Announcement: MINI MIDI has to change most of outdoor performances as indoor of the 2Kolegas Bar. and the conversations on 1 May will be moved to outside. all the indoor performances therefore will be projected to a screen outdoor on the lawn, with a pair of speakers. the timing of the program will not been changed.

Mini Midi is: the only outdoor experimental music festival in China, the extension of non-stop ‘Waterland Kwanyin’, the experimental stage of ‘Midi Festival’, the next life of underground rock, the relative of noise, a party of independent organizations. Free and serious fun!

http://www.minimidi.cn/

Nothing would be more relevant to present London high caliber Experimental Music Festival—Atlantic Waves than a list of the artists that have performed there:

Merzbow with Keiji Haino; FM3 with Blixa Bargeld, Sun 0))) with Keiji Haino; Kode9 with Spaceape; Tanya Tagaq with Sainkho Namtchylak and Janita Salome; Shlomo with Dokaka; Evan Parker with Ned Rothenberg and Kang Taw Hwan; Arnold Dreyblatt with Rhys Chatham, Thomas Koner with Asmus Tietchens, Hijokaidan with Borbetomagus, Philip Jeck with Janek Schaeffer, Wolf Eyes with Anthony Braxton, The Boredoms with the Burundi Drummers, Thomas Fehlman with Frank Bretschneider...

In the afternoon of 1 May 2008, Miguel Santos, the head of Atlantic Waves Music Festival, will present the history and operations of the Festival providing the guests with videos and a free cd . The aim of this exchange with the Chinese artists is to bring an international perspective to the current China independent/experimental music organizations. Besides, a selection of Chinese artists will participate to the Atlantic Waves Festival this year.

The visit of Atlantic Waves and Janek Schaefer is sponsored by Cultural and Education Section of the British Embassy. Janek Schaefer, acclaimed experimental musician and sound artist, will participate to the conversation and the performances. He has just been nominated for the Candidacy of ‘New Media Award 2008’ sponsored by Liedts-Meesen Foundation as well as for the Awards of 'British Composer of the Year' - British Academy of Composers of 2007.

1 May 2008 (Thursday):
Address: The Drive-in, Xiaoyun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing

• 14:00-17:00 Atlantic Waves showcase / Experimental Music Festival Conversation, 2 Kolegas Bar
• 17:00-22:00 Outdoor Performances (TronOrchestra+SAM2+SomeMoreSams+, Fujui Wang, Hong Qile, 10, Janek Schaefer, FM3+Yan Jun+Wu Quan+Wang Fan) (on stage and everywhere on the grass outside the Bar)

Please click here and read more about MINI MIDI 2008.

Please click here and read more about Miguel Santos.

Atlantic Waves: www.atlanticwaves.org.uk/
Janek Schaefer: www.audioh.com/

Janek Schaefer - Sound Artist CV Highlights

"Where you'd thought that Fluxus and everything that came after it had turned almost every stone, this man keeps coming up with concepts that are so simple they enthral you." Uzine, Belgium.

<Biography>:
Janek was born in England to Polish and Canadian parents in 1970. While studying architecture at the Royal College of Art [RCA annual prize], he recorded the fragmented noises of a sound activated dictaphone travelling overnight through the Post Office. That work, titled 'Recorded Delivery' [1995] was made for the 'Self Storage' exhibition [Time Out critics choice] with one time postman Brian Eno and Artangel. Since then the multiple aspects of sound became his focus, resulting in many releases, installations, soundtracks for exhibitions, and concerts using his self built/invented record players with electroacoutisc collage. The 'Tri-phonic Turntable' [1997] is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the 'World's Most Versatile Record Player'. He has performed, lectured and exhibited widely throughout Europe [Sonar, Tate Modern, ICA], USA/Canada, [The Walker, XI, Mutek, Princeton], Japan, and Australia [Sydney Opera House].

