Decibel Festival / Seatttle electronic fest - 9/22-25 (Isolee, Akufen, Fennesz, Tipper, Lusine, Styrofoam, etc.)

Decibel Fest 2005 _ Might not suck this year: SHOCKAH!

Better than Decibel's site itself, which is a bitch to navigate.

Also FYI, there are major bus route changes planned to take place this Saturday, which might make bussing around slightly more confusing than normal. (The bus tunnel will be closing for two years starting this saturday.) Just expect a lot of traffic in downtown that weekend, even more than usual -- and more confused riders.

I highly recommend avoiding a car if necessary.. unless it's really late (and you're sober if you're driving of course.) All of the events are talking place blocks away from each other around the square that is Broadway, Pike, Pine, and 11th st E. in Capitol Hill, pretty much..(Chop Suey is "off" over by 14th, Madison, and Pine -- a whole two blocks away, but whatever.)

It's recommended that, even if you have a full pass, GET TO YOUR CHOSEN SHOWCASE AT LEAST 30 MINUTES IN ADVANCE... each of these venues are, shall we say, intimate.. and it would suck if you came a long way and got shut out of seeing that special artist(s) you wanted to see... There will be day-of tickets sold at certain showcases for people without passes, too.

Later, I want to take the info jergins kindly posted in the previous link and reformat it for clarity.. (there are few things where I can't tell which set of artists is at which venue..)

please, please do. i cut and pasted it off their site, which was laborious and not that clear.

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Thursday, Sept 22nd:

* MERCK LABEL SHOWCASE/DECIBEL OPENING PARTY
* Chop Suey.. 8pm (NOTE: Artists listed in no particular order!)
PROEM [Austin]
MACHINEDRUM [Miami]
DJ MERCK [Miami]
DERU [Los Angeles]
DECEPTIKON [Seattle]

* SEATTLE SHOWCASE
* Bad Juju Lounge.. 9pm (NOTE: Artists listed in no particular order!)
ELECTROSECT [Seattle]
JUSTIN BYRNES [Seattle]
KFO [Seattle]
PAUL EDWARDS [Seattle]
PORCELINE [Seattle]
TEKGNOSIS [Seattle]

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Thursday late night/Friday early morning:

* DECIBEL AFTERHOURS - SHAMELESS
* db afterhours.. 1:30am (NOTE: Artists listed in no particular order!)
JISAAN [Seattle]
JIZOSH [Seattle]
JUSTIN BYRNES [Seattle]
MC ANTON BOMB [Seattle]
SAMUEL KIRKLAND [New York]
PALMER & POOKA [Seattle]
RICECUBE [Seattle]
SONNY CHIBA [Seattle]

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Friday, Sept 23rd:

* SHITKATAPULT VS. DETROIT UNDERGROUND SHOWCASE
* Chop Suey.. 8pm (NOTE: Artists listed in no particular order!)
APPARAT [Berlin]
DEREK MICHAEL [Detroit]
KERO [Detroit]
JERRY ABSTRACT [Seattle]
GREG SKIDMORE [Seattle]

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Friday late night/Saturday early morning:

* KRAKT PRESENTS DECIBEL AFTERHOURS
* db afterhours.. 1:30AM (NOTE: Artists listed in no particular order!)
FREAKY CHAKRA [Portland]
CAMEA [New York]
KRIS MOON [Seattle]
NOAH PRED [Vancouver]
TIM XAVIER [New York]
DJ RECESS [Seattle]
DJML [Seattle]
JERRY ABSTRACT [Seattle]
KRISTINA CHILDS [Seattle]
PAUL EDWARDS [Seattle]

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Saturday, Sept 24th:

* DECIBEL PANEL 1: DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION OF MUSIC: WHERE ARE WE GOING?
* Broadway Performance Hall.. 12pm to 1:30pm
MODERATOR: DEAN CARLSON / "Fusion", Muzak Audio Architecture [Seattle]
JON KERTZER: MSN/KEXP [Seattle]
BILL VALENTI: Melodio [Seattle]
PAUL RUSH: FutureTrax [Seattle]

