MEDIAMIX : FULL LINE-UP AND INFORMATION
July 22nd, 2004 by susanna
‘Evolutionary entertainment’. The Big Chill has nurtured the whole spectrum of the creative arts like no other festival. Come experience the full multimedia blast of The Big Chill, from the experimental to the beautiful , from the hardhitting to the jolly silly
3 HEDZ AND CULTUREAMA
SUNDAY
Hip Hop enthusiast and film maker Peter Agoston combined his interests in ‘Culturama’. He now runs the record label Female Fun and travels the world showcasing his independent video presentations.
‘ALL IS FULL OF LOVE’
FRIDAY
Yeastproductions.org.uk with DJ JD Birch, VJ Mondo and Bodydataspace’s new AV set embraces all that is intimate and merges textures, humour, body politics and beauty with horizontal grooves mixed with sexual soundscapes.
ANDY ORGANIC & SHOWBIZ ‘SHELL JOIN HO FUN & NOODLES
FRIDAY
The battle’s on. ‘Shell will play comedy classics while Andy employs his ‘drunken master’ technique. Meantime Kai Lawrence (Bees Love Dancing) and Anthony Alexander (Cabbagehead) of Ho Fun (The Noodles Department of Audio Visual Research) keep score.
BARN DANCE WITH THE OYSTER CEILIDH BAND AND THE SHROPSHIRE BEDLAMS
SATURDAY
In one of their more radical recent moves, The Big Chill brings you a barn dance (with a difference). The Oyster Band, front the first ever Big Chill ceilidh, with the Shropshire Bedlams and Martha Rhoden’s Tuppenny Dish.
THE BLUNT CLUB
FRIDAY
The Blunt Sketch Show will present a lumpy mixture of live sketches, funny films and interactive strangeness including films in 3D – themed around celebrity robot wars, Elvis in space, monkey horror and X-rated plasticene.
CAPOEIRA & BREAK DANCING
SATURDAY & SUNDAY
Danca Da Liberdade (dance of freedom) really know how to dance the Capoeira. A group led by Mestre Guimba from Rio de Janeiro, they teach adults and children’s classes in south London.
CHARLIE DARK AND BLACKTRONICA
SATURDAY
From Carl Craig to John Coltrane and everything in between join DJ Charlie Dark and his host of poets, MCs, selectors and DJs for a musical and verbal exploration through black music past, present and future.
D-FUSE AND FIBLA SCORE KOYAANISQAATSI
SATURDAY
Creative visuals lab D-Fuse ‘re-mix’ a film which reflects their own approach to work. Meanwhile, ‘Koyaanisquaatsi’s Phillip Glass score has been updated courtesy of Barcelona-based musician Fibla.
DJ RICHY PITCH
SUNDAY
Richy Pitch first made his name back in 1996 as resident DJ at internationally renowned hip hop night ‘Scratch’ since which he’s remixed the likes of Roy Ayers. Expect new works alongside some soulful hip hop on a Big Chill tip.
DJ YODA VS.[80'S KIDS CLASSIC]
SUNDAY
Think hip-hop. Think The Muppets. Think 80s pop. Think DJ Yoda (Duncan Beiny) – probably the only DJ playing the ‘Cheers’ theme tune in hip hop clubs. He’ll reveal the 80s kids’ classic he’s re-soundtracking on the night.
HEXSTATIC COMEDY HOUR
SUNDAY
Hexstatic’s comedy hour won’t see them doing stand-up. Instead everybody’s favourite cut-up merchants will be cutting and pasting their all time favourite comedy clips to help you see out the festival with a huge wide grin.
HIP HOP PANEL: THE STATE OF HIP HOP GLOBALLY
SUNDAY
3hedz – Matz, Brian Prankster and Nigel Prankster – present an overview of the global independent hip hop scene and debate the issues that drive the scene. They’ll look at what global contributions hip hop can have now and in the future, both from a cultural perspective and as an ever expanding and sometimes lucrative art form. Panellists: Peter Agoston -(Culturama hip hop producer and writer). DJ Debra (United Nations hip hop habitat messenger of truth). Will Ashon (Head of Big Dada Records, UK). Mad Maxx (hip hop producer, MC and DJ, formerly of Red Ninja crew). Richy pitch (Independent hip hop Producer (UK and US) and DJ)
KID CARPET
FRIDAY
“A FisherPrice Brian Wilson” says Venue magazine. Shit Hop, Kiddy Disco Punk or Electwrongica? Dodgy samples, rubbish toys, dodgy singing and guitar solos. It’s ace, for sure. But oh! So wrong!
LEDERHOSEN LUCIL
SUNDAY
Lederhosen Lucil is a German-accented mutant with blonde braids, a taste for dried apricots and a growing wardrobe of faux-hosen. Montreal’s Krista Muir’s songs have made her a favourite of Ninja Tune’s Koala, Matador Records’ Mary Timony and LA ska oddsters the Aquabats. Time to hose!
MC PITMAN
FRIDAY
His job is “opening the eyes to a blind nation”. His hobbies are “table tennis, Connect Four tournaments and pointing at gingers”. As politically cutting as he’s incorrect, MC Pitman is impossible to ignore.
MISTAKEN GENERATION
FRIDAY
Starting off as the DVJ arm of arts collective and net radio broadcasters Iconscious, Mistaken Generation have been forging their individual live audio-visual performance style at clubs and events around Europe since summer 2003.
ONEDOTZERO PANEL: INNOVATION IN MUSIC VIDEO
SATURDAY
onedotzero presents a special session exploring innovation in music videos and visuals with Atlantic Records’s creative Richard Skinner, video producer Sam Pattinson (Death in Vegas), club visualist Chris Allen (The Light Surgeons) and video director Dougal Wilson (The Streets).
REPUBLICOF
SATURDAY
Performance art is mixed with the panoramic sounds of Bristol’s DJ Dad then processed through the abberrant videology of artists Jon Dovey, Rik Lander and Kid Splice. Also featuring MCs Idle and Majestic, Dolan on trumpet and Zafira’s Middle East Dance.
SAFFROLA POETS CORNER
SUNDAY
Freestyle wordplay from Deptford’s rising stars, the Pest boys, fronted by Saffrolla. As they put it, “Don’t bring ya strawberries ‘n’ cream as Saffrolla front man in the PEST band will be in the tent droolin’ lyrics on the doormat”.
SIMON MUNNERY
FRIDAY
No average stand-up, Simon Munnery lists his heroes as Miles Davis, Nietzsche, Bob Dylan, Kierkegaard and Kafka. Perrier Award nominee Simon Munnery has packed out the MediaMix tent twice previously.
SKALPEL ‘THUNDERBIRDS’
SATURDAY
Polish jazz sampling hip hoppers and AV wizards Skalpel draw on their homeland’s rich jazz heritage (much of it semi-illegal samizdat recordings). Tonight they reinterprete the ‘Thunderbirds’ live.
THE EARL ZINGER BAND
SATURDAY
Earl Zinger aka Rob Gallagher is a rising star on the growing beat-poetry scene fusing music and the spoken word. Tonight he’s joined by the Les Battersby Cubano Orchestra and promises “hit after hit after stunning hit.”
