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From robotic drummers to balance boards, sci-fi noir to spam folder, from circuit-bent to 8-bit to lots of bits and 3D data packets, it's an unusual night of hacked digital performance at one of the world's most notorious hacker gatherings.

Hope (ahem) to see you there!

live music:
* Ezekiel Honig (Anticipate/Microcosm founder) explores warmth in electro-acoustic music "into a comfortable space between techno, house and ambient"
* Ben Neill, "mad scientist of dancefloor jazz" (CMJ Magazine) continues to evolve live music with his newly-redesigned, original mutantrumpet
* Michael Una plays custom digital, acoustic, and circuit-bent instruments, with a robot drummer, for rhythmic, textured, and melodic musical experiences
* Todd Thille makes sounds from the electromagnetic signals of potted plants
* Guitarist Animalstyle plays through home-built 8-bit fuzz pedals and Game Boy foot
controllers
* Roger Tsai DJs with hand gestures using his original digital gloves "Groovy Hand"
* Peter Kirn balances musical styles and Wii balance boards with a live music and keys set and vocal strains pulled from his Gmail spam folder

plus live visuals:
* Joshue Ott creates live visuals with his homemade superDraw generative illustration tool
* Paris and Don Miller (No Carrier) create glitchy, lo-fi visuals from custom-created 8-bit visual software on Nintendo and Commodore systems
* vade spins out live hacker imagery and sniffs data packets in 3D
* Bill Jones creates live cinematic worlds inspired by sci-fi noir

Hosted by createdigitalmusic.com and createdigitalmotion.com

Where: The Hotel Pennsylvania, New York City (map); head to the main door, on your left is the entrance to Penn Pavilion and you should see a table there.
When: Friday, July 18 2008 - performances run 11pm - 2am
Cost: US$10 at the door. First come, first served. (free if you have a conference badge)
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