Moogfest is an annual electronic music festival that takes place in Asheville, North Carolina towards the end of April. The festival is held in Asheville because it is the city where Robert Arthur “Bob” Moog, the inventor of the Moog synthesizer and founding father of electronic music, spent the last thirty years of his life. Moogfest is put on to honor the creativity and inventiveness that Bob Moog had spread throughout the course of his life.
C Powers performed at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium last night before the Pet Shop Boys. After honing his skills in both Chicago and London, C Powers is now resident DJ at at Atlanta’s HUNGER nightclub and Savannah’s Cape Fear.
Day one down. Four more to go. Festival-goers have been tweeting and instagramming everything from the early morning yoga class at Go Yoga Asheville to the Flying Lotus show at the Orange Peel. Scroll through to see a social media account of Moogfest’s first day.
When you think of the electronic music experience, it’s hard not to envision the bright, flashing lights that are so prevalent at live shows. In fact, the lights may be just as much an indication of a show’s tempo and overall mood as the music itself. You can learn a little more about the intricacies of light installation by viewing Omnilith 2 at Altamont Theatre.
At Moogfest’s first big panel discussion on April 23, state and local leaders discussed the role of technology and innovation in cultivating economic development. Mike Adams, CEO of Moog Music, said the goal of the panel was to “get people thinking about economic development” in ways that are outside of the box. “It doesn’t have […]
If you wander into the Masonic Temple today, you may find yourself asking, “What’s that strange looking thing?” Running from from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. every day of the festival, Modular Marketplace is a chance to see the latest in innovative music-making
If you wander into the lobby at Pack Place during Moogfest, you’re likely to see people with headphones on, deep in concentration, with their hands hovering purposefully in the air. They aren’t wizards, and they aren’t crazy. They’re playing the theremin as part of the Odd Harmonics sounds installation. Join them.
Downstairs at Pack Place lobby, François Chambard of UM Project’s custom theremins (sound installations and early electronic musical instruments) will be available for the public to play throughout the day. Special performances with Dorit Chrysler will take place from 4:30-5 p.m. Wednesday, 1:30-2 p.m. on Thursday, 1-1:30 p.m. on Friday and 2-2:30 p.m. on Saturday. […]
Following a Monday, April 14 fire, local business owner Wendy Owens lost the contents of her store, R3MiX3D (remixed). Located on Merrimon Avenue, near Luella’s Bar-B-Que, the store served UNC-Asheville students as well as the North Asheville community. Owens told Xpress that she had chosen the location with the idea to create an artistic hub. […]
Local acts are ready to connect at Moogfest A major goal of this year’s retooled five-day festival, say organizers, is to synthesize innovative artistic expression and economic success. And the local musicians involved seem to be embracing those aspirations with open arms. Headliners such as German electronic pioneers Kraftwerk and pop star M.I.A. are drawing […]
Go Yoga is offering festival-goers a chance to get limbered up before the day gets into full swing or just take a moment to regroup after a night of shows. Moogfest will be sponsoring yoga classes at the studio — complete with a trance-inducing, Moog-inspired playlist — starting today and continuing Thursday and Friday.
From a press release: Moogfest Announces Art and Architecture Installations Moogfest, the innovative music festival in Asheville, NC April 23-27th, in keeping with its standard of what Complex calls “forward-thinking creativity”, is presenting a collection of art and architecture installations in partnership with The Media Arts Project, Aloft Hotels, and Clemson School of Architecture. Over […]
A sneak peek at Moogfest’s daytime lineup by Lea McLellan and Carrie Eidson Moogfest gets an added boost of brainpower this year with a rich lineup of panels and presentations. Xpress talked to three of those presenters to learn more about what Moogfest has to offer by day. Claire L. Evans, lead singer of YACHT […]
Claire L. Evans is the lead singer of electro-pop group Yacht and the editor-in-chief of OMNI Reboot, the online version of OMNI science magazine. Evans will appear at the Science Fiction & the Synthesized Sound panel held in the Masonic Temple on Saturday, April 23 from 1-4 p.m. In an email interview with Xpress, Evans shared some insight on the Moog panel, the joys and complications of a being a musician and a journalist, and what the future will sound like.
Now spanning Wednesday-Sunday, April 23-27, and more than 20 locations throughout downtown Asheville, Moogfest has also expanded its coverage. This year, the focal point broadens to include technology. And not just in the pedals and synthesizers sense.
The band’s most recent release, Embellish, promises “warm, dreamy, danceable, electronic pop joy.” The Jellyrox is the solo project of Matt Langston from indie-pop outfit Eleventyseven; he performs as part of the local showcase at New Earth on Thursday, April 24, at 8 p.m.
Craig Leon, who performs at Diana Wortham Theatre on Saturday, April 26, has produced everyone from punks acts like The Ramones and Richard Hell to classical acts Pavarotti and Joshua Bell. He’ll perform his 1980 album, “Nommos,” live with a quartet from the Asheville Symphony — and he hopes to find an hour or two to listen to some bluegrass.
Sure, the Moogfest lineup is star-studded (I’m looking at you, M.I.A., Kraftwek and Niles Rodgers). But the roster — which includes over 100 acts just for the night program alone — includes some lesser-known gems worth discovering. This series of email interviews is culled from my personal list of interesting artists I plan to check […]
Sure, the Moogfest lineup is star-studded (I’m looking at you, M.I.A., Kraftwerk and Niles Rodgers). But the roster — which numbers over 100 acts just for the night program alone — includes some lesser-known gems worth discovering. This series of email interviews is culled from my personal list of interesting artists I plan to check out.
Wicked Weed Brewing teamed up with Moog Music to create a beer especially for this year’s newly reimagined Moogfest 2014, a five-day festival celebrating the intersection of music, art, innovation and technology. Here’s the press release from organizers.
