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Friday, 17 February 2006, 4:28 pm
Article: Lyndon Hood

Hexstatic Plays Wellington Fringe

Pictures by Lyndon Hood

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A large crowd gathered last night to watch Hexstatic, recently rated the number one audiovisual act in the world by DJMag, perform in Wellington.

Working on a barge on the city's waterfront lagoon, the duo produced a spectacular show that encorporated New Zealand video and music samples, as well as touching on themes such as nuclear testing and sheep.

Part of the Wellington Fringe Festival, Hexstatic's free performance was supported by the British Council and the Wellington City Council.

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Hexstatic Press Release:

Number 1 UK Act to Play Free Wellington Event

Hexstatic, just voted the number one audiovisual act in the world, will play a free, open-air event at the Lagoon, Wellington Waterfront on 16 February from 9.00pm.

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Hexstatic’s status as one of the biggest acts in the world was recently backed up by its number one rating in DJMag. This visit to New Zealand has been made possible by British Council New Zealand.

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Part of this year’s Fringe Festival, the gig will see a mishmash of images mixed live and then projected across the lagoon on a huge 9m x 6m screen; all seamlessly sequenced in time to some of the best contemporary UK music around.

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Hexstatic is Stuart Warren Hill and Robin Brunson. Together they have been breaking new ground in audio and visual entertainment since 1995, with legendary performances at the