Philadelphia Laptop Battle

Silk City
5th and Spring Garden
Philadelphia, PA
10 PM :: 21+ :: $5

Here's the press release:

On Wednesday 2/25 at 9pm, Seclusiasis Studios is proud to present Philadelphia with its first ever Laptop Battle.

This is going to be a 3 round competition of various Electronic Music using only a laptop. Events like this have been occurring in Chicago, Seattle, NYC, LA, Portland, etc. for over a year, but this will be the first event of this type in Philly. Think of this Competition, as sort of a cross between a DJ Battle and a Battle of the Bands, with lots of Tech Geeky-ness thrown in (haha).The response to this Battle has been overwhelmingly positive, performers as far away as Chicago and London have been interested in coming here to compete, but they missed the sign up. Unlike one artist, Black Market (Wikkid Records, Flatwax Records) who signed up in time and will be flying in from Montreal to shake up the locals!

This event is being backed by some heavyweights in the electronic music scene. Ableton, whose music software "Live" has revolutionized the way electronic musicians can recreate their compositions in the live setting has put their stamp of approval on the night, and will be providing some promotional goodies. Grooves Magzine, which is widely considered the leading magazine for experimental electronic music culture will be on hand to provide the audience and competitors with free magazines. And of course local champion of all things progressive, the City Paper is helping get the word out.Competitors: Alex Welsh, Structure, Black Market, Mikronesia, Zen Diagrams, La Mejor Seleccion, Underscore, Nintari Man, John Murphy, and Bidi.Judges: Sean Portnoy (editor of Grooves Magazine)
Sean O'Neal (Journalist, Label Manager, DJ)
Dev79 (Producer, Promoter, DJ) Host DJ: Rob Mall (tbtmo records)The winner will recieve a prize package containing a gift card from Springboard Media, some cash, and slew of goodies from the event sponsors, local labels, and more.Silk City - 5th & Spring Garden Sts.
21+ to enter / $3 cover sponsored by:
www.ableton.com
www.groovesmag.com
www.citypaper.net
www.seclusiasis.com

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