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I am really bummed t miss this year!I wish you much success as always!
JD > Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 15:44:37 -0700 > From: looppool@cruzio.com > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > Subject: TRIBUTE to the ELECTRIC GUITAR: Y2K13 LOOPFESTIVAL HEADLINERS CONCERT > > I"m very excited to announce this year's *HEADLINERS CONCERT * > for the *Y2K13 INTERNATIONAL LIVE LOOPING MAIN FESTIVAL* > at the TREASURES ROADHOUSE (*2908 Freedom Blvd, Watsonville, California*) > on SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 19th (9:00 p.m.) > > > We are blessed to have four wonderful headlining artists > in a special > * > **TRIBUTE TO THE ELECTRIC GUITAR* > featuring; > > *DANIEL THOMAS* > http://y2kloopfest.com/artists/daniel-thomas/ > In his first festival headlining performance, this amazing award > winning producer, > accomplished and innovative guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and composer > will take all over the world in his set, like he has done as a > guitarist and producer > in his long professional career. I'm personally really excited about > this set > > *ANDRE LaFOSSE* > http://y2kloopfest.com/artists/andre-lafosse/ > Andre is a legend in the live looping community; a pioneer in many > techniques > and a constant font of out of the box creativity, he also has a deep > musicality > and lyricism and great command of his 'axe'. Andre has developed an > iconoclastic approach > that discards the ambient, effects-heavy, progressive guitar paradigm so > favored by > many live looping guitarists drawing inspiration, instead, from > turntablism, glitchcore, > hip-hop and dance music. He has also innovated with and worked with > and inspired > many innovations in the EDP Echoplex that he is a master of. He has been > a great source of knowledge for the live looping community and has given > his > advice freely and generously over the years. He is a stalwart in the > international live looping world! > > This is Andres' very first appearance at the looping festival and we are > very lucky > to have him. > > *BILL WALKER > *http://y2kloopfest.com/artists/bill-walker/ > After an amazing year, with a highly praised duo record with Turkey's > Erdem Helvacioglu > that garnered them a prestigious five page spread in Guitar Player > Magazine this year, > Bill will come fresh from featured performances at this years' Seattle > and Portland Y2K13 > International Live Looping festival to perform a set celebrating his > very first solo > album, 'SANCTUARY'. Saturday nights concert will be an official > 'Album Release Party' > for Bill's beautiful new recording along with a 2nd 'Album Release' by > > *HENRY KAISER > *http://y2kloopfest.com/artists/henry-kaiser/ > Henry Is one of the most versatile and innovative guitar players on > earth. The first person in history > to use digital looping in his work, he has been a ceaseless innovator, > composer and collaborator. > From scoring films for Werner Herzog to collaborating with a Who's Who > of musicians from the > pop world to the new music/experimental world and major master musicians > from all over the world, > Henry has done it all! The following is a very SHORT list of people > he's collaborated with in his long career: > > Herbie Hancock, Richard Thompson, David Lindley, Bob Weir, Lukas Ligeti, > the ROVA Sax Quartet, Elliot Sharp, > Michael McClure, Bill Laswell, Fred Frith, Terry Riley, John > Abercrombie, Negativiland, Michael Stipe, > Ryuichi Sakamoto, Diamanda Galas, Sonny Sharrock, Hans Reichel, Chris > Cutler, Henry Cow, John Zorn, > David Torn, Bill Frisell, Eugene Chadbourne, Evan Parker, Sang-Won Park, > Thomas Mapfumo, Ali Akbar Khan, > Material and the Golden Palominos. > > He has worked as a television producer and soundtrack artist and has an > Academy Award nomination for > Werner Herzog's ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD. > > In that capacity he has also been a scientific diver in the US > ANTARCTICA PROGRAM. 2012 marked his tenth deployment > beneath the 20 foot thick ice of the Ross Sea. > > He will be playing selections from his new solo CD accompanying footage > that he took underneath the beautiful > Antarctic ice. > > This is Henry's second headlining performance at the Y2K Main Festival > > |