* DECIBEL CLINICS 1:
* Broadway Performance Hall..
DAVE HILL JR. / Ableton Live Beatmaking and DJing [New York] : 2pm to 2:45pm
COREY HOYT / Circuit Bending 101 [Seattle] : 3pm to 3:45pm
DAVE HUBER / 5.1 Surround Sound demo : 4pm to 4:45pm

* EXPERIMENTAL SHOWCASE
* Broadway Performance Hall.. 6pm (NOTE: Artists listed in no particular order!)
FENNESZ [Vienna]
TIM HECKER [Montreal]
PAN AMERICAN [Richmond]
HAKEA [Seattle]
SON OF ROSE [Seattle]

* ELECTRO POP SHOWCASE
* Chop Suey.. 8pm (NOTE: Artists listed in no particular order!)
STYROFOAM [Belgium]
HER SPACE HOLIDAY [Austin]
MORI [Portland]
KRISTINA CHILDS [Seattle]
MERCIR [Seattle]

* FOURTHCITY/PORTLAND SHOWCASE
* Bad Juju Lounge.. 8pm (NOTE: Artists listed in no particular order!)
NUDGE [Portland]
STRATEGY [Portland]
VINCENT PARKER [Vancouver]
KINOKO [Seattle]

* MUTEK/MUSIQUE RISQUEE SHOWCASE
* Neumo's.. 8pm (NOTE: Artists listed in no particular order!)
AKUFEN [Montreal]
DEADBEAT [Montreal]
J. HUNSBERGER [Toronto]
BRUNO PRONSATO [Seattle]

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Sunday, Sept 25th:

* DECIBEL PANEL 2: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TECHNOLOGY AND ART
* Broadway Performance Hall.. 12pm to 1:30pm
MODERATOR: SEAN HORTON / Nordic Soul [Seattle]
STYROFOAM [Belgium]
KATE SEEKINGS / Dorkbot [Seattle]
RANDY JONES / Cycling 74 [Seattle]
TJ NORRIS / Igloo Magazine [Portland]

* DECIBEL CLINICS 2:
* Broadway Performance Hall..
ERIK PEEL / Mastering to vinyl [Seattle] : 2pm to 2:45pm
DAVE HILL JR. / Advanced Ableton Live Techniques [Seattle] : 3pm to 3:45pm
EVAN MORRIS / Traktor Clinic : 4pm to 4:45pm

* AMBIENT SHOWCASE (KRANKY VS. GHOSTLY)
* Broadway Performance Hall.. 6pm (NOTE: Artists listed in no particular order!)
AEROC [Barcelona]
LOSCIL [Vancouver]
LUSINE [Seattle]

* EM:T/BASSKAMP SHOWCASE
* Bad Juju Lounge.. 8pm (NOTE: Artists listed in no particular order!)
302 ACID [D.C.]
GEL-SOL [Seattle]
LOGIC PROBE [Seattle]
NDCV [Seattle]
OBELUS [Seattle]

* HEADFUK SHOWCASE V2
* Neumo's.. 8pm (NOTE: Artists listed in no particular order!)
ISOLEÉ [Frankfurt]
THOMAS FEHLMANN [Berlin]
TIPPER [London]
CEPIA [Minneapolis]
DJ EDDIE [Seattle]

* KEXP's "EXPANSIONS LIVE"
* The Baltic Room.. 9pm (NOTE: Artists listed in no particular order!)
KID HOPS [Seattle]
RIZ ROLLINS [Seattle]

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..I'll work on making a mini-map of where the places are right now.

NOTE: Bad Juju Lounge just this past week or so moved! They are now what was the back bar at Neumo's. The two are right next to each other now on the SW corner of Pike St. E and 10th Ave E. The Bad Juju used to be a few doors north of Barça...

..and Barça is where you pick up your pre-purchased festival passes on Thursday and Friday... (it's just a bar with moody red lighting... no shows there.) If you're not showing up until Sat. or Sun, you pick up your pre-purchased passes at the Broadway Performance Hall.

Hopefully the map above is a good guide to all the venues. As for scale? Well, everything is EASILY walkable, no doubt. The only "trek" is the Baltic Room.. which is just a 10 minute casual stroll (MAX!) downhill from Chop Suey, furthest east... all these other blocks east of Broadway take around 30 seconds to walk across each.

