The Immersion Chamber (Black Box Theatre)
Shouwang
(Beijing, China)
As one of China’s cutting-edge musicians, Zhang Shouwang is the lead singer of the indie rock band Carsick Cars, who were formed at the Beijing Institute of Technology back in 2005.
Through participating in various European music festivals and touring in the United States, the band has won wide acclaim in the West and has made Shouwang a leading representative of the new generation of musicians from the East and the “No Beijing” scene.
In 2006, Shouwang was invited to New York City to participate in the recording of avant-garde composer Glenn Branca’s Symphony No 13 for 100 Guitars and in August, 2007 Shouwang and carsick Cars they joined Sonic Youth for their European tour in Prague and Vienna.
Shouwang is the head of experimental music label Maybe Noise; his experimental program includes White (who appeared at Plutopia 2010 to great acclaim) and performances under his own name. His experimental work expresses the possibility of minimalism in the new era. He is also a music producer for movies and a sound artist.
We are excited to welcome Shouwang back to Austin, to perform in the “Immersion Chamber”at Plutopia 2011
http://www.thecreatorsproject.com/creators/zhang-shouwang-carsick-cars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugAD84DVpCk
XCHOX Project
(Austin, Interactive 3D Music)
On March 14, Project Creator Xavior of Xavior FX Creative Arts, will introduce the XCHOX (echo) Project to the world.
Project XCHOX is researching and developing content and applications in the new field of interactive 3D Music. Attendees will go down in history as participants in this milestone debut of musical innovation many years in the making. DJ’s, Musicians and Artists, will lead attendees through an intense demonstration of this uncharted musical frontier.
This premier will take place during Plutopia 2011, with the event’s “Immersion Chamber” setting the stage for this mind-expanding musical experience. Using a large MotionCOMMAND™ ClearView™ 6 point multi-touch HD interface from Austin-based Music Computing, attendees will interact with applications of this 3D musical genre.
While all of the details of this project have not been released, there is some information available to fuel anticipating imaginations.
XCHOX unites musicians, engineers, mathematicians, poets, singers and more into an exploratory collective of precision artisans. XCHOX then invites the listeners to interact with the resulting creations in a way that pushes the boundaries of linear cognition.
XCHOX Project Collaborators:
XaviorFX website
Music Computing website
Glaze Studio website
Video Jack
(Portugal, Interactive Audiovisual)
Nuno N. Correia (Coden) is a musician, DJ and new media artist from Portugal, now living in Finland. He is a PhD student at Media Lab Helsinki. Nuno started DJing and doing sound design for theater in 1992, and has been producing, performing and DJing as Coden since 2000. His main influences are early electronic music, dub, IDM, techno, and deeper shades of house.
Coden released his first demo, “Per:form“, in 2000. Following this release, several of his tracks were featured in Portuguese compilations.
Coden’s debut CD/DVD, “Heat Seeker“, was released in 2006. It has been presented in several international festivals, as live performance (Portugal, Germany, Poland, Russia) or DVD screening (UK, Finland, Brazil, China). An interactive version of “Idiot Prince”, a track from “Heat Seeker”, was released online in 2006. In 2008, a full interactive version of “Heat Seeker” was released online. The visual and interactive component of Heat Seeker was developed by Video Jack (Nuno Correia and André Carrilho).
Since 2007, Nuno has been making new music for Video Jack audiovisual projects: “AVOL“, 2007, and “Master and Margarita“, 2009.
At Plutopia 2011 he will be presenting “AV Clash” and “Master and Margarita.”
Nuno Correia Website
AV Clash Website
Master and Margarita Website
Total Unicorn
(Austin, Audio Visual Extravaganza)
Total Unicorn harvests raw psychedelic energy to imbue communal thought- space with its peculiar halation. Between composer, Lyman Hardy, and visualist, Stephen Hal Fishman, floats a dying star, pulsing variegated sci-fi narratives ricocheting off bulbous, elastic melodies.
Switched On
(Austin, Electronic Music Studio)
Switched On goes beyond the scope of the typical musical instrument store by offering vintage equipment rentals, repairs, restoration, modification, and education for the electronic musician.
Switched On’s studio and sampling rental services bring rare, vintage instruments within reach of those on who can’t afford to buy them outright. Helmed by LZX Industries’ Lars Larson, the repair department offers a unique specialty in restoring and modifying music electronics. Switched On provides workshops, classes and clinics in DIY electronics, modular synthesis, and computer music production. Consigning your gear at Switched On gives you access to an international marketplace normally exclusive to internet sites like Ebay. Now there exists a physical space to meet, consult, discover, buy, sell, and trade. The mission is to foster and expand Austin’s community of electronic musicians.
“Making musicians comfortable with the vast choices electronic music brings and making those choices human is my personal quest. With Switched On I’m looking out for the shoestring musician who simply wants the greatest sound ever.” -John French (co-owner)
Dr. Strangevibe (David Demaris)
(Austin, Ambient Audiovisualizations)
David DeMaris (frequently performing as Dr. Strangevibe) travels the spaceways from his ATX home base. He’s known for work combining pattern recognition and semiconductor technology, theoretical neuroscience, and a wide range of arts action: a steel guitar and electronics duet, performance video, abstract films, installations, jazz piano, theatrical sound design and composer, and a 2009 workshop on adapting visual art as graphical scores for improvisers.