Shure have announced their new Off The Beaten Track mobile competition, inviting bands and artists from 14 countries to submit a video of an original track performed at an interesting location. Contestants will need to receive a minimum of 50 votes to reach a slot of 20 spots on the shortlist. Those who make it on the shortlist will receive a Shure MOTIV MV88 microphone. The finalist will win a trip to Los Angeles to do a recording session overseen by producer and engineer Al Schmitt.
June 3-5, 2016. Splice Festival is the new dedicated live AV festival bringing together artists from around the globe for a three-day feast of live cinema, audio/video remixing and visual music with performances, talks and workshops.
YouTube phenomenon Cassetteboy plays a headline AV set, Plaid prior to launching their new album on Warp treat us to a special DJ set, Addictive TV perform an AV set of their razor sharp cut-ups, plus live cinema with The Light Surgeons' SuperEverything, visual electronica from Sculpture, video turntablism from Solid Steel’s DJ Cheeba, bass heavy electro AV from Germany’s award-winning Incite, French analogue wizards Bunq & Eb, music from Mixmaster Morris and Mexico’s The Incognito Traveller (BBE records) and many more.
British electronic duo of Addictive TV, aka Graham Daniels and Mark Vidler, creates music with a real difference; it's music you can see. In their extraordinary work Addictive TV delve deep into movies and videos hunting for sounds and images to sample, creating dance music that fuses everything from fidget and electro to drum 'n' bass and even rock.
Words-Samara Moss
Photography-Françoise Lamy, Alex Comyn, Matt Cheetham
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Outside image-Matt Cheetham
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PJam x Big Narstie "Gas" audio sample.
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