MOOGFEST 2010

MoogFest 2010, the extraordinary three-day festival which celebrates the innovative spirit of sonic pioneer Robert Moog, during Halloween weekend, October 29-31, in Asheville, NC, has already announced most of its outstanding lineup. Now, in addition to MoogFest’s excellent musical offerings, the festival will also give attendees the opportunity to dig deeper into the world of Moog with a wide range of panel discussions and workshops.

The Red Bull Music Academy has teamed up with AC Entertainment, Moog Music and the Bob Moog Foundation to bring together top minds in history, technology and education of Moog. Experts, ranging from Bob's colleagues in the seminal days of synthesis to the more contemporary sound sculptors of today, are coming from around the country to share their ideas and vast experiences. The Bob Moog Foundation will be responsible for the historical content at MoogFest, including items from Bob Moog's archives such as rarely seen vintage photographs and historic audio clips from recently restored reel-to-reel tapes.

News on the other activities will be announced in the coming weeks. With all of these exciting elements solidifying, MoogFest is proving itself more and more to be an essential experience for music fans and sonic adventurers from all over the world.

MoogFest 2010 Red Bull Music Academy Moog Workshops, Demonstrations & Panels:

SYNTH HISTORY PANEL – THE BIRTH OF THE MINIMOOG
Featuring:
Herb Deutsch (co-collaborator on first Modular in 1963)
Dave Van Koevering (first salesman for Minimoog and VP of Marketing at Moog Music in the 70s)
Tom Rhea (Former clinician, design consultant, and director of marketing at Moog Music; wrote Minimoog manual)

Moderated By:
Brain Kehew (Bob Moog Foundation Historian and keyboardist (Moog Cookbook)

TARA BUSCH – ARTIST PERFORMANCE & DISCUSSION ABOUT REMIXING WITH MOOGERFOOGERS
Tara is a synth siren well known as a prominent analog synth-blogger for AnalogSuicide.com. Her performances are ethereal explorations of analog sound.

TECH. PANEL - ADVANCED APPLICATION & SYNTHESIS
Featuring Cyril Lance, Head Engineer at Moog Music, and other Moog engineers.

SYNTH HISTORY PANEL – EXPLORATION OF THE BOB MOOG ARCHIVES
Featuring:
Brian Kehew (Bob Moog Foundation Historian, Keyboardist)
Michelle Moog-Koussa (Executive Director, Bob Moog Foundation)
Seva David Ball (Archive Preservationist, currently restoring Bob Moog's reel-to-reel tapes with a grant from the Grammy Foundation)

TECH. PANEL - MODERN DAY SOUNDSCULPTING
Featuring:
Richard Devine (acclaimed sound designer)
Tara Busch (prominent analog synth-blogger and synth-performer)

RICHARD DEVINE – ABOMINATRON II PERFORMANCE
Richard is one of the world's most acclaimed, young sound designers. His clients include top names in film and advertising. Richard will be performing on Moog Music's Abominatron II, a homage to Bob Moog’s original synthesizer prototype, created with current Moog synthesizers and effects processors.

SYNTH HISTORY PANEL - EXAMINING THE LEGACY OF MINI SYNTHS
Featuring:
Craig Anderton (Founder EM Magazine, signal processing guru, editor EQ Magazine)
Geary Yelton (Associate Editor of Electronic Musician, freelance journalist)
Steven Fortner (Editor, Keyboard Magazine)

Moderated By:
Brian Kehew

THEREMIN PERFORMANCE & LESSON WITH DORIT CHRYSLER
Dorit is an accomplished musician and composer best known for her ethereal Theremin style. After Dorit's performance, Moog Music will distribute 20 Theremins to the audience and participants will receive an interactive lesson from Dorit.

TECH. PANEL – THE POWER OF MODULAR SYNTHESIS
Featuring:
Erik Norlander (Synth rock legend, Moog aficionado, accomplish synth designer)
Amos Gaynes (Moog Music engineer)
The Wall of Doom (Erik's massive custom Moog Modular synthesizer)

MOOG GUITAR SOUND SCULPTING WITH SAUL ZONANA
Saul is a killer guitarist who has worked with Adrian Belew, Ace Frehley, Crash Test Dummies. He will integrate the Moog Guitar, Moogerfoogers, Multi-Pedal, and Little Phatty into an exploration of the guitars amazing capabilities.

All panels, demonstrations, and workshops will take place between Noon and 6:30 PM EST at the Moogaplex, located at the Haywood Park complex. They are first come, first served for those who bought either weekend passes or have a pass for that particular day. The dates, and times will be announced in the coming weeks.

MoogFest 2010 tickets are on sale now. To purchase weekend passes or single day tickets and for more information about the festival visit moogfest.com. To see the weekend schedule click here.


