2012 Northwest Folklife Festival: Full Schedule

MCFiredrill

"It's miniburger time"

Saturday May 26, 2012 1:00pm - 1:35pm PDT
EMP Sky Church 47.62126, -122.34799

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Biography Firedrill is a wild and delicious mixed bowl of digital fruit. His light and catchy, sometimes zany tunes are sure to put a wide smile on your face!
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Jonathan Womack

Video performance for 8 Bit

Saturday May 26, 2012 1:00pm - 2:20pm PDT
EMP Sky Church 47.62126, -122.34799

Biography AV artist Jonathan Womack started visual work by building props and visual sets for a local band. He is a member of the music and visual collective “932″, the creative visuals director for the music label Nuearth Kitchen, and a visuals partner at Fred Wildlife Agency. His company, Jinx’ 75 Live Visual Studio, As a member of the Seattle video artist collective Videa, he was jointly awarded a city arts grant in 2010 for an arts residency space under the city’s “Storefronts” program. Performing under the name Jonathan Jinx, he has performed at Bumbershoot, Experience Music Project, Seattle International Cabaret Festival, He has played with artists such as John McMillion, Morgan Page, Zomby, Blondes, Tokimonsta, Carl Craig, DJ Craze, Z-Trip, Nice Nice, and ILL Cosby

Electric Children

Party on , dudes

Saturday May 26, 2012 1:45pm - 2:20am PDT
EMP Sky Church 47.62126, -122.34799

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Biography This one-man army of electric wonder surges energy throughout the room. No one can resist the dance-inducing conductivity of Electric Children.
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Live Animals

"We are all live animals"

Saturday May 26, 2012 2:40pm - 3:15pm PDT
EMP Sky Church 47.62126, -122.34799

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Biography Born and raised in Seattle, Live Animals is a chiptune DJ duo breathing life into the party wherever they go. These boys are the beating heart of the Northwest 8-bit underground.
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scobot

Live VJ performance

Saturday May 26, 2012 2:40pm - 4:00pm PDT
EMP Sky Church 47.62126, -122.34799

Genre ZZZ -- Uncategorized
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Biography Professional VJ performing in and around Seattle for past 7 years.

Kids Get Hit by Buses

Hybrid Chiptune Electronica

Saturday May 26, 2012 3:25pm - 4:00pm PDT
EMP Sky Church 47.62126, -122.34799

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Biography Kids Get Hit by Buses (KGHB) is one of four groups selected by Gabe Hayward per request of Celene Ramadan in collaboration with Folklife coordinators Kelli Faryar, Jacob Stone, and Paige Ervin, for the proposed "Chiptune Showcase" in the EMP SkyChurch May 26 from 1pm-4pm. KGHB was a semi-finalist in the EMP Sound Off 2009, performed at Folklife the same year, and helped coordinate the Folklife Chiptune Showcase in the Skychurch in 2010. KGHB has been performing live in venues all over the Pacific Northwest for over 7 years now, and always put on a wild show to get the crowd dancing. They use a hybrid of electronic instruments, live vocals, and retro video game consoles to create a truly unique experience complete with costuming and stage antics!