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NUS vs MANTIS – 10 June 2011

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A special joint venture between The Noise Upstairs and the MANTIS festival. Come check out some great music by NUS regulars as well as other great events/performances.

Where?: Cosmo Rodewald, Martin Harris Centre, MARTIN HARRIS CENTRE FOR MUSIC AND DRAMA, The University of Manchester, Bridgeford Street, Manchester M13 9PL
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Artists: TNU- The Noise Upstairs rocks MANTIS Diffusion system (TNU are Richard Knight, Dave Birchall, Hervé Perez, Rodrigo Constanzo, Ben Cottrell, Simon Prince), plus fixed media works by Rob Bental, Manuella Blackburn, Haruka Hirayama, Lee Fraser, Brona Martin and Constantin Pop. With special guests Gavin Osborn (Flute), Paul Michael Labelle (Guitar) and Richard Scott.

18:00 – Concert One: Meta-ontologies two; fixed media works and live improvisations by The Noise upstairs diffused live across the MANTIS surround sound theatre (Cosmo Rodewald), and MANTIS Artists.
The Noise Upstairs I , ca 10 minutes /+ Live Diffusion: MANTIS
Cyan (2011) For Stereo Tape, 7:38 by Rob Bentall (*)
From The Dark Waters for fixed media 12:00 by Andrew Garbett (*)
The Noise Upstairs II, ca 10 minutes /+ Live Diffusion: MANTIS
Switched on (2011) for fixed media 7:00 by Manuella Blackburn (*)
(*) world premiere

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19:30 – Concert Two: Meta-ontologies three: Premiere of new works by Manchester Artists, with Gavin Osborn (Flute), Paul Michael Labelle (Guitar), MANTIS Artists and live improvisations by The Noise upstairs and guest Richard Scott
Tints of July (2011) for Flute, Guitar and a Computer ca. 10:00 by Haruka Hirayama (*)
Ply for fixed media 10:03 by Lee Fraser (*)
The Noise Upstairs III, ca 10 minutes /+ Live Diffusion: MANTIS
192 for fixed media 7:22 by Brona Martin (*)
empty rooms (2011) for fixed media 10:27 by Constantin Popp (*)
The Noise Upstairs IV and guest (Richard Scott), ca 15 minutes /+ Live Diffusion: MANTIS
(*) world premiere

Tickets £6 / £5 / £4 for each concert 2-concert rate: £9 / £7.50 / £4.50 Entrance to the 4pm event is free on production of a ticket for the other concerts


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