The Encompass music conference will take over the trendy East side of London from tonight with a packed programme of seminars, talks, debates and damn fine music. As previously reported,
Encompass aims to bring together everyone working in dance and electronic music, reviewing the state of play in the industry, giving those embarking on their music careers a helping hand, and showcasing some of the best in the business. The full weekend line up is published at the bottom of today's CMU Daily - for details on how to get yourself some last minute tickets check out http://www.encompass-london.com - you can buy weekend tickets, day tickets or just a night pass.
Music wise, CMU will be trying its utmost to check out, among others of course, Jazzanova, Tom Middleton, Touché, 2020Soundsystem,
Krafty Kuts, Skool Of Thought, Soul of Man, Slyde, Drumattic
Twins, The Breakfastaz, The Ragga Twins, Justin Robertson, Eclectic
Method and Vitalic.
CMU spoke to Vitalic about what we could expect from his Encompass set. "It will be a one hour live, dance oriented set, mixing older tracks with new ones and some unreleased tracks only designed for the live. Generally, my live is a bit raw and brutal. On the stage, you'll see just my equipment and myself... no laser light show so far." And what tips will Vitalic be offering to any newcomers at the conference? "Not to use just simple all in one machines. A good way to have a musical personality is not to use the same equipment that everybody has. And also not to systematically follow the advice of other people".
Another
Encompass event definitely worth checking out is the Saturday night bit at Herbal where Novamute and Electronation will join forces. From the Novamute label you will get Speedy J, Cristian
Vogel and the excellent T Raumschmiere, while Terry Toner and
Herr Arter will represent Electronation.