Placard Headphone Festival 2008
15-09-2008
Think of a festival in reverse … the London Headphone Festival is back with two sessions of headphones-only listening. Now in our fifth year, we leave our spiritual home off Brick Lane for two new venues. On 20 September we take over beautifully restored warehouse space Café Oto in Dalston for an all-day listening session. On 24 October, we move on to the legendary underground space Shunt, deep under London Bridge, as part of the 4-day NetAudio festival.
Placard flips the concept of a traditional festival: instead of a PA we provide massed banks of headphone splitters. The audience plugs in and tunes in. For once, it’s the chance for some focused listening.
Confirmed artists include: Family Battlesnake, Joachim Nordwall, Pausal, Mandelbrot, slub, Cormac Heron, Brassica, Philip Julian, Cacao, Birds Of Delay, Bleeding Heart Narrative, The Noiser, Simpson brothers, Ryan Jordan, London Concrete, Yee-King, Spoonfight, Dylan Bates, Brandy Alexander Project and Rob Munro. More TBC.
Past artists have included Hot Chip, David Toop, Janek Schaefer, Leafcutter John, Adem, Max Eastley, Sanso-Xtro, Jem Finer, Icarus, Main and Colin Potter.
Both venues are fully licensed, and there will be food, merchandise and other bits and pieces. Please bring your own headphones!
Praise and bafflement for previous festivals:
“A far cry from Glastonbury or Reading” — New Statesman
“Ludicrously straightfaced” — The Guardian
“Freebie of the week” — Time Out
“One of the highlights of a long hot summer” — The Wire
“The only way to understand the most communal musical gathering is to come along and plug in” — Kultureflash
Brought to you by area10 media lab / highpointlowlife / it is whatever / /slow sound system / openlab / yaxu.
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Details
Session 1
When: 20 September, 1pm-11pm Where: Café Oto, 18-22 Ashwin St, E8 3DL. info@cafeoto.co.uk Cost: free, £2 suggested donation Map: http://tinyurl.com/6hcdv7
Think of a festival in reverse … the London Headphone Festival is back with two sessions of headphones-only listening. Now in our fifth year, we leave our spiritual home off Brick Lane for two new venues. On 20 September we take over beautifully restored warehouse space Café Oto in Dalston for an all-day listening session. On 24 October, we move on to the legendary underground space Shunt, deep under London Bridge, as part of the 4-day NetAudio festival.
