Applications Now Open For Red Bull Music Academy
Applications Now Open to New Zealand Musicians for the Red Bull Music Academy, Tokyo, 2014
Academy dates:
October 12 – November 14
Application dates: Jan 15 –
March 18
The Red Bull Music Academy has been right around the world over the last fifteen years, and this October we’re heading to Tokyo. Music makers of all styles, methodologies and levels of experience are invited to apply by March 18, 2014, for a two-week escapade exploring music from every angle; an experience that many alumni have described as life-changing.
"There is no other uniquely special opportunity on this earth quite like The Red Bull Music Academy. I had the absolute pleasure of meeting some of my hero's, Q-Tip and ?uest Love. I was able to connect with other musical minds from all over the world, whilst writing and recording with them into the wee hours. Participants can expect no less than a completely inspiring, hospitable, profound, and expansive learning experience," says 2013 New Zealand #RBMA particpant,Louis Baker.
To gain audible insights into the goings-on at the most recent edition, take a listen to the brand new compilation Various Assets - Not For Sale, featuring music created by participants at the Academy in New York in 2013.
To apply for the Red Bull Music Academy in Tokyo, music makers must be 20 years of age by October 12, 2014. For all information, FAQs and to download the application form, prospective applicants should find their way toredbullmusicacademy.com/apply.
Destination Tokyo
The Red Bull Music Academy takes
its complement of music festivals and workshops to a new
city each year. Previous stops have included NYC, Toronto,
London, Madrid, Sao Paulo, Melbourne, and Cape Town. Tokyo
is one of the world’s most iconic cities – a place that
tends to inspire mythic reimagining. This is a country that
has long embraced the soul in the machine, while its
composers, equipment designers and game soundtracks have had
an inestimable influence on modern music. Ever since the
pioneering work of artists like Isao Tomita, YMO and Yann
Tomita, the country has produced many fine purveyors of
detailed, ethereal soundscapes and electronic music with
elements of new wave, jazz or psychedelia. Technology
provides a constant departure point, and many of Japan’s
front-running electronic music artists – Daito Manabe and
Ryoji Ikeda among them – have embraced the use of video
art, multimedia platforms and large-scale visual
installations in realising their work. Dancehall, hip hop,
garage rock, experimental music and funk and soul have
variously grown into burgeoning scenes on the streets of
Harajuku, in big music arenas, in grand concert halls, and
in the many small but well-stocked second hand record stores
that are a collector's dream.
Tokyo, the original urban jungle, with over 13 million inhabitants, is a place where the ancient past and the recently imagined future are deeply entwined, and vestiges of old Edo underlie the city’s sprawl. From October 12 through November 14, 2014, the world-travelling music lab and festival will set up shop in the city for five weeks' worth of workshops, concerts, club nights, and all-round musical extravaganzas held all across the city.
Beautiful Rewind – Academy
Lecturers
Exchange between genres and generations has
always been central to the Academy philosophy. Former
lecturers include Bob Moog, Nile Rodgers, Steve Reich, Kim
Gordon, Flying Lotus, Giorgio Moroder, Erykah Badu, Bootsy
Collins, Brian Eno, Richie Hawtin, Tony Allen, Q-Tip, Sly &
Robbie, Chuck D, M.I.A., James Murphy, and Moodymann, to
name a few. Find an archive of Academy lectures at our
homepage redbullmusicacademy.com
Going
Places – Red Bull Music Academy’s Various Assets
Compilation
The infamous yearly compilation ‘Various
Assets - Not For Sale' provides a snapshot of the ideas and
collaborative projects that tend to spring out of Red Bull
Music Academy studio sessions. The latest edition of Various
Assets, features 30 tracks created by participants at the
Academy in New York. It includes a few solo tracks, and a
whole lot of collaborations. The CD release is now available
for download on redbullmusicacademy.com/various-assets.
What Is The Red Bull Music Academy?
The journey of
the Red Bull Music Academy began 15 years ago, and since
then the yearly music jamboree has travelled to cities
around the world. For each event, a building is fitted out
with specially designed workspaces, high-end recording
studio, radio studio and communal spaces, and installed with
an exhibition of local established and emerging visual
artists. By night, Red Bull Music Academy presents a
festival of ground-breaking signature concerts and parties
held in the city’s cult venues, cultural institutions, and
hidden spaces. Likewise, there’s no corner of the sonic
universe that the Academy’s lecture sessions have left
unexplored. What began in the backyard of an unassuming
Berlin warehouse resulted in a yearly venture, bringing
music festivals and workshops to every continent. Red Bull
Music Academy puts on some 500 night time events a year,
each one intended to challenge and inspire. #RBMA curates
stages at the most significant of festivals, including
Sónar, Montreux and Movement. It hosts an online magazine
(redbullmusicacademy.com,) a 24/7 online
radio station (rbmaradio.com) and a megaverse of couch
conversations; all watchable from your mobile device. Some
Academy alumni have gone to the top of various charts,
others became doctors or graphic designers, but even more
are creating heartfelt, meaningful and cutting-edge
music.
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