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	Sound and Vision Electronic Music Concerts in Spain


	24 April - 5 June 2003

Ladytron: Sala Arena, Madrid. 24 April

Hexstatic: Casa Encendida, Madrid. 8 - 22 May 2003

Funki Porcini: Casa Encendid, Madrid. 5 June 2003

Sound and Vision is a cycle of concerts of contemporary British electronic music, currently at the forefront of the alternative music scene in the UK. Three innovative concerts performed by Ladytron, Hexstatic, and Funki Porcini took place to great acclaim in Madrid, Spain from April to June 2003.

Funki Porcini

Hexstatic

Ladytron

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Ladytron: Sala Arena, Madrid. 24 April 2003
The sensation of the current UK revival of electro pop, Ladytron’s second album, Light & Magic, garnered unanimous support from all the specialist music critics and was voted Electro Pop Disk of the Year by the prestigious electronic music magazine, Muzik.

Hexstatic: Casa Encendida, Madrid. 8 May 2003
Hexstatic – comprising the combined talents of Stuart Warren Hill and Robin Brunson – have become a reference for the most important video jockeys on the British club circuit, breaking the barriers between music, multimedia and computers. At this performance in Madrid, Hexstatic presented material from their second album Listen & Learn, and provided a surprisingly direct psychedelic mixture of state-of-the-art image and electronic sound.

Funki Porcini: Casa Encendida, Madrid. 5 June
Funki Porcini are characterised by their heterodox vision of the world of jazz, and in unexpected ways bring together electronics, broken rhythms inspired by drum and bass and hip hop, and soundscapes reminiscent of film scores.

Each concert incorporated a visual as well as an auditory element. Ladytron show digital art throughout their performance; Hexstatic include a VJ (video jockey) who projects an improvised mixture of images influenced by the atmosphere and the music onto a large screen; and the spectacular images designed by Funki Porcini offer a visual interpretation of the music they play.

The Casa Encendida and the British Council worked together on this project with the support of Mercury Wheels.

For a full downloadable report on the Madrid show visit British Council Spain’s arts webpages.

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