The context of each idea is central to its development and resolution. His concerts and installations explore the spatial and architectural aspect that sound can evoke and the twisting of technology. Hybrid analogue and digital techniques are used to manipulate field recordings with live modified vinyl and found sound to create evocative and involving environments. His CD 'Above Buildings' [2000] was released on Fat Cat to considerable praise, [The Guardian CD of the week]. He plays in duos with Philip Jeck (Songs for Europe CD), Robert Hampson (Comae CD), Stephan Mathieu (Hidden Name CD) and Radovan Scasascia [Time and Again].

Janek runs his own label [audiOh!Recordings] and web site [audiOh.com] as well as releasing work with Asphodel, Sub Rosa, Staalplaat, Hot Air, Sirr, Rhiz, Alluvial, DSP, Diskono, Cronica, Mutek, Bip_Hop, K-raa-k3 and ::Room40::. He currently works as a full time sound artist/sound designer/musician/visiting lecturer and composer from the audiOh! Room in London.

<Selected Awards>:

• Nominated for 'British Composer of the Year Award' -British Academy of Composers > 2007
• 'Jury Selection' at the Bourges 32nd International Competition of Electroacoustic Music & Sonic Art > 2005
• 'Award of Distinction' at Prix Ars Electronica music competition for 'Skate' [2nd out of 600] > 2004
• 'McKnight Composer in Residence' for the American Composers Forum, USA > 2002/3
• 'Honorary Mention' at the Prix Ars Electronica Music competition for 'Above Buildings' > 2001
• 'Sound Designer of the Year' Selected by Creative Review magazine's annual exhibition > 1999

<Education>:

• 1994-96 MA Royal College of Art [RCA Annual Prize] -[Architecture -focus on sound/space/installation]
• 1990-94 BA Manchester Metropolitan University [1st Class] [Architecture]:

<Selected Exhibitions>:
2007 'Extended Play' at Huddersfield Art Gallery, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival commission.
2007 'Two by Two byTwo by Two', Canary Islands Modern Art Museum.
2006 'Vacant Space' starts at South Hill Park Gallery, Bracknell, MAC Birmingham, Ars Electronica, Strasbourg Modern Art Museum.
2005 'The Science of Aliens' exhibition soundtrack composition, The Science Museum, London [5 yr touring]
2004 'Weather Report' shown at The Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis + ISEA festival, Estonia.
2003 Lisbon Biennale: Tri-Phonic Turntable audience user installation.
2003 'Love Song' installation at Niewe Vide, )Toon)4 festival, Holland [in a shared space with Philip Jeck]
2002 'Skate [in the Attic]' Sound, reactive light and turntable installation at Vooruit Arts Centre, Belgium.
2001 'The Rumble' Exhibition of Twin Turntable and On/Off LP, Royal Society of British Sculptors, London.
1995 'Self Storage' Recorded Delivery installation with Artangel & Brian Eno. Acorn Self Storage, London.

<Selected Concerts>:
2007 Sound:Space Symposium live album concert, Bracknell, UK
2005 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival -my favourite concert recording
2003 Solo tour of Australia playing Sydney Opera House, Brisbane, Perth and Melbourne.
2003 Concert at the Tate Modern 'user_mode' weekend.
2003 Concert at 'Cut and Splice' series, ICA & BBC Radio 3, London.
2003 Solo tour of Japan playing Tokyo and Kyoto + Lecture at Space Invaders show.
2002 Concert at Sonar, Barcelona alongside Christian Marclay, Yasunao Tone.
2001 Solo tour of USA playing: NYC,Baltimore,Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit, Toronto,
2000 Concert at 'National Phonographic' The Dutch Architecture Institute, Rotterdam
1998 Concert at the International Symposium of Electronic Arts [ISEA] 98. Liverpool.

<Music Releases>:
15+ albums and various vinyl releases and collaborations and installations and soundtracks.

<Address tel/fax mob e-mail>:
41 Bowes Rd, Walton-on-Thames, KT12 3HU, UK. +44 [0]1932 225 647 +44 [0]7940 570548 Janek@audiOh.com