As soon as I saw the lineup for the Bang Face Weekender, I started researching flights to England. It’s that exciting! Alas, the dollar is weak and gas ain’t cheap, so it’s only wishful thinking for now. This happens every year with some music festival or another and the lineups just get more siiiiiick every year. Bang Face hails itself as “A Neo-Rave Explosion of Acid, Jungle, Rave Hardcore, Drum & Bass, Breakcore, Techno, Electronica and Abstract Dance” which only hints at the range of amazing talent presented each year. The 3 day festival takes place at the end of April at Camber Sands and features three different staging areas - the Rave/Jungle/Breakcore Room, The Electro/Bass/Techno Room and a round-the-clock chill-out room. ([More →])

In my double-life as a jet-setting music enthusiast, I would definitely be in London (again, London… sigh.) on 6 and 7 and 9 September to enjoy two different audio-visual sensory-immersive events at the ICA. The three events feature music by Mathew Herbert, The Chemical Brothers, Battles, Plaid and many more electricians, while the visual includes works by Joji Koyama, Max Hattler, United Visual Artists, Flat Nose George plus many others. ([More →])

Experimental music enthusiasts who also enjoy the Suffolk forest in UK will welcome the combined forces of the Faster Than Sound music and arts festival as part of the larger Aldeburgh Arts Festival. The event takes place at Brenwaters Airbase on Saturday June 9th.

MUSIC

Murcof
Muziq
Philip Jeck
Pierre Bastien
Colleen
Dat Politics
Mira Calix & Tansy Davies
Exaudi CHoir
Plaid & Zoe Martlew
Philip Neil Martin
Mayming
Modified Toy Orchestra
Powerplant
James Saunders
Camberwell Composers Collective

Click over to the festival site to read a bio about any of these artists.

INSTALLATIONS

Throbbing Gristle
Jem Finer
Minimaforms
Bathysphere
Loop.ph
Mike Challis
Touch
Davide Quayola
Tom Taylor

MULTICHANNEL PERFORMANCES

Haswell & Hecker
Hildur Gudnadóttir
And pioneering classic electronic music including work by Luigi Nono, Iannis Xenakis and Luc Ferrari diffused by Sonic Arts Network

The website describes the cross-pollinated interface thus:

Artists from a wide variety of backgrounds will collaborate and explore the worlds of electronic music genres, contemporary classical practice and interactive visual arts. A range of immersive installations, musical collaborations, a wireless walk in the woods, illuminated cold war military buildings and a large dome filled with inspiring sounds…

I might be mistaken, but this looks a lot like DJ Scotch Egg from their gallery of 2006 performers…not sure though since the photos are not labeled:

Then again, who else is going to serenade a gameboy like that?