MoogFest 2010 Lineup:

Friday, October 29
DEVO
MGMT
Big Boi
Girl Talk
Panda Bear
RJD2
Mutemath
Dan Deacon
Van Dyke Parks
Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich & Fussible
Saturn Never Sleeps (Featuring King Britt & Rucyl)
The Octopus Project
Kuroma
Clare & The Reasons

Saturday, October 30
Massive Attack
Thievery Corporation
Jonsi
Disco Biscuits
Caribou
Four Tet
Matmos
Dâm-Funk
School of Seven Bells
Jon Hopkins
Emeralds
Mountain Man
Ikonika
Nosaj Thing
Projek Moog w/ Brian Kehew
The Volt Per Octaves w/ Special Guest Bernie Worrell
Alex B

Sunday, October 31
Cee Lo Green
Pretty Lights
Hot Chip
Sleigh Bells
El-P
Neon Indian
Omar Souleyman
Mimosa
Two Fresh
DJ Spooky
Headtronics (Bernie Worrell, Freekbass, Adam Deitch)
Shout Out Out Out
Dark Party

MoogFest supports the Bob Moog Foundation. We encourage you to do the same! For more information about Moog Music and its founder, Bob Moog, visit moogmusic.com.

The Red Bull Music Academy, a music workshop that has been traveling the world since 1998, is proud to be a part of MoogFest 2010. Pulling together pioneers of days-gone-by and musical legends of tomorrow from all aspects of rhythm and sound, The Red Bull Music Academy platform will be lending their knowledge and experience to enhance the festival’s workshops. For more details visit The Red Bull Music Academy.

Wish they had a Moogfest in England!

Star4mation wrote:Wish they had a Moogfest in England!

Steve , here there link.
http://www.moogmusic.com/
Im sure they will have lots of info and vids after the event.




Modern Design, Modular Flexibility and the Heart of a Minimoog

“To celebrate the 40th anniversary of a ground-breaking product like the Minimoog Model D, we knew we had to design something special. The Minimoog Voyager XL draws from the Model D and the entire history of our company to create an outstanding new instrument tailored for production, performance and sound design."

Mike Adams, President of Moog Music




The Minimoog at 40

Interested in the Minimoog Voyager XL and want to see the big picture? Check out the cover of the October 2010 issue of KEYBOARD Magazine.

The issue is devoted to the 40 year history of the Minimoog and the cover is a special double-wide, foldout. That was the only way they were able to fit the XL on it!






Killer Additions!!!

MOOGFEST 2010 ADDS CEE-LO, SLEIGH BELLS, MUTEMATH, NEON INDIAN, AND OMAR SOULEYMAN TO LINEUP!

HALLOWEEN WEEKEND - 10/29-10/31 IN ASHEVILLE, NC

MoogFest 2010 is undoubtedly throwing the biggest Halloween party of the year! With the already-amazing, previously announced weekend lineup, and now the killer additions of Cee-lo, Sleigh Bells, Neon Indian, and Omar Souleyman to Sunday night, All Hallows’ Eve, plus Mutemath playing Friday, the festival just continues to surprise and delight. AC Entertainment has made it very clear – Halloween in Asheville is the place to be. And there’s more to come – new artists will be joining the lineup in the coming weeks, plus details about the workshops, panel discussions, exhibitions, and more will be announced soon.

MoogFest 2010, the extraordinary three-day festival, celebrating the innovative vision of sonic pioneer, Robert Moog, will take place Halloween weekend, October 29-31, in Asheville, NC. Tickets for MoogFest 2010 are on sale now. Weekend festival passes, along with tickets to each individual day, are available. To purchase tickets and for more information, visit moogfest.com.

MoogFest 2010 Lineup:

Friday, October 29
DEVO
MGMT
Big Boi
Girl Talk
Panda Bear
RJD2
Mutemath
Dan Deacon
Van Dyke Parks
Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich & Fussible
Saturn Never Sleeps (Featuring King Britt & Rucyl)
The Octopus Project
Kuroma
Clare & The Reasons

Saturday, October 30
Massive Attack
Thievery Corporation
Jonsi
Disco Biscuits
Caribou
Four Tet
Matmos
Dâm-Funk
School of Seven Bells
Jon Hopkins
Emeralds
Mountain Man
Ikonika

Sunday, October 31
Cee-lo
Pretty Lights
Hot Chip
Sleigh Bells
El-P
Neon Indian
Omar Souleyman
Mimosa
Two Fresh
DJ Spooky




Moogfest Cometh

Moog Music and AC Entertainment are excited to release the lineup of MoogFest 2010! As previously announced, this extraordinary three-day festival, celebrating the innovative vision of sonic pioneer, Robert Moog, will take place Halloween weekend, October 29-31, in Asheville, NC. Costumes are welcome. . . and clearly treats will be in abundance!