I'll just say.. Zion's Gate might be emptying out a lot of stuff this weekend.. they're a pretty comprehensive vinyl/CD/DVD spot for all sorts of electronic dance, dub/reggae/dancehall, and fucking metal. There's also Platinum records just west of Neumo's. Also, Everyday Music is on the east side of Broadway and just north of Denny.. right across from Dick's Burgers.

(and I moved the Baltic robot.)

Also, Barça is having Decibel Festival action every night.. DJs doing at least 90 minute sets. I've included these in the notes as well, now

so FORGET WHAT I POSTED ABOVE, THIS SHOULD BE THE NEW INFO, UNLESS THE PROGRAM GUIDE IS WRONG, IN WHICH CASE, THE WORLD ENDS AAAAAAAAAAAH!...

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Thursday, Sept 22nd:

* MERCK LABEL SHOWCASE/DECIBEL OPENING PARTY
* Chop Suey.. 8pm
PROEM [Austin] 12:15am - 1:15am
MACHINEDRUM [Miami] 11:15pm - 12:15am
DERU [Los Angeles] : 10:15pm - 11:15pm
DECEPTIKON [Seattle] : 9:30pm - 10:15pm
DJ MERCK [Miami] : 8pm - 9:30pm

* SEATTLE SHOWCASE
* Bad Juju Lounge.. 9pm
ELECTROSECT [Seattle] : 1am - close
PAUL EDWARDS [Seattle] : 12am - 1am
PORCELINE [Seattle] : 11pm - 12am
JUSTIN BYRNES [Seattle] : 10pm - 11pm
KFO [Seattle] : 9pm - 10pm
TEKGNOSIS [Seattle] : 8pm - 9pm

* DECIBEL DJ LOUNGE : THURSDAY
* Barça.. 5pm
SUNTZU SOUND [Seattle] : 11am - 2am
RAMIRO [Seattle] : 9:30pm - 11pm
JEREMY NAIL [Seattle] : 8pm - 9:30pm
ARIO [Seattle] : 6:30pm - 8pm
RAMA [Seattle] : 5pm - 6:30pm

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Friday, Sept 23rd:

* SHITKATAPULT VS. DETROIT UNDERGROUND SHOWCASE
* Chop Suey.. 8pm
APPARAT [Berlin] : 12:15am - 1:15am
KERO [Detroit] : 11:15pm - 12:15am
JERRY ABSTRACT [Seattle] : 10:15 - 11:15pm
DEREK MICHAEL [Detroit] : 9:30pm - 10:15pm
DJ GREG SKIDMORE [Seattle] : 8pm - 9:30pm

* DECIBEL DJ LOUNGE : FRIDAY
* Barça.. 5pm
TED DANCIN' [Seattle] : 12:30am - 2am
LINCOLNUP [Seattle] : 11pm - 12:30am
MIKEYMIKE [Seattle] : 9:30pm - 11pm
EDDIE [Seattle] : 8pm - 9:30pm
MAT ANDERSON [Seattle] : 6:30pm - 8pm
DEAN CARLSON [Seattle] : 5pm - 6:30pm

Friday late night/Saturday early morning:

* DECIBEL AFTERHOURS - SHAMELESS
* db afterhours.. 1:30am (NOTE: Artists listed in no particular order!)
Room 1:
MC ANTON BOMB [Seattle]
JUSTIN BYRNES [Seattle]
FREAKY CHAKRA [Portland]
SAMUEL KIRKLAND [New York]
DJ RECESS [Seattle]

Room 2:
JIZOSH [Seattle]
PALMER & POOKA [Seattle]
JISAAN [Seattle]
RICECUBE [Seattle]
SONNY CHIBA [Seattle]
DETONATE [Seattle]

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Saturday, Sept 24th:

* DECIBEL PANEL 1: DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION OF MUSIC: WHERE ARE WE GOING?
* Broadway Performance Hall.. 12pm to 1:30pm
MODERATOR: DEAN CARLSON / "Fusion", Muzak Audio Architecture [Seattle]
JON KERTZER: MSN/KEXP [Seattle]
BILL VALENTI: Melodio [Seattle]
PAUL RUSH: FutureTrax [Seattle]

