Asheville Electro-music Festival at The Masonic Temple

Airsculpture - Photo by Jeff Towne
Airsculpture – Photo by Jeff Towne
The Asheville electro-music festival will take place May 16-17, 2014 at The Masonic Temple in Asheville, North Carolina. Asheville electro-music festival will bring some of the world’s finest electronic, experimental; and ambient musicians to western North Carolina. They will be joined by local artists for two days of concerts, workshops, demonstrations and collaborations. Musical styles cover a broad spectrum, guaranteed to be creative and original. Live video art will accompany the concerts, for an immersive multi-media experience.

The musicians employ a wide variety of electronic and acoustic instruments, from synthesizers and theremins to found objects and custom controllers. Afternoons will feature hands-on workshops and interactive performances, starting from 1pm. Evening concerts start at 7:00 pm.

Music

Airsculpture – Berlin school
Mark Mosher – expressive controllerism + invader cam
Paul Vnuk Jr – tribal ambient
Joo Won Park – music with found objects
Twyndyllyngs – electronic chamber music
dRachEmUsiK and onewayness – glitch-groove ambient beats
Project Ruori – art-automation coalescence
Gerber and Gerber – ambient space music
Dreamphonic – space music
Kevin Spears – kalimba and electronics
Klimchak – electro-acoustic multi-instrumentalist
Sound As Music – xenharmonic guitar
Michael Peck – progressive dark ambient
Stereospread – dreamy electropop
Blackwood – ambient
Yonder – cinematic
Waveformation – organic electronic

Visuals

Project Ruori
Michael O’Bannon
Azimuth Visuals
VJ Hylantown
Workshops and demonstrations
Acoustic Synthesis – Paul Vo
Kalimba Workshop – Kevin Spears
Ambiophonic Sound – Howard Moscovitz
Tuning Systems and the Aural Experience – Michael Vick
Systems of Memory (performance) – Christian Birk and Derek Reed
Performance Workshop – Mark Mahoney
Haken Continuum Fingerboard – Sally Sparks

tickets $20 per day ($10 afternoon, $15 evening)
advance tickets $16 per day at
80 Broadway, Asheville, North Carolina 28801
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/595162

For more information: http://emavl.com

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