Audiovisual Festival Plums Jam during Night of Museums

During the Night of Museums on May 15, 2010, an open-air audiovisual experiment event called Plums Jam will take place. The event is organized by the plums fest team (www.plumsfest.ru) - the team behind a large-scale festival that took place during the Night of Museums in 2008 in a huge workshop at the 'Manometer' factory (now ArtPlay on Yauza). It was the first time when the most interesting and advanced audio-visual performance groups were gathered in one place. Plums Jam 2010 is an open-air event featuring high-quality electronic music of various genres – from electro-techno to 8-bit and noise, all set in the industrial ambiance of the 'Manometer' factory. It includes live video performances created in real-time on three screens by a team of young video artists from Moscow. This event offers the opportunity to enjoy the delicacies of audio and video art on a May night in the open air. Participants: - Zavoloka (Ukr) - Katya Zavoloka, a laureate of the 2005 Ars Electronica festival, a star of experimental music labels Nexsound and KVITNU, and one of the most professional and outstanding electronic musicians of today. Katya has participated in numerous experimental music festivals in Europe, and her works, including two albums 'Suspenzia,' have been released by authoritative labels such as Zeromoon (USA) and Laton (Austria). Katya's soundscapes are a metatext where the fabric of electronic music is skillfully interwoven with 'live' sounds – voices singing folk melodies, the rustle of a passing flock of birds, a fragment of a cry, and the rhythm of the wind. - 'Robots' – one of the most interesting Russian electronic projects, beloved by the Moscow audience, and anticipators of the current trend in electro and disco. The project, currently consisting of three friends (Z3000, Robotron, and Hopemachine), has had a long creative path, exploring Italo and 80s electro music, releasing the highly successful album 'Robotmetrobot,' earning the title of the 'Russian Kraftwerk,' touring Europe extensively, and transforming their style into a more aggressive, acid sound. 'Robots' concerts nowadays are spectacular shows that combine live music performance with punk vocals and modern multimedia technologies. - Ambidextrous - Nika Zavrieva, better known as Ambidextrous, can be confidently considered a veteran of Russian electronic music. Nika has released a dozen albums (solo and in collaboration with other musicians) and has performed at numerous clubs and festivals. At the beginning of her career, Nika preferred the IDM style, making a name for herself on many European labels. In the past couple of years, she has delved into dance experiments. With her truly encyclopedic musical erudition in the field of electronics, the musician harmoniously combines styles and sounds from different eras. - Atarix – under this alias hides Sergey Khaninev, a prominent figure in the experimental genre scene, known to audiences both in Russia and abroad. The musician started composing electronic music in 1994 using the Commodore Amiga computer and the Protracker software. In his work, Sergey virtuously combines broken rhythms, glitch, free jazz, noise, breakcore, and more. At the Atarix festival, he will perform for the first time after a two-year hiatus. - Vikhornov - one of the few active Moscow electronic musicians capable of professionally playing keyboards. Over the past fifteen years, the musician has performed in dozens of groups and side projects spanning various styles from rock and jazz to IDM and techno. Vikhornov's performances are characterized by the quality of the meticulously crafted music, blending academic sound with a touch of musical humor. He has released works on labels such as 56 stuff, Citadel rec., Snegiri, and Eastblok music. Vikhornov participated in the symphonic performance 'Requiem' directed by Kirill Serebrennikov. He is one of the creators of the creative internet project Cyberbrothers.tv and is also a founding member of the artistic group Russian Visual Artists. At the festival, Mitia will perform in a duet with video artist Yan Kalnberzin (Russian Visual Artists). - Uoki-Toki - real name, Pasha Shlyan, a musician who was one of the first in Russia to write music and perform using the Nintendo Game Boy game console. He likes to call his style tetris-core, which is a mix of chiptune incorporating d'n'b, hip hop, hardcore, and dubstep elements. Uoki-Toki currently has 11 albums, has participated in numerous internet compilations, including breakcore compilations released on CD by the French label BRK. - Slava Mindex – a versatile musician who began his career in the psy trance genre, participated in numerous raves, and successfully transitioned to experiments in a mixed genre of idm, ambient with elements of techno and trip-hop. In his performances, Mindex often incorporates live Didgeridoo sounds. - Dj Drozd (dubstep, grime, techno) - Dj Saddam Hussein In addition, the event involves well-known video artists from the Moscow scene, each presenting their video works and performing live video performances in real time - Intektra, Antishanti, Khz, Yan Kalnberzin (Russian Visual Artists), UB-vjs, and others. Curators: Anna Titovets, Kirill Markusin, Alina Saprykina. Address: 5/7 Nizhnyaya Syromyatnicheskaya Street Directions: From 20:00 to 06:00. Admission is free.