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*Network Music Festival // 26-29th January // The Edge, Digbeth, Birmingham*

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*Birmingham’s first Network Music Festival presents **hi-tech music performances from local and international artists.*

On 27-29th January 2012 the first Network Music Festivalhttp://networkmusicfestival.orgwill showcase some of the most innovative UK and international artists using networking technology. Presenting a broad spectrum of work from laptop bands, to live coding, to online collaborative improvisation, to modified radio networks, audio-visual opera and iPhone battles, Network Music Festival will be a weekend of exciting performances, installations, talks and workshops showcasing over 70 artists!

Network Music Festival are working alongside local organisations Friction Arts http://www.frictionarts.com/, SOUNDkitchenhttp://soundkitchenuk.org, BEAST http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/BEAST/index.aspx, Ort Cafehttp://ortcafe.co.uk/and The Old Print Works http://makeitzone.org/ and PST/Kismethttp://pst-club.co.uk/in order to bring this new and innovative festival to Birmingham.

With 20 performances, 5 installations, 5 talks and a 2 day work Network Music Festival will be a vibrant and diverse festival presenting musical work where networking is central to the aesthetic, creation or performance practice. Acts include: Live-coding laptop quartet Benoit and the Mandelbrotshttp://networkmusicfestival.org/programme/performances/benoit-and-the-mandelbrots/(Germany); algorithmic music duo Wrongheadedhttp://networkmusicfestival.org/programme/performances/wrongheaded/(UK), transatlantic network band Glitch Lich http://networkmusicfestival.org/programme/performances/glitch-lich/(UK/USA) and home grown laptop bands BiLE http://networkmusicfestival.org/programme/performances/bile/(Birmingham Laptop Ensemble) and BEER http://networkmusicfestival.org/programme/performances/beer/(Birmingham Ensemble for Electroacoustic Research) as well as many more http://networkmusicfestival.org/programme/ local, UK, European and international acts programmed from our OPEN CALLhttp://networkmusicfestival.org/open-call/for performances, installations and talks.

If that’s not enough, we’ll be kicking off the festival early on Thursday 26th January with a pre-festival partyhttp://networkmusicfestival.org/programme/pre-festival-party/programmed in collaboration with local sound-art collective SOUNDkitchen which showcases some of Birmingham best electronic acts, Freecode, Juneau Brothers and Lash Frenzy as well as one of SOUNDkitchen’s own sound installations.

There’s also an opportunity for you to get involved as we’re running a 2 day workshop http://networkmusicfestival.org/programme/workshops/ on ‘Collaborative Live Coding Performance’ led by members of the first live coding band [PB_UP] (Powerbooks Unplugged).

Tickets are available from www.brownpapertickets.com.http://www.brownpapertickets.comDay and weekend passes available £5-£25. Workshop £20.

For more information visit our website: networkmusicfestival.orghttp://livepage.apple.com/and follow us on twitter: @NetMusicFest http://twitter.com/NetMusicFest. To tweet about the festival use the hashtag # NMF2012. We also have a facebook page: www.facebook.com/networkmusicfestivalhttp://www.facebook.com/soundkitchenuk

*Network Music Festival // 27-29th January 2012 // The Edge, 79-81 Cheapside, Birmingham, B12 0QH*

Web:networkmusicfestival.org http://www.soundkitchenuk.org

Twitter: @NetMusicFest http://twitter.com/NetMusicFest Hashtag: #NMF2012

Facebook: www.facebook.com/networkmusicfestivalhttp://www.facebook.com/soundkitchenuk

Email: networkmusicfestival@gmail.com