FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 12, 2008
THE OSCILLATION ELECTRONIC MUSIC FESTIVAL ENTERS ITS EIGHTH YEAR!
(ALBUQUERQUE, NM) Fwank!Productions, Ohmni, Dark Beat Productions, www.Burque.info, Grandma’s Music, Music Go Round, Five12 software, Basement Films, The Agency, The Cell Theatre and DSBP Records are pleased to announce the eighth annual Oscillation Electronic Music Festival. The Festival will take place over three days, October 10-12th, at two Albuquerque Venues; The Cell Theatre (700 1st st. NW), and The Agency (111 4th st. SW). Oscillation is the longest running festival of it’s kind in New Mexico.
Showcasing virtually every genre and sub-genre of electronic music and the bands and musicians who make it, this year’s Oscillation is sure to be the best yet, with a diverse Talent lineup of live music at The Cell Theatre October 10th and 11th, featuring:
The Strand (Industrial music from Chandler, AZ), The Echoing Green (the very popular nationally known Synthpop act who calls Albuquerque home), Leiahdorus, The Booty Green, Raine Vivian, Vertigo Venus, Diverje, Audiobuddha, Luperci, The Late Severa Wires, Mala in Se, The Nanoelement, Amplab, Noir Effect, brian botkiller, Tripping Dogs, Black Guys and Chemstar, as well as DJs Verablue and Xibalbalola.
In addition to the live music, DJs will be hosted at The Agency following the live music on October 10th and 11th, and 12th. Some of New Mexico’s most talented DJs will be bringing their unique styles for listeners to groove to, including IllKid, Justin O’Brien, Justin George, LevelHeded, Adem Joel and others.
This year’s Oscillation also introduces a new, exciting ingredient - workshops! Three electronic music workshops will be held at The Agency beginning at noon on Saturday October 11th:
- Circuit Bending with Ehren: exploring the world of Circuit Bent instruments and sounds, participants are invited to bring a battery operated sound maker of some kind for a chance to learn how to make sounds with a little soldering. Or just come watch and listen! Circuit bending is the practice of taking items such as Speak N’ Spells and turning them into tools of sonic creation.
- Contact Mics with Raven Chacon: Raven Chacon is a multi-talented experimental musician and sound designer, and will be discussing the creation of instruments utilizing contact microphones.
- Experimental music composition with Numerology Software by Five12, Inc.: Local software company Five12 will be showing off Numerology, their groundbreaking music creation software set to change how music is composed.
Ticket pricing for the festival and its events will be as follows:
- $25 Full Festival Pass: Admission to Oscillation events at the Cell and The Agency. By far the best value, this all-inclusive pass gives the festivalgoer the full experience Oscillation has to offer!
- $15 night pass: $15 passes are good for admission to one night of entertainment at the Cell Theatre.
- All other events are $5 (Workshops/DJ events at The Agency).
Presale full festival passes will be available online at www.oscillation.info.
All ages are welcome at Oscillation events. Oscillation is a %100 drug and alcohol free, safe and positive event.
Dr. Thunder and Basement Films will provide visuals both nights at The Cell. The event will be videotaped by Spork Films, and will broadcast on the Internet at www.oscillation.info via streaming audio and video. DJ Kentifyr, voted Albuquerque’s best DJ for two years in a row, will host the event.
In addition to the live music and action, Grandma’s Music, Music Go Round and local record label DSBP records will be giving away software, music, and more over the course of both nights.
Because lineups are subject to change, the Promoters encourage those interested to visit www.oscillation.info for full and up to date information. We look forward to seeing you for our eighth year of Sonic Independence!
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