The Red Bull Music Academy brings its full programme of artists and events to London for the first time ever in February, hosting a truly unique and diverse festival of sonic innovations in the city’s most inspiring venues. Honouring the past, while keeping a scalpel-sharp sight on the future, the five-week series of cultural collisions will bring something for anyone who ever was or ever will be interested in keeping the pulse of the latest sounds sweeping the globe.
The line-ups feature legends in their own right, ranging from Soul ll Soul, Goldie, Carl Craig, A Guy Called Gerald, to the Heritage Orchestra, Moodymann, The Scientist, Roots Manuva, Red Bull Music Academy alumnus Flying Lotus, and many more. They’ll share studios and stages with the Academy class of 2010, 60 of the hottest young tune slingers from all around the world. The sparking frictions, where different fractions meet, the very moments when people from the most diverse backgrounds come together and creativity materializes: This is the very essence of the Red Bull Music Academy.
Explorations of futuristic acoustics lead into multi-dimensional beat battles, kings and queens of genres past and present face off to prove the might of their sounds, pirate radio trailblazers and renowned hip hop producers share their wisdom, and wheeled wizards of the roller boot spin at over 45rpm, as the contemporary kings of disco fever showcase their love of vinyl alongside multi-platform innovation.
London’s music scene has found fertile ground in dives and dining halls, creating and celebrating whole new styles from rooftops to basements, school gyms to concert halls. The Red Bull Music Academy events reflect this diversity while pushing the boundaries even further. Be it a gut-melting, four-way soundclash in the Roundhouse, the finest orchestral techno-jazz explorations served up in the Royal Festival Hall, a surround soundwave assault committed deep beneath one of London’s most prestigious and iconic venues, or a full clip of Academy workshops, panels and performances at the ICA, the events bring a fresh menu to London’s celebrated sentinels of culture. At the same time there’s grubbier fare for the more dedicated underground enthusiasts, with a variety of serious events in the capital’s infamous temples of boom, plus a truly sky-scraping event presenting revolutions in sound.
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