* DECIBEL CLINICS 1:
* Broadway Performance Hall..
DAVE HILL JR. / Ableton Live Beatmaking and DJing [New York] : 2pm to 2:45pm
COREY HOYT / Circuit Bending 101 [Seattle] : 3pm to 3:45pm
DAVE HUBER / 5.1 Surround Sound demo : 4pm to 4:45pm

* EXPERIMENTAL SHOWCASE
* Broadway Performance Hall.. 6pm
FENNESZ [Vienna] : 9pm to 10pm
TIM HECKER [Montreal] : 8pm - 8:45pm
HAKEA [Seattle] : 7:15pm - 8pm
SON OF ROSE [Seattle] : 6:30pm - 7pm

* ELECTRO POP SHOWCASE
* Chop Suey.. 8pm
STYROFOAM [Belgium] : 12:15pm - 1:15am
HER SPACE HOLIDAY [Austin] : 11:15pm - 12:15am
MERCIR [Seattle] : 10:15pm - 11:15pm
MORI [Portland] : 9:30pm - 10:15pm
KRISTINA CHILDS [Seattle] : 8pm - 9:30pm

* FOURTHCITY/PORTLAND SHOWCASE
* Bad Juju Lounge.. 8pm
NUDGE [Portland] : 1am - close
STRATEGY [Portland] : 12am - 1am
VINCENT PARKER [Vancouver] : 11pm - 12am
KINOKO [Seattle] : 10pm - 11pm
INTROCUT [Seattle] : 9pm - 10pm

* MUTEK/MUSIQUE RISQUEE SHOWCASE
* Neumo's.. 8pm
AKUFEN [Montreal] : 12am - 1:45am
DEADBEAT [Montreal] : 11pm - 12am
BRUNO PRONSATO [Seattle] : 10pm - 11pm
J. HUNSBERGER [Toronto] : 9pm - 10pm
a dee-jay [???] : 8pm - 9pm

* DECIBEL DJ LOUNGE : SATURDAY
* Barça.. 5pm
TIM XAVIER [NYC] : 12:30am - 2am
CAMEA [NYC] : 11pm - 12:30am
NOAH PRED [Vancouver] : 9:30pm - 11pm
ROBB GREEN [Seattle] : 8pm - 9:30pm
THE PERFECT CYN [Portland] : 6:30pm - 8pm
DEREK FISHER [Portland] : 5pm - 6:30pm

Saturday late night/Friday early morning:

* KRAKT PRESENTS DECIBEL AFTERHOURS
* db afterhours.. 1:30AM (NOTE: Artists listed in no particular order!)
Room 1:
KRISTINA CHILDS [Seattle]
PAUL EDWARDS [Seattle]
JERRY ABSTRACT & KRIS MOON [Seattle]

Room 2:
NOAH PRED [Vancouver]
DjML [Seattle]
CAMEA & TIM XAVIER [NYC]

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Sunday, Sept 25th:

* DECIBEL PANEL 2: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TECHNOLOGY AND ART
* Broadway Performance Hall.. 12pm to 1:30pm
MODERATOR: SEAN HORTON / Nordic Soul [Seattle]
STYROFOAM [Belgium]
KATE SEEKINGS / Dorkbot [Seattle]
RANDY JONES / Cycling 74 [Seattle]
TJ NORRIS / Igloo Magazine [Portland]

* DECIBEL CLINICS 2:
* Broadway Performance Hall..
ERIK PEEL / Mastering to vinyl [Seattle] : 2pm to 2:45pm
DAVE HILL JR. / Advanced Ableton Live Techniques [Seattle] : 3pm to 3:45pm
EVAN MORRIS / Traktor Clinic : 4pm to 4:45pm

* AMBIENT SHOWCASE (KRANKY VS. GHOSTLY)
* Broadway Performance Hall.. 6pm
PAN AMERICAN [Richmond] : 9pm - 10pm
AEROC [Barcelona] : 8pm - 8:45pm
LUSINE [Seattle] : 7:15pm - 8pm
LOSCIL [Vancouver] : 6:30pm - 7pm

* EM:T/BASSKAMP SHOWCASE
* Bad Juju Lounge.. 8pm
302 ACID [D.C.] : 1am - close
GEL-SOL [Seattle] : 12am - 1am
LOGIC PROBE [Seattle] : 9pm - 10pm
ndCv [Seattle] : 11pm - 12am
OBELUS [Seattle] : 10pm - 11pm

