Ableton is one of the many manufacturers that has been invited to Remix Hotel Los Angeles, November 8-10, 2007 at the SAE Institute in Hollywood. Sign up at:
http://www.remixhotel.com
Nov. 8-10, 3-9 p.m. daily
SAE Institute of Technology
6565 Sunset Blvd., Suite 100
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Come join Ableton's West Coast Product Specialist Laura Escudé and special guests in Pro Tools Room 113 for master classes and performances with the Ableton software. Don't miss out asking some of the best producers around their tips and tricks. Artists include Nosaj Thing, Irwin, Derek Micheal, [a]pendics.shuffle, Kathie Talbot, Randy George, John von Seggern, Steve Nalepa and Trace Element (Henry Strange + Laura Escudé).
11/8/07 6PM Pro Tools Room 113
L.A.-based producer Nosaj Thing (Jason Chung) is a sound innovator—he has received Artist-to-Watch accolades from XLR8R, remixed Daedulus and Elliot Lipp, won Plastic Little/Turntable Lab’s remix contest featuring MF Doom, and won L.A.’s prestigious Project Blowed beat battle. He has shared the stage with the likes of Sixtoo, Architecture in Helsinki, DJ Krush, Z-Trip, Free the Robots, Eliott Lipp, D-Styles, Edit, and Daedelus.
11/9/07 3:30 PM Classroom B, Second Floor
Irwin has been at the frontier of live electronic music since 1996, and headlined over three hundred shows in the U.S. and Europe. All beats are performed live with electronic drums and samples, other sounds are designed and generated directly from computer, accessed via theremin and looped on the spot. "Irwin is considered by many the most innovative and talented live electronic act in the world." -KPBS
11/9/07 7PM Pro Tools Room 113
Derek Micheal aka DM Established as one of Canada's premier DJ act's, holding residencies at the world's most prestigious venues such as Club Tresor (Berlin) Friction (Detroit) and Tokyo's Club Core, since 1996, Derek Micheal (aka DM) has consistently incorporated influences from the bizarre to the sublime. His studio tracks, released through Hor-Zu, Sender, Subvariant and most recently, critic's darling Detroit Underground Records, reflect Michael’s deep knowledge and vast historical understanding of Western musical practice.
11/9/07 8PM Pro Tools Room 113
Kenneth James G. / [a]pendics.shuffle / Eight Frozen Modules / K.J. Gibbs / The Premature Wig / dubLoner / Bal Cath / Electronic Music Composer / Reverse Commuter / Hiss and Buzz Kenneth James Gibson is a man of many personas. Keeping up with him can be a time consuming, yet rewarding venture into sound. Ken lives in Los Angeles, California and co-runs the label Adjunct, a forward thinking abstract techno label releasing such artists as Mikael Stavostrand, Sutekh, Franco Cinelli, and Peter F. Spiess. He has releases for labels such as Mo's Ferry Productions, Adjunct, Resopal, Floppy Funk, Underl_ne, Orac, Mille Plateaux, Planet-Mu, Proptronix, Disco Inc., and Sunset Diskos....just to name a few.
11/10/07 4PM Pro Tools Room 113
From New York originally and raised in Puerto Rico Kathie utitilzes her Newyorican roots within her music, beats and sonics. Kathie started working in film, television and commercials as a vocalist for several years before getting involved with composing and remixing. Some of Kathie's credits include music and/or vocals for CSI, CSI:MIAMI, MAN ON FIRE, HALLOWEEN:RESURRECTION, VENICE UNDERCOVER, AMAZON, KEVIN HILL, THE SENTINEL, VIPER, SCI FI CHANNEL PROMOS, TNT PROMOS, WITCHBLADE, RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT, BURGER KING, HEWLETT PACKARD, NISSAN, BUICK, CHRYSLER, HYUNDAI, and many, many more.
11/10/07 5PM Pro Tools Room 113
Randy George is a chamber musician and multimedia artist based in LA. He is most notable for his uncanny ability to extract music from thin air, a sight that has to be seen to be believed. Through his expressive playing and the versatility and power of Ableton Live, he is creating a refreshing new awareness for the theremin, the world's most dynamic electronic musical instrument, played without any physical contact whatsoever
11/10/07 6PM Pro Tools Room 113
John von Seggern is a futurist, producer, sound designer and DJ, relocated to Southern California in 2001 after a decade spent in Asia (Tokyo and Hong Kong) performing and recording with some of the region's most influential artists. von Seggern now lives in Los Angeles, where he performs live experimental techno and runs net.label Vibration Institute. He also works for German music software company Native Instruments and has been a collaborator and music technology consultant for numerous composers and producers in the LA area including Herbie Hancock, Dweezil Zappa, Steve Tavaglione, Judd Miller, Paul Haslinger, John Beasley, and David Lawrence.
11/10/07 7PM Pro Tools Room 113
LA-based electronic musician, multimedia artist and mad scientist collector Steve Nalepa combines deep dub bass, glitchy breaks, bioacoustic atmospheres and beautiful sinewave melodies to create his patented brand of ambient glitch dub. Nalepa has rocked it at Flavorpill's Friday's Off the 405 Series up at the Getty Museum, produced tracks with legends such as Bill Laswell and Pharoah Sanders, worked with the LA Philharmonic, played with superstar VJ Benton-C Bainbridge on the debut episode of Unity Gain TV, shared a bill with Amon Tobin, Cut Chemist and DJ Spooky at Walt Disney Concert Hall, and performed at The Do Lab Stage at Coachella 2007.
11/10/07 8PM Pro Tools Room 113
Longtime LA-based duo Henry Strange and Laura Escudé blend crunchy beats with crazy Theremin antics and classical violin style.
Henry Strange started Pure Tone Productions, Inc. a production company devoted to the research of sound and the production of modern music. At Pure Tone he adapted his experimental sound to commercial projects; scoring independent films, writing for television, producing artists, remixing, and sound design. He’s worked on a remix of ‘One More Chance’ for Michael Jackson, wrote themes for a science television show ‘Beyond Science’, worked features like Wes Craven’s “Cursed” and produced countless artists.
Laura Escudé is Ableton's West Coast Product Specialist and has performed with orchestras such as the Santa Monica Symphony and done sound design for several films, including "Red is the Color of" and "Lovewrecked. A classically trained violinist who has been performing for over 20 years, Laura Escudé also works as a composer, producer and sound designer. Combining experimentalism on the violin with an affinity for dark and cinematic electronic sounds, she works with a variety of software, including Ableton Live, Native Instruments Reaktor/Battery/Absynth, Reason and Max/MSP—controlled by MIDI devices such as the UC-33e and a MIDI glove.