Kerrang! Radio Interview

Me and Rich Batsford from ProjectXPresents took Caroline from Kerrang! Radio news on a tour of the noise abatement affected Digbeth venues we made our ‘Music is not Pollution’ film about. Turned out quite well.

Kerrang! Radio Interview

What do you think? Should pubs be asked to “turn it down” if new flats are built next door? Or is it the residents fault, for not checking out the area properly first?

Musituality

Nice Review from Clare Edwards of my Saturday night gig at Birmingham Cathedral – Musituality – It was being filmed so i’ll post some video soon.

Musituality « Clare Edwards

Well done to all involved – I thought it was a great achievement – and I look forward to seeing what you do next.

Music Is Not Pollution

At ProjectXPresents we are especially passionate about music of all types for obvious reasons. Having worked with many of the venues in Digbeth, we were moved to shed light on the situation concerning noise abatement; the local authorities and new residents of Digbeth (many urban living apartments have arisen during the recent housing boom); and the plight of some (very reasonable) landlords.

A documentary detailing the shocking way that Birmingham’s vibrant culture is being degraded by the complaints of a vocal minority, poor regulation and lack of awareness.

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Digital X – Digital Dystopia

Last November’s piece using infra red tracking and two of the dancers from written on the Body. The third dancer Jane Seddon and my step-niece Fern Burnett will feature in the logical progression of the piece for Xhibition, coming 9th May at the cross in Moseley.

Excerpt of a performance taken from Project X Presents: Digital Dystopia in Sept 2009. Coordinated by Leon Trimble with music by Rich Batsford, Choreography from Lisa Natasha Wetton and featuring Julia Griffin and Paris Thomas-Wade as dancers.

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[inside]: CHROMATOUCH

Heavy! What a line-up… OH. But I’ve been forbidden to let on…

even tho this is upstairs at the vic pub next to the alex theatre, it promises basementality, underground dance vibes. i’ve been building screens and getting some camera capture equipment for a live camera feed. we’re keeping it dark in there too, apart from the visuals of course. which will be dark.

The boys have given me a real nice write up on their blog and i’m excited. It’s on this Sat til 4am, but i wouldn’t get there too late as it’ll be ramming.

check their blog for more ambiguous messgaes. just know that the night’s already been recommended by dj magazine, so someone knows what’s happening.

[inside]: CHROMATOUCH

Strax at the Victoria | Rich Batsford

Blogged by my good mate Rich…

Strax at the Victoria | Rich Batsford

A good venue then for Strax which is a mash up of so many things. Leon (VJ Chromatouch) has an absolutely vast collection of music and moving images and is becoming very good at mixing them all up with the aid of vast quantities of technology and various guests

digital dystopia promo – First Edit

At ProjectXPresents we’ve been waiting for something like this since the beginning, a video that captures the spirit of what we do, and the guys who did the live filming for the vjs (lastphoenixfilms) did an interstellar job with the live feed, but also put tapes in the cameras whilst they did it. and they’re shit hot at editing too it seems.

…shows pretty much what everyone does both up to and during the show and in a short sharp amount of time. great stuff.

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VJ Notes from the Ground – How to get the best out of your VJ…

VJ Notes from the Ground

Zarah Cabañashas has written a great manifesto for anyone working with VJs who might not be sure what happens. Give this to all and let them take heed.

GIVE CREDIT CREDIT CREDIT

VJs are perfomers, just like a DJ, a band, a singer, a dancer etc. They make the show happen. GIVE CREDIT!

The Heritage Orchestra & Lizzy Parks with Chromatouch Visuals at Birmingham Town Hall

I’ve been extremely proud to be playing at the Town Hall in my own city with Birmingham Jazz and the flawless events they organise. In October i had the good fortune for my visuals to be caught on camera by Jamie Ryan-Ainslie during the Heritage Orchestra and Lizzy Parks concert.It was a great night with THO playing the music of Amon Tobin and Lizzy launching her new album. A lot of people were complementary afterward about what was on the screens, which is what it’s all about…

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Cabin Fever Tour with Leo Altarelli – Angel Say

11th November 2008

Fisher Theatre, Bungay, Suffolk

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