* HEADFUK SHOWCASE V2
* Neumo's.. 8pm
ISOLEÉ [Frankfurt] : 12:30am - 1:45am
THOMAS FEHLMANN [Berlin] : 11:30pm - 12:30am
TIPPER [London] : 10:15pm - 11:30pm
CEPIA [Minneapolis] : 9:30pm - 10:15pm
DJ EDDIE [Seattle] : 8pm - 9:30pm

* KEXP's "EXPANSIONS LIVE"
* The Baltic Room.. 9pm (NOTE: Artists listed in no particular order!)
KID HOPS [Seattle]
RIZ ROLLINS [Seattle]

* DECIBEL DJ LOUNGE : SUNDAY
* Barça.. 5pm
OSIRIS INDRIYA [Seattle] : 11pm - 2am
DJ MANOS [Seattle] : 9:30pm - 11pm
GREG JASPEN [Seattle] : 8pm - 9:30pm
DJ HEAVY [Seattle] : 6:30pm - 8pm
JIZOSH [Seattle] : 5pm - 6:30pm

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1) It was unclear which days they fell on. They are Friday and Saturday late night, respectively (NOT Thursday and Friday late night as I originally posted.) At least, this is what can be induced clearly from the program guide.

2) db Afterhours has a location.. not quite where i thought, but just as close. 1410 14th ave E. Cascadia Film Collective.. see Map above.

It's an incredible deal to get the full pass if you're planning to go to at least three of the main shows though.. even better if you're going to hop around all of them.

...

So, I got back from the Merck showcase, saw the last half of Deru, and the first half of Machinedrum (I have to fucking work tomorrow... which is why I had to leave early.) Both were amazing, and while it's not packed to capacity, I'm very impressed with the opening showcase turnout.. everyone there is really having a GREAT time. Deru and Machinedrum sounded great too. More on them later.

The panels and clinics today were great as well! Not as well attended by pass holders as much as other folks in town, which is interesting, but I think the afterparties are slamming too, because I'm guessing people are getting to bed way too late to attend the panels. I'm the only dork who's opting out of the afterparties for the panels... today's (Satrudays) panel on the future of music technology, where are we going, etc. was really great.

WAY too tired for details right now, but it's been literally hours of goodness from noonish to 3pm then 6pm to 2am. More of the same tomorrow... AIE!!

Someone should hire Fehlmann to be a paid dancer! Damn!

1. Bruno Pronsato was huge. Crisp, intricate beats and wonky melodies. This dude deserves way more credit than he gets.

2. Deadbeat kills it live. Absolutely stunning. The end of his set went all digital dancehall and in a moment i was wishing an entire genre would be born following his blueprint.

3. Akufen Sucks! Ha. Not really but he was the worst of the Saturday night performers. Completely overshadowed by Bruno and Deadbeat. Oh well. Points to Marc LeClair for chilling by the speakers Sunday night for Fehlmann and Isolee's sets.

4. Tipper is mindnumbingly boring electro breaks. 30mins is enough to understand this 1 Trick Pony. My friend loved his set but it wasn't interesting enough for me to really love it. The soundsytem overall was stunning so his "sound" was great but his tracks did nothing exciting.

5. Fehlmann is even more of an inspiration now than he was before and he's long been one of the pillars of electronic music for me. His attitude and personality really came out during his incredible set and the overwhelming crowd support was truly touching. I didn't know people would respond so favorably to his sound but he got a huge ovation. Wasn't his dancing adorable!?

6. Isolee's set was probably better than i remember because by that time i had too much to smoke and was drifting into dreamland when the opening notes of Beau Mot Plage started to echo around Neumos. I darted from the upstairs couches only to see Fehlmann running up the stairs from the backstage area to stake his place on the dancefloor for the epic cut. Truly and inspirational moment to see Pronsato, Fehlmann and Akufen giving Isolee his due respect during the Stairway To Heaven of minimal techno.

Decibel was a success in my opinion and i am eagerly looking forward to next year.

Noah Pred gets honorable mention for dropping seriously deep knowledge in seamless fashion.

I didn't see Lusine but my friends qoute was "Lusine changed the world with his set". Apparently new ambient portals were uncovered during what sounds like the most beautiful piece of ambient music ever performed. His set should be hosted at the Decibel website soon!

