Fourthcity Laptop Battle Championships 2005

[krismoon]

Fourthcity Laptop Battle Championships
Friday, December 9th, 2005
Chop Suey, 1325 E Madison
$8 presales $10 @ the door
Doors @ 9pm

Featuring the Fourthcity Laptop Battle champs from Seattle, Portland, Vancouver BC, Salt Lake City, & Philadelphia.

Competitors:
Starkey - Philadelphia
M.O. - Seattle
Humdinger - Vancouver
Rrine - Portland
Danger Dave - Seattle
Square Root of Evil - Vancouver
Let’s Go Outside - Portland
Knucklez - Salt Lake City

Judges:
Sean Horton - Decibel Festival, Seattle
Robert Robot - New Forms Festival, Vancouver BC
31Avas - KPSU, Portland
Matt Carthum - Hakea, Seattle
Rian Pierson - Division, Seattle

Visuals by Opticlash champion Killing Frenzy
Hosted by DJs & MCs from the Fourthcity Art Crew

Sponsors:
Laptop Battle www.laptopbattle.org/
Ableton www.ableton.com/
Native Intruments www.nativeinstruments.de
Sonic Charge www.soniccharge.com/
Mackie www.mackie.com/
Fourthcity www.fourthcity.net/
Poster Midget www.postermidget.com/
presale tickets available at www.ticketweb.com & www.brownpapertickets.com

This year Fourthcity has hosted battles in 5 different US cities, in search of the best to compete in the annual Laptop Battle Championships. Competitors from Seattle, Portland, Vancouver BC, Philadelphia & Salt Lake City will go head to head in sonic battles for the title of Laptop Battle Champion.

On December 9th, a diverse group of technically proficient laptop jockeys will square off at Chop Suey for one of the most challenging cutting edge cultural phenomena sweeping the nation. The battle revolves around contestants using their laptop, one midi controller & a soundcard to musically outperform each other in a series of elimination rounds.

Judged by a panel of prominent music industry
professionals on performance, originality, sound quality, vibe, and crowd
reaction. The outcome of each battle is decided on a combination of stage presence, technical ability, creativity and crowd response.

[algorhythm]

Kris,

Thanks for working so hard to set up a great show. DJ Starkey thought you were a great host and the Square Root of Evil said the battle was REALLY fun. The show was nearly flawless, I think everyone, contestants and audience, had a great time. (I keep my comments for future shows in the ideas forum)