I’m on at 19.20 and 20.20. Bring your own headphones. The bigger the better as there seems to be some form of headphone envy that goes on. There should be a live stream. Here’s the site and here’s the full blurb:
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 Cafe 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: Leafcutter John, 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, Rob Munro and Meat Sweats.
Past artists have included Hot Chip, David Toop, Janek Schaefer, 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 / [no.signal] / 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
Session 2
When: 24 October / 7-11pm Where: Shunt, 20 Stainer St, SE1 9RL. events@shunt.co.uk Cost: £10 Map:[url= http://tinyurl.com/5cxry9] http://tinyurl.com/5cxry9
Please bring your own headphones! Quarter inch headphone adaptors will be available for rent
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Contact
London Placard: http://london.leplacard.org
International Placard site: http://leplacard.org/
NetAudio festival – http://2008.netaudiolondon.cc/festival
Café Oto – http://www.cafeoto.co.uk
Shunt – http://www.shunt.co.uk
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About the Placard Headphone Festival
Le Placard started in 1998 in Paris, France. At that time finding venues for alternative music was difficult, and police raids on unlicensed events were frequent. So instead Erik Minkkinen organised a headphone party in his small apartment, called ‘placard’ after the French word for ‘cupboard’.
Since then this concept has grown to an international streaming festival, with tens of cities providing listening rooms for local and remote performances. Placard has formed part of the Mutek, Transmediale, Garage and Pixelache festivals. The event in Paris has itself grown into an institution, running for 72 hours straight where the audience sleep with their headphones on, still listening.
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