I disagree about Akufen. I thought his set was an absolute highlight. He had to be DRAGGED off stage around 2am, and this was after two hours, yet I felt it was all very very well done... the highlight of his set was when he kinda dropped his signature micro-sampling thump and just went full-on soul/disco/funk house music, with a hint of his signature.. which was when people were going off. The best part was his nicking of the Stetsasonic sampple "Talkin' All That Jazz"... specifically the part "Give an example".. it was repeated often enough such that it started to sound like "Gimme dat sample"!

I thought Tipper's set was amazing.. I think the momentum was a bit low as the crowd hadn't quiten gottent here yet.. presumably after the Ghostly vs. Kranky showcase and the after-dinner for those folks.. I do agree that there was that much variety overall in his set, but he does what he does VERY well, and I haven't heard Tipper in a long time.

But, VERY unexpectedly, as I thought his recent album was rather mundance, Thomas Fehlmann may have been THE highlight of the festival. His attitude was about half of it. His set was just perfectly crafted to bring the crowd slightly down and WAY UP, zigzagging to a climax.. I've been a longtime critic of the Kompakt shuffle techno, but Fehlmann's shuffle set-ender was the only time I responded positively to it. He really did no wrong.. at all. The most enigmatic and charismatic performer of the entire festival. I don't know anyone who disagreed.

Isolée was absolutely amazing too.. it was SLIGHTLY anticlimactic, but, jesus, would ANYONE want to go on after Fehlmann? He still pulled it off very well. The quick encore at the end was the best part... and it was really emotional to see Sean Horton come out, voice completely lost (or under tears), seeing how well Decibel went this year. And it looks like Decibel 2006 is DEFINITELY a go.

For a sophomore effort for ANY festival, I think Decibel paved a huge amount of ground, for any type of music. It usually takes a number of years for a festival to gain momentum, but the difference between Decibel 2004 and Decibel 2005 was a skyrocket.

I had a large number of friends fly from Austin to see this (besides the performers from Austin, of course.) They don't want to go back home -- and they love Austin. That's usually a good sign of a great music festival.

The Sunday panel was great, too, btw.. (the one with TJ from Igloo, Randy Jones/Caro from Orac, Kate Seekings, etc., Arne/Styrofoam). It was more of an abstract panel than the Saturday one, but a lot of interesting ideas and projections were floated about.

unfortunately, Akufen has a bit of trouble beatmatching with Final Scratch

How did I know you were going to mention this? I wrote it down on a piece of paper, I think. "Biz is going to comment about how Akufen can't beatmatch because of a mild 7-second trainwrech which occurred out of the 2 hours he played, after which the audience cheered, Akufen smiled, acknowledging the slight mistake, moving on, and everyone still stayed on the dancefloor dancing. HOLY SHIT, SEATTLE SHOULD PROTEST POOR BEATMATCHING POSEURS!"

The match of the audio and visuals, especially when the glowing lights on water starting swirling starting looking like sparks, kinda created this mental effect of a mild chilly breeze. But yeah, 'was pretty much the laptop MBV.

that's why. he just got stronger and stronger. the microclicky minimal stuff at the beginning was decent but it perfectly set up the full on HOUSE rapture that he kicked off by segueing from a Jeff Samuel track into Hardrive's "Deep Inside." second half was incredible, and I did like the first, I should say. though I missed most of the evening, and the weekend--personal shit, urgh. but I totally felt the voib and can't wait for the next one.

The other pick would be Kero, from Detroit, at the ShitKatapult showcase on Friday. The stuff he was doing was essentially.. well, imagine the "Braindance" collective on Rephlex if they really came off like they cared to move the crowd's feet, instead of flittering in oddness and ironic retarded-ness... Apparat was great right after, and both Kero and Apparat did an improvised jam to finish off the night.

So OTM (but I've been following him for several months, so it's not like he took me that much by surprise). Son of Rose put on his best show ever. More than anybody on the bill (including Fennesz), Son of Rose exploited EVERY nook and cranny of the fabulous sound system. I swear, I thought at times I was hearing Subotnick's Silver Apples of the Moon or one of those genius Germans from Raster-Noton. This guy is going to be major.