Communikey Festival of Electronic Arts, April 18-20 2008, Boulder, CO

Communikey Festival of Electronic Arts, April 18-20 2008, Boulder, CO

9 April, 2008 | 3.08PM

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Communikey Festival of Electronic Arts

Exploring sustainability in digital culture!

The upcoming Communikey Festival of Electronic Arts, taking place on April 18th-20th in Boulder, is the culmination of four years of contribution to the growing Colorado digital arts and music culture by the Communikey collective. Cultivated in the same state as Beatport‘s home offices, the festival offers a uniquely Colorado approach to the North American electronic music festival.

Taking inspiration from Montreal’s MUTEK festival, the Communikey Festival of Electronic Arts offers a day of workshops and panel discussions on top of stellar musical lineups and new media installations. With an underlying focus on sustainability in digital arts culture, Communikey aims to create a dialogue on sustainability in digital culture. By adding this subtle flavor to the event, the festival organizers hope to create platform to begin finding answers to questions of not only ecological responsibility, but social and cultural as well.

Held at a variety of prominent Boulder locations, from the historic Boulder Theater to the beautiful new ATL&S Institute a state of the art multimedia arts facility, recently opened at the Colorado University campus, the event offer festival goers the chance to fully explore the beautiful city of Boulder, which can easily be done on bike or foot.

Hosting showcases pulled both from the ranks of Montreal’s MUTEK and Seattle, Washington’s Decibel festival, Communikey gives a shout out to those who inspired them to bring about their own North American digital arts event. These showcases bring acts such as Guillaume & the Coutu Dumonts, Stephen Beaupre, Greg Skidmore and Jerry Abstract, to Colorado for the first time, making them extra special events.

Holding the hand of Colorado as it has become a stronghold in the center of the country for touring techno and experimental artists, Communikey has pulled together an amazing lineup for the festival’s Saturday night main showcase. This growing popularity has led to placing breakbeat luminary Tipper on the same stage as up and coming Swiss funk hero, Kalabrese in his first American appearance as a full band, the Rumpleorchestra, creating a program that highlights pioneering producers of late. 

Beatport teams up with Communikey, further developing the localized electronic music industry. Beatport Afterhours features North American label rep Tom Hoch on the decks and the now New Mexico based minimal techno rocker Geoff White. As if that wasn’t enough, Sunday April 20, the festival hosts a free afternoon Tea Party in the Park, graciously opened by the legendary Clark Warner, former Minus label manager, a recent transplant to Denver.

The Communikey collective is stepping up to the plate for Colorado, furthering the burgeoning community on the map as a growing presence in the global techno scene. The inaugural Communikey Festival of Electronic Arts is a unique one to saw the least, when one might ask how technology based arts can flourish in the heart of America. The Communikey festival directors would answer this with, “We love techno, and so does everyone else. Everyone loves techno, they just don’t know it yet. That’s what we’re here for, providing access to this ever expanding global community of music, the universal language”.

Buy tickets for Communikey Festival Pass

Want to buy your pass in a physical location? Come to Espresso Roma of Boulder, your techno coffee house. Just ask the nice folks at the counter, where your barista doubles as your tech assistant at the festival. Espresso Roma is located at 13th and College on the hill in Boulder.

1101 13th Street Boulder Colorado 80302 303-442-5011

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Opening Cocktail: Decibel Festival Spotlight

$10

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Greg Skidmore (dj)

Jerry Abstract aka Former Selv (live)

Kris Moon (live)

BMoCA– 1750 13th Street www.bmoca.org 303-443-2122

Friday April 18th 2008 / 5:00pm –8:00pm / All ages

MUTEK Montreal Spotlight

$18
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Pheek (live)

Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts (live)

Stephen Beaupre (live)

Vincent Lemieux (dj)

Silent Partners (video)

Trilogy Wine Bar
2017 13th Street
303-473-WINE

Friday April 18th 2008 / 9:00pm –2:00am / 21+

ATLAS Forums

Free to CU Students / $5 per workshop

Tickets sold at ATLAS day of forum.

ATLAS Institute
1125 18th Street
303-735-4577

Saturday April 19th 2008 / 11:30pm –4:00pm / all ages

Skoltz_Kolgen: ASKAA

Free to CU Students / $10
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ATLAS Institute
1125 18th Street
303-735-4577

Saturday April 19th 2008 / 11:30pm –4:00am / all ages

Rope Swing Cities: Denver Net Label

$7
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Ten and Tracer (live)

Able (live)

Celer (live)

Iwa (live)

Numazu (live)

With support from DJ’s Full Brain and NewNumberTwo

Trilogy Wine Bar
2017 13th Street
303-473-WINE

Saturday April 19th 2008 / 1:00pm –5:00pm / 21+

Sound; Structure

$30
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Shuttle358 (live)

Jamie Drouin & Karl Kliem: RMI / RMX (a/v)

Greg Davis & The Wind Up Bird (live)

BMoCA
1750 13th Street
303-443-2122

Saturday April 19th 2008 / Doors at 5:00pm / all ages

Communikey Festival: Pioneers

$25 presale / $30 day of show
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Ivy (dj)

Tipper (live)

Kalabrese’s Rumpelorchestra feat. Kutti mc (live)

Theodor Zox (live)

Bruno Pronsato (live)

CMKY Sustainable Media Lab (video)

Boulder Theater
2032 14th Street
303-786-7030

Saturday April 19th 2008 / 8:30pm –2:00am / all ages

Beatport Afterhours

$5
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Tom Hoch (dj)

Geoff White (live)

Trilogy Wine Bar
2017 13th Street
303-473-WINE

Saturday April 19th 2008 / 2:00am –5:00am /21+

Afternoon Teaparty in the Park

Free

Clark Warner (dj)

Caro (live)

Someone else (live)

Miskate (live)

Konque (live debut)

Smirk (live)

Les Freres Courvoisier (dj/live)

Boulder Civic Plaza
1750 13th Street
303-443-2122

Sunday April 20th 2008 / 12:00pm –7:00pm / all ages

Finale

$20
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Dave Fodel (a/v)

Multicast (a/v)

Eric McIntyre (live)

Retina.it & John Hughes(live)

Pole (live)

With Support from DJ’s Brandon Brown and Special Guests

Trilogy Wine Bar
2017 13th Street
303-473-WINE

Sunday April 20th 2008 / 9:00pm –2:00am /21+

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