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Mekatronics

Saturday, July 7
Admission:
$5, $10 minimum
Showtimes:
8 and 10:30pm
reservations are recommended

Night of Mekatronics
Analog, digital, hybrid, mechanic and visual, machine and software driven, constructed and deconstructed.A mixture of mechanics, electronics and computing combined.

Please arrive by 8pm to claim your reservation for the first seating.

Vusac (8:30pm)
Vusac's real-time creations are spontaneous montages of voices, polyrhythms, and electrophonic/orchestral harmonies.He tears up our modern day marketing messages and honors the presentation of acoustic collages with modern drum and bass grooves. Pulling from TV and internet media, the words in vusac songs form a trancy collective unconscious that begs a personal video to start in your head while the rest of your body begins moving.

vectorzero (9:15pm)
A mysterious musical technician who draws inspiration
from circuit-bending,etc . His fusion of delicate but sinister chords, detuned deep space noises, and explosive rhythms are not to be missed.

kumabear (11pm)
Brooklyn-based kumabear builds tight instrumental grooves using a variety of electronic hardware and effects.Fresh-chilled melodies and jagged,jazzy
electro combine in real time to create a unique musical experience.

Radio Wonderland (11:30pm)
Shoes, steering wheel, boombox, laptop: turning live
radio into recombinant funk. RADIO WONDERLAND is the brainchild/booty-child of renowned composer Joshua Fried, his media-mashing...multi-metric...high-concept...hi-lo tech...everyday object...spaced-out...groove-alicious...new music dance band. With real shoes, a real steering wheel, and no telling what might happen--because it's LIVE radio.

VISUALS:
Vj Panopticon
PANOPTICON is a music video and live VJ project by director Chris Piazmixing for live bands or DJs, Panopticon uses only original video and photography. Panopticon is the resident VJ for Brooklyn indie-rockers Jigsaw Soul and Brooklyn psychedelic three-piece Swinger Eight. He has also shot and directed music videos for these bands, as well as another experimental Brooklyn music project, Circle of Willis. His music videos feature a unique mix of artistic lighting, CGI graphics, puppetry, post-production compositing, time-lapse photography, and anything else that may come to his mind. Chris Piazza lives in Bushwick.

Special guest:
DJ Montrachet