festival Presenter: Flasher.com. We also  
sincerely thank our principal partners for this 8th edition: the  
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, the Ministère des Affaires  
municipales et des Régions du Québec, Tourism Montreal, Musicaction,  
the Montreal Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, Heritage  
Canada, the City of Montreal, the Consulat général de France au  
Québec, the British Council, Pro Helvetia, Ex-Centris, Sid Lee, Hôtel  
Godin, Bande à Part (SRC), Beatport, Moog Audio, XLR8R, Dj Mag, Trax,  
DE:BUG, Exclaim!, Remix, Grooves, Klublife, Nuloops and Convergence.
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