Owl Project music workshop

Workshop

Manchester based artists ‘The Owl Project’ – along with Graham Massey (808 State) will be hosting music workshop on how to make minimal electronic music.

Over the last few years the Owl Project have become known for a distinctive range of wooden musical and sculptural instruments - notably the Log1K, Sound Lathe, and iLog. Drawing on influences such as woodworking, hobby style electronics and open source software to create music-making machines.

They have performed nationally and internationally, including Garage Festival (Stralsund, Germany), with Matmos (Scala, London, UK)  Emergences Festival (Paris, France), Cornerhouse (Manchester), Ultrasound Festival (Huddersfield UK), Homefires Festival (London), Sonic Arts Network EXPO 2006 event in Manchester, Lovebytes (Sheffield), shortlisted & exhibited for the SHARE prize (Torino, IT) 2008. Futuresonic (Manchester UK) 2006, "Musikprotokoll" (Graz AU), TEKS trondhiem Norway) & the Serpentine Gallery stage, London 2008.

Owl Project won the Best of Manchester Art Prize 2009.

For more info: www.owlproject.com

28 February 2010 Starting at 5pm

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Graham Massey (808 State) Workshop & Talk & Performance

As part of Flux Magazine’s February residency at the NOISE Lab, the team present Graham Massey (808 State, Homelife, Toolshed) who'll be hosting a workshop, talk and performance based on his colourful musical career.

Graham is one of the UK's most consistently creative producer/composers with recordings dating back to the late seventies and with legendary label, Factory Records, through the birth of Rave culture with the internationally successful  electronic group 808State.

Massey’s re-mixer /production credentials is a  list who’s who of  contemporary music  over the past 30 years; composing for Film,TV and Theatre or organising the musical community of his home city Manchester into wayward soundtrack orchestras and organ quartets.

A musical life of constant reinvention can find Graham playing his music in various guises on various instruments in small clubs to huge festivals all over the planet.

28 February 2010 Starting at 3pm

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also on the same day

Graham Massey (808 State) Workshop

As part of Flux Magazine’s February residency at the NOISE Lab, Graham Massey (808 State, Homelife, Toolshed) hosted a workshop, talk and performance based on his colourful musical career.


Graham is one of the UK's most consistently creative producer/composers with recordings dating back to the late seventies and with legendary label, Factory Records, through the birth of Rave culture with the internationally successful electronic group 808State.

Massey’s re-mixer/ production credentials is a  list who’s who of  contemporary music  over the past 30 years; composing for Film,TV and Theatre or organising the musical community of his home city Manchester into wayward soundtrack orchestras and organ quartets.


A musical life of constant reinvention can find Graham playing his music in various guises on various instruments in small clubs to huge festivals all over the planet.

28 February 2010 Starting at 6pm

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also on the same day

Music Workshop with Owl Project

Alongside Graham Massey (808 State), Manchester based artists ‘The Owl Project’ hosted a music workshop on how to make minimal electronic music.

Over the last few years the Owl Project have become known for a distinctive range of wooden musical and sculptural instruments - notably the Log1K, Sound Lathe, and iLog. Drawing on influences such as woodworking, hobby style electronics and open source software to create music-making machines.

They have performed nationally and internationally, including Garage Festival (Stralsund, Germany), with Matmos (Scala, London, UK)  Emergences Festival (Paris, France), Cornerhouse (Manchester), Ultrasound Festival (Huddersfield UK), Homefires Festival (London), Sonic Arts Network EXPO 2006 event in Manchester, Lovebytes (Sheffield), shortlisted & exhibited for the SHARE prize (Torino, IT) 2008. Futuresonic (Manchester UK) 2006, "Musikprotokoll" (Graz AU), TEKS trondhiem Norway) & the Serpentine Gallery stage, London 2008.

Owl Project won the Best of Manchester Art Prize 2009.

For more info: www.owlproject.com

28 February 2010 Starting at 6pm

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