River To River Festival 2012 The 2012 River To River Festival kicks off on June 17 with the Bang on a Can Marathon at World Financial Center Winter Garden and continues seven days a week for four weeks through July 15. Philip Glass, Alarm Will Sound, Trisha Brown Dance Company, Sylvain Émard Danse, George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Veronica Falls are just some of the artists and acts bringing Lower Manhattan to life this summer! Join us for Monday Movie Nights presented in assocation with Tribeca Film, weekend and family programming at the South Street Seaport and on Governors Island. Music, dance, theater, events, and more - FREE TO ALL! For more info: Visit http://rivertorivernyc.com/

Electromagnetic Field 2012: call for participation :: a three-day camping festival :: Friday 31 August and Sunday 2 September 2012 :: in Pineham Park, near Milton Keynes in the UK :: for anyone interested in science, engineering, DIY, technology, arts or crafts :: a cross between a tech conference and music festival :: talks and workshops :: deadline for submission: Friday, June 29, 2012, 23:59 UTC ::

Electromagnetic Field 2012 is a festival for anyone interested in 3D printing, DIYBio, textiles, electronics, Internet culture, music hacking, space, lockpicking, homebrewing, computer security, robots, UAVs, mind hacking, radio, and pretty much anything else you can think of… in a field! See http://www.emfcamp.org Continue reading

Open Call: Beam Festival at Brunel University, Uxbridge, West London :: June 22-24, 2012 :: Deadline for submissions: Friday 30th March 2012 ::

We are once again inviting submissions of work to be showcased at this year’s event, held 22-24 June 2012 at Brunel University. All proposals should refer to the broad themes of music & technology, interactivity, electronic or electro-acoustic music with a live or interactive element, music produced through unusual interfaces or DIY instruments. Work should fit into one of three categories: installations & demonstrations, gig-ready performances or AudioVisual presentations for the BEAM media kiosk. For more information go to www.beamfestival.com. Continue reading

Sonic Acts Masterclasses led by Catherine Christer Hennix, Peter Kubelka, Olaf Nicolai, Pauline Oliveros, Tino Sehgal :: February 20-23, 2012 :: Amsterdam :: Call for Participants — Deadline: February 12.

In collaboration with the Stedelijk Museum and STEIM, Sonic Acts will host a series of masterclasses as part of this year’s festival edition Travelling Time.

The masterclasses provide a unique opportunity for artists, musicians and other creative professionals to work with 5 internationally renowned artists whose work critically reflects on time and timing. In a concentrated and intimate setting, participants will gain insight into the artists‚ concepts, work processes, and methods of composition and production through hands-on workshops and seminars. Continue reading

Network Music Festival :: January 27-29, 2012 :: Birmingham, UK ::The deadline for submissions to the open call for the Network Music Festival has been extended to December 5, 2011. We are especially hoping to receive additional proposals for talks and workshops, but will also still be considering performances, installations, etc. For full details, please see: http://networkmusicfestival.org/open-call/ Continue reading

The Sonorities Festival of Contemporary Music 2012 (with Keynotes by Susan Kozel and Benjamin Knapp) :: March 22-27, 2012 :: Call for Paper and Music Submissions — Deadline: November 28, 2011. Continue reading

E Q 2 0 1 1 - Equinoxygen Festival :: the Northeast’s premier concert series for electronic and experimental music :: Saturday, October 1, 2011 - 11:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. :: Wilson Auditorium, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 99 University Plaza Drive (off Hackensack Ave.), Hackensack, NJ 07601 :: 201.692.2000 :: Admission: $25 for advance/reserve seating / $35 at the door ::

One Thousand Pulses, the Northeast’s premier concert series for electronic and experimental music, proudly presents:
EQ2011 — Equinoxygen Festival — Featuring: Bernhard Wostheinrich :: Dean de Benedictis & Vic Hennigan :: The Electric Golem :: Ezekiel Honig :: John Hudak :: Jon Durant :: Mem1 & Stephen Vitiello :: Neil Nappe :: Richard Lainhart :: Taylor Deupree & Marcus Fischer :: Continue reading

STEIM (Studio for electro-instrumental music) organizes Patterns + Pleasure, Festival for Adventurous Contemporary Electronic Music :: September 26-28, 2011 :: Frascati, Nes 63, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Patterns + Pleasure presents the latest and most adventurous contemporary electronic music from today. There will be lectures, workshops, debates and performances by musicians and sound… artists from home and abroad. Starring Alex Nowitz, Tom Johnson, Jessica Rylan, Fuyuki Yamakawa, Steina Vasulka, David Toop, Moldover, Edison and many more.

STEIM is working with a growing international network of musicians, performers and visual artists for more than 42 years now. STEIM invites people for residencies and provides them with an artistic and technical environment to work on the development of unique instruments and new music. Continue reading

EarZoom2011 / ICMC2012 :: Friday, September 30 at 7:00pm - October 4 at 11:30pm :: Ljubljana - Slovenia ::

IRZU – Institute for Sonic Arts Research, is announcing the third edition of: EarZoom – Sonic Arts Festival, which will take place between 30th September and 4th October 2011 at different venues in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

The main aim of the festival is to present a set of carefully selected works of multi-profile individuals (artists/scientists) and thus promote the interdisciplinary field of electronic music – the myriad of possibilities it has to offer – to artists and scientists (engineers) within our local community. Continue reading

Patterns + Pleasure Festival :: a new festival for adventurous electronic music in Amsterdam :: organized by STEIM ((Studio for electro-instrumental music) :: September 26-28, 2010 :: Theater Frascati, Nes 63 Amsterdam, Netherlands ::

For 42 years STEIM has helped local and international artists build their own dream instruments. The Patterns + Pleasure Festival will feature some of the newest and most adventurous approaches in today’s live electronic music. Every artist brings their own unique rendition of musical styles and genres - from Industrial Drone to Instrumental Hip-Hop and Tuvan singing to Boogie-Woogie-Noise. Continue reading