MEGAPOLIS AUDIO FESTIVAL COMES TO OAKLAND AND S.F.

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Press Contact Esther Armendariz armendariz1991@gmail.com (760) 397­3435 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEGAPOLIS AUDIO FESTIVAL COMES TO OAKLAND AND S.F. Multi­​
Disciplinary Artists Celebrate Listening and Sound­Making Oakland, CA ​
­ April 21, 2015: The Megapolis Audio Festival, a weekend​
­long event dedicated to the art of sound, is coming alive in venues throughout Oakland and San Francisco from June 5­7, 2015. Tickets are available at ​
megapolisfestival.org​
. Megapolis provides a forum for artists, educators, radio producers, musicians, and fans to share the secrets of producing and presenting innovative audio works online, on​
­air, and on the stage. With performances, installations, interactive workshops, tours and more, the festival provides an affordable way for people of all ages to educate each other through best practices and inventive experiments in sound­making. Megapolis 2015 will feature over 40 international, national, and local artists including documentarians, technologists, musicians, educators, urban planners, scientists, and radio producers​
. Some of the featured performers include: ● Roman Mars​
, executive producer of highly acclaimed podcast 99% Invisible ● Matmos​
, experimental electronic music duo; collaborated on albums with Icelandic musician ​
Björk ● Al Letson​
, Peabody­award­winning radio host, poet, playwright, and actor ● Doseone​
, a poet, rapper, singer, painter, producer, and member of cLOUDDEAD, anticon, and more ● Fantastic Negrito​
, winner of NPR’s 2015 Tiny Desk Concert Contest ● Kevin Blechdom ​
(Blectum From Blechdom), a Bay Area ​
experimental electron​
ic musician self­dubbed as an ​
avenging angel of pop music ● Song Exploder​
, a podcast where artists deconstruct their songs from the inside out ● Mia Zabelka​
, classically trained Austrian violinist mastering the instrument’s sonic possibilities with electronics over the last 20 years ● Gamelan X​
, ensemble that ​
remixes the ritual of a Balinese procession with a decidedly west coast twist Together, the three previous festivals in New York (2013), Baltimore (2010), and Boston (2009) attracted an estimated 1000 attendees and showcased over 250 unique artists. This year’s festival ​
highlights the bay area’s progressive arts scene, infused with leading national and international artists from multiple disciplines. ­ more ­ Workshops and installations include: ● An immersive installation of sound­emitting light bulbs that react to festival attendees ● Interactive presentations on scientific​
innovations on music and storytelling controlled through conscious thought control and ‘infrasounds’ imperceptible to the human ear ● An open chair for electro­sonic amplified haircuts (a “sidewalk sensation” says NBC) and combined storytelling / hair­braiding sessions ● An exercise in rapid prototyping using the basics of design thinking to introduce the idea of iterative problem solving for artists ● Guided audio tours to re­orient participants with unique public spaces ● Hacking and soldering workshops to create Light­Theremin CD cases, low­wattage radio transmitters, homemade synthesizers, and manipulated game controllers The Festival will produce events in San Francisco on Friday June 5 and in Oakland on June 6­7. Discounts are available to early buyers and current students, and multiple ticket options are available: ● All­access weekend passes ● Day passes for either Saturday or Sunday ● Individual tickets for featured performances: Friday evening​
: Matmos, Kevin Blechdom Saturday evening​
: Doseone, Gamelan X, TFPP Sunday afternoon​
: Roman Mars, Song Exploder with Matmos (live recorded interview) For more information on ticketing, venues, the artists involved and more, go to www.megapolisfestival.org​
. The 2015 Megapolis Festival is made possible by MailChimp with additional support from PRX, AIR, Deezer, Keith McMillen, Austrian Cultural Council, Transom, New Normal Brewing, Universe, Making Contact, and more. ###