Lumin & Village Underground present:

For one night only Felix’s Machines will converge with Plaid at the Village Underground on 7 April. Support comes from Leafcutter John, Plaid (dj set) and Missaw (dj set)

Felix’s Machines are music-making sculptures built by Felix Thorn. Since their birth, the machines have been solely prescribed with the music of their creator. As a compositional device that exemplifies inspiration from the electronica world, Felix’s machines will converge with Plaid.

On the night, an experiment of live amplification and processing will marry acoustic robotics to digital synthesis creating an exquisite transitory performance. Leafcutter John is a London based songwriter and electronic musician, combining the worlds of computers and traditional folk music.

Felix’s Machines will feature at the forthcoming Short Circuit presents Mute festival at the Roundhouse, London with an installation that runs across both 13 + 14 May.

See footage of Felix’s Machines in action at http://www.felixsmachines.com/video/

Fri 13 May – £30 (6pm-1am)

Sat 14 May – £45 (12pm-12am)

Tickets are available from www.roundhouse.org.uk/short-circuit / 0844 482 8008.

All events are 14+, 16 and under should be accompanied by an adult

RICHIE HAWTIN (MINUS, BERLIN) WITH VISUALS BY ALI DEMIREL

MOBY (DJ SET)

RECOIL

NITZER EBB

RICHARD H. KIRK

CARTER TUTTI with NIK VOID (COLLABORATION)

NON

THE BALANESCU QUARTET

POLE

T.RAUMSCHMIERE

THOMAS FEHLMANN

THOMAS BRINKMANN

KOMPUTER

DANIEL MILLER (DJ SET)

ERASURE AND SPECIAL GUESTS 

MARTIN L. GORE (DJ SET)

ANDY ‘FLETCH’ FLETCHER (DJ SET)

THE RESIDENTS

LAIBACH

LIARS

JOSH T. PEARSON PLAYS MUTE SONGS

ALISON MOYET (SPECIAL GUEST)

MAPS + POLLY SCATTERGOOD (COLLABORATION)

S.C.U.M

BIG DEAL

BETH JEANS HOUGHTON

POPPY & THE JEZEBELS

SIMON FISHER TURNER + MIRA CALIX (COLLABORATION)

JAMES BROOKS

PETER GREGSON

DANNY BRIOTTET (RENEGADE SOUNDWAVE) – DJ SET

IRMIN SCHMIDT AND KUMO play The Sound Of Can – CAN ARCHIVES SPECIAL (DJ SET)

DIRTY ELECTRONICS

MARK STEWART ‘ON/OFF’ (2009)

AN EXCLUSIVE NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS FILM BY IAIN FORSYTH AND JANE POLLARD WITH MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED

GARETH JONES ON PRODUCING MUTE ARTISTS, 

STEFAN BETKE (AKA POLE) ‘AN INTRODUCTION INTO THE SCIENCE OF MASTERING’ 

PLUS MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED 

SCHNEIDERS BEURO

FLIES, GUYS AND CHOIRS

FELIX’S MACHINES

The German electronic label Raster-Noton have confirmed a line up for the opening night of 2011’s Short Circuit – Thursday 12 May – and a specially created sound piece will link the Raster-Noton and Mute events. The Raster-Noton / Mute Sound Halo will consist of sound loops created by artists from both labels and will play overnight from 12 May to link the two events. The line up for Raster-Noton’s event features the premiere of Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto’s new piece, plus performances from Anne James Chaton, Grischa Lichtenberger, Atom TM, Byetone and Mark Fell. Tickets are onsale now.