Red Bull Music Academy, happening in London for its 2010 run, has announced details of it’s second term of activities.
Running since 1998, the Red Bull Music Academy has taken place in cities across the globe. Taking over a building for an intensive calendar of lectures, workshops and Q&A’s, it aims to give aspiring music makers the chance to learn at the feet of music legends and hot newcomers alike. As well as that, Red Bull also put on a multitude of gigs and club nights during the academy’s run with the first term seeing Carl Craig, Drums of Death, Jazzie B and others appear under its banner in London.
The second term promises more essential happenings with a 12×12 night in aid of Warchild with twelve producers getting twelve minutes each to play some classic London anthems with Arthur Baker, MJ Cole, Roni Size, Peter Hook, A Guy Called Gerard and more set to contribute.
Stay up to date with highlights from Red Bull Music Academy 2010 on ClashMusic.com HERE.
Read on for some highlights of term 2 at Red Bull Music Academy.
Red Bull Music Academy presents 12×12 (in aid of War Child)
12 seminal London anthems. 12 heavyweight producers. All playing for 12 minutes each and celebrating those 12 inches of pure black gold that changed modern music culture forever. Add some mind-bending visuals by Hexstatic to this mix, and what you get is one journey into sound. From way back right into the future.
Red Bull Music Academy x A Taste of Sónar
Londoners get a glimpse of this blissful Barna bonanza, with a two-day taster event at the Roundhouse – and the Red Bull Music Academy presents some of the most thrilling new artists from the world of clicks, cuts and bass kicks. Expect the likes of UK funky’s first lady Katy B, bRUNA who just released the album of the year in Spain, and class of Academy ’07 Hudson Mohawke (Warp Records).
Resident Advisor & Red Bull Music Academy at T Bar
Drop in for T and some very special space disco biscuits, cooked up by the Red Bull Music Academy and raveland’s official online bible, Resident Advisor. Downstairs will be truly taken care of by Rome’s Marco Passarani and the Red Bull Music Academy Allstars, while the bass-ment will see some of today’s hottest tune slingers, from London’s very own Untold to Berlin expats Scuba and Jamie Vex’d to Academy alumnus Mike Slott.
Secretsundaze – A Red Bull Music Academy Special
For this special edition of Secretsundaze, selected participants of the Red Bull Music Academy 2010 join miksmaster Todd Terje, Sound Stream, and Giles Smith & James Priestley behind the decks at the Paramount, offering a chance for the weekend to finish on a 360° high. The show on 7th March will see the performing participants added to an illustrious list of past guests that includes Âme, Osunlade and Ricardo Villalobos.
FACT at The Lock – The Red Bull Music Academy Chapter
The Red Bull Music Academy links up with FACT mag to bring you the best in UK funky, dubstep, future-garage and other mutant sounds currently burning up dancefloors in London and beyond. Dancefloors to be shaken by a combination of Glasgow’s Rustie, man-of-the-moment Joy Orbison and UK garage pioneer MJ Cole.
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Find out more about the Red Bull Music Academy 2010 at ClashMusic HERE and visit their site HERE.
