Wednesday, March 13, 2013

2013 URBAN NOMAD OPENING PARTY

In the true festival spirit, we are going to have a whole lotta fun on our opening weekend. We have invited electro dance rockers Mop of Head from Japan, after seeing them rock the socks off of 5,000 people at Fuji Rock last year. We also have one of our favorite DJs from our favorite label, Mad Decent ~ South Rakkas Crew, says The Guardian, produces “some of the most electrifying dance music on the planet.” Juicy Lero Lero, a Cosplay weirdness band from Japan, will add double shot of insanity. DJ Noodles just tore it up so much at our stage for the Mega Port festival in early March we couldnt not invite her back. DJ Marcus Aurelius is a rock steady party stalwart, Pro Res makes a Taipei debut from Brickyard in Kaohsiung, Hang in the Air is one of the best reggae bands on the island, and there will be an 8bit DJ + VJ show by up and comers Physical Chemical Brothers. Eight hours of fun, people! Remember to stretch :)

時間|Time: 4/27 (Sat/六) 7:30pm doors
地點|Place:Huashan 1914 Creative Park 1, Sec 1, Bade Rd
                         華山1914創意園區 台北市八德路一段1號3東A
門票|Ticket: $800 door / $650 advance (on sale from 3/20)
預售|Buy tix: www.iNDIEVOX.com, AMPM, KGB, Toasteria, Screaming (3/18 starts)
臉書|Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/events/547546685285554/

★★★★ MOP of HEAD ★★★★

Tokyo's Mop of Head have played big stages at Fuji Rock in each of the past two years, had their song "Retronix Symphony" listed as one of the top tracks of 2011 by BBC Radio 1 DJ Gilles Peterson, and supported the Japanese tour of the German electro-house duo Digitalism. Think Justice, Daft Punk or Boyz Noize, but coming from a 4-piece band. When we saw them rocking a dance party of 5,000 at Fuji Rock last year, we knew they had to play Urban Nomad!!! Though band members claim rock influences like Led Zepplin, Primal Scream, Hi-Standard and Stevie Wonder, the band initially came together because they wanted to figure out how to play live rock versions of breakbeats, dubstep, drum ‘n’ bass, house and club music in general. Then they added electronic loops, which they distort and manipulate live. Its been almost a year since we last saw them play. We cant friggin wait!

http://mopofhead.com/

Monday, March 11, 2013

Did You Receive My Film?

If you submitted a film to Urban Nomads 2013 Short Film Competition, thanks! We have had fun reviewing all your films these past two weeks. You can confirm that we received your submission at the following link:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvzSrxBvGOX7dHNuWEE1SXpyZUtxMlMwcFlGUmJ5bGc#gid=0

Applications for volunteers are closed. We have had a great number of volunteers apply this year, more in fact than we can probably find jobs for. We would like to thank all of you good hearted, culture loving people who applied. We will begin organizing the volunteers towards the end of March. Please be patient until then.