Tonight at The Wall (這牆), Sounds of Science returns to Taipei for another night of Spanish-style electro with world-class deejay Impulse supported by local Taiwanese boys A-Tao and D7, and with amazing visuals from Delacrew member VJ Bruno.
Managing both local and international artists, such as Impulse, SOS is building its community through “a wide range of music projects, from music production to training DJs of the future,” says Elisenda Rasero, SOS manager for Taiwan. “[We are] always looking for new talents and new ways of collaborating in art and music.”
SOS helps its acts produce and hone unique sounds. Formed in 2007, “Science of sounds explores the newest audio-visual trends while sharing all their knowledge with the rest of the world,” says Rasero. “SOS artists experiment with the newest technologies and make reality all the artists’ trendy and crazy ideas, with brains and machines.”
“We have a professional audio studio in Huantie Arts City, Beijing,” said Rasero, “where we are preparing some workshops and classes about sound; how to make a record label or distribution.”
SOS focuses “on gaining greater exposure for international DJs in the burgeoning electronic music industry in China and the rest of Asia,” said Rasero. The outfit has promoted parties in Hong Kong, Manila, Shanghai, Beijing and Macau.
Taiwan is an important market for SOS as it has a “more difficult to impress and demanding Taiwanese crowd,” said Rasero, “which is rapidly evolving a modern style, with a very urban and cosmopolitan style, that places Taipei as one of the important stops for musicians’ tours around the world.”
So after waxing lyrical, lets get to the nitty-gritty: the music. Impulse, from Spain, will play a mix of techno dub, tech house and micro tech funk. He has been deejaying for 14 years in places such as France, Israel and Austria. From 2000 to 2001 he was resident of La Terrazza in Barcelona, which at the time UK electronica magazine Mix Mag named the world’s best club.
Following this, he worked for Ibiza-based Amnesia, one of the biggest nights and attractions on the party island. From 2006 onwards he has concentrated on his own project, Retronouveau, with Javier Orduna, which has seen a vinyl and digital output of 13 releases.
Check out Impulse and his pet project at www.retronouveau.net or www.myspace.com/impulseland.
Delacrew is a collective of digital wizard VJs from Spain who show off a wide range of styles, often leaning toward the trippy and freaky. Only Bruno from the crew will be throwing light this time.
Check out Delacrew’s experimental movies at delacrew.net/www2/art-projects and to see their visuals, search for Delacrew in YouTube. For a quick glimpse of an SOS party at White Rabbit in Beijing, visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=41PhnEckRts. SOS can be found at scienceofsounds.com.
Taiwanese duo A-Tao of Species Records will be spinning minimal tech and D7 brings up the rear with some groove tech before the Impulse takes over.
Science of Sound: Round 2 at The Wall, B1, 200, Roosevelt Road Sec 4, Taipei City (北市羅斯福路四段200號B1), tonight from 11:30pm until 4:30am. Admission is NT$600 at the door. Advance tickets cost NT$400 and can be purchased today from Species Records, 2F, 20, Ln 96, Kunming Street (台北市昆明街96巷20號2F), tel: (02) 2375-5518. On the Net: www.the-wall.com.tw.
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