The MoogFest 2010 weekend kicks off on Friday with performances by the previously announced MGMT and Big Boi, plus Girl Talk, Panda Bear, RJD2 and others. Devo, Bonobo, Van Dyke Parks and Clare and The Reasons will be joining Friday night's lineup! Artists joining Massive Attack, Thievery Corporation and Jonsi for Saturday at the festival will include Four Tet, Caribou, Emeralds, and Matmos...The Disco Biscuits and Ikonika will perform on Saturday, too!


The festival's final day will be a Halloween party like none other, with performances by Hot Chip and Pretty Lights topping the bill.

Also confirmed to appear at MoogFest 2010 are EL-P, Dan Deacon, School of Seven Bells, Saturn Never Sleeps (Featuring King Britt & Rucyl), Dâm-Funk, Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich & Fussible, the Octopus Project, Jon Hopkins, Mimosa, Kuroma, Mountain Man, DJ Spooky and Two Fresh.

These internationally renowned performers, known for pushing creativity towards new dimensions, will play in multiple venues throughout downtown Asheville, including the Asheville Civic Center Arena, the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, and Asheville's world-class club, the Orange Peel.

There's more to come! Additional artists will be joining the line up in the coming weeks, plus there will be news about late night shows and special events in clubs and venues throughout Asheville. And information regarding MoogFest 2010's workshops, panel discussions, art exhibitions, installations and film screenings, will be announced in the coming weeks as well.

With all of these exciting elements in the works, MoogFest 2010 is proving itself to be an essential experience for music fans and sonic adventurers from all over the world.





New Features, New Sounds

Operating System Version 3.5 for the Minimoog Voyager Analog synthesizer adds a number of new features, including quick save, category browse, and legato glide.

After you update your Voyager to OS 3.5, there is a new bank of the freshest Voyager presets on the planet available as a free download. Programmed by Miles Davis keyboardist Adam Holzman, Danish producer Daniel Muschinsky, Moog engineer Steve Dunnington and Moog associate Ben Hovey, these sounds span the spectrum from classic to cutting edge.

Click on the "Go There" link, then click on the software tab and take your Voyager to Another Dimension.




Expanded Expression

Dig deeper into your sound with the Old School Legato Switch and Velocity Curve Modification.




Moogerfooger Winner - Week 12

Congratulations to Drew Wheeler, our 12th and final Moogerfooger winner in the Moog Guitar Sonic Explosion Giveaway.

Drew won at Bananas At Large San Rafael, CA

Drew says, "This guitar is otherworldly! I will definitely be purchasing one as soon as I can."

Visit a participating Moog Guitar Dealer near you and check out The Moog Guitar!

So far...


Week 11- Frank Adams won at New York Music in Boardman, OH.

Week 10- Jeff Swanson won at Hix Brothers Music in Aurora, IL.

Week 9- Pat Riley won at My Music Store in Golden Valley MN.

Week 8 - Angelo Santelli won at Elderly Instruments in Lansing, MI.

Week 7 - Griffin Fornel won at Apple Music in Portland OR.

Week 6 - Andrew Jung won at Fat Tone Guitars in Northbrook IL.

Week 5 - Mark Levy won at Corner Music in Nashville, TN.

Week 4 – Christian Wetmore won at Bill's Music House in Baltimore, MD.

Week 3 – Adam Sams won at Crazy Dave's Music in Orange Park, FL

Week 2 – Manny Grimaldi won at Guitar Emporium in Louisville, KY

Week 1 – Jordan Muhsin won at Moore Music in Evansville, IN




MOOG MUSIC ANNOUNCES PURCHASE OF NEW HEADQUARTERS IN ASHEVILLE, N.C.

Moog Music, in conjunction with the City of Asheville and the Economic Development Coalition for Asheville Buncombe County, is pleased to announce a $2.5 million investment in a new downtown Asheville company headquarters. On May 18, 2010, Moog Music finalized the purchase of four vacant, 1920 era buildings 160-170 Broadway St.; the Northern Gateway into downtown Asheville.

Click "Go There" to learn more...



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On November 21st, Mike Einziger, guitarist/co-founder of rock super-group Incubus will premiere a new work featuring twelve Moog Guitars!

This performance is part of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s opening of their West Coast, Left Coast festival and marks the largest performing ensemble of Moog Guitars yet assembled. Don't miss this historic event.

"The new Moog Guitar opens up an astonishing array of possibilites for creating texture. Between the sustain (built into the pickups) and the depth of the filter section, this guitar can emulate many of the sounds created by analog synthesizers...but uniquely characterized by the unmistakable sound of a vibrating string. I'm totally in love with it." - Mike Einziger

When/Where:

Saturday, November 21, 2009
WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL
111 S. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles CA


Click here for more information and to purchase tickets. Use the promotion code "EUREKA" for a 25% discount on the ticket price.

thanks for the link Dace

Star4mation wrote:thanks for the link Dace

Its a cool site to spend some time on.
DACE>

Wow

""WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL""

PERFECT place, NO????

DACE>