We are honored to present to you an extra special evening of audio and visual performance with Raster-noton artists Aoki Takamasi and Byetone. To open this extrordinary evening, NYC based Sweatshoppe art collective will make it's first Philadelphia appearance.

Olaf Bender aka BYETONE is the co-founder and principal administrator of Raster-Noton. Like everyone else involved in the label, he is also and important artist with many releases under his belt. He began as an experimental filmmaker before getting involved with a band, then working at a record distributor, then launching the label and working on his own computer music. His "Death Of A Typographer" album from last year really turned some heads, and the remix 12" brought his sound to the dancefloor. We can hardly wait for what he has in store for Philadelphia this time around.

AOKI TAKAMASA, born in Osaka Japan, currently living in Berlin has been releasing consistenly interesting music since 2001 on labels such as Fat Cat, Progressive Form, and op.disc. Like many of the artists we know and love from Raster Noton, Aoki really pushes the limits of sound experimentation while keeping his music funky, soulful, and danceable. We are thrilled to present his first appearance in the United States.

SWEATSHOPPE is a new multimedia performance collaboration between Bruno Levy and Blake Shaw that works at the intersection of art, music and technology. The duo develops software to construct a totally unique interactive performance, abd creates unique ways of affecting an audience.
Whether it be as a dance driven electronic music performance that emphasizes sound reactive visuals, building interactive installations, or the fabrication of guerrilla technologies to augment public space, the duo strives towards an element of pop accessibility that is so often ignored in the technocentric world of experimental media.

Wear nice socks or bring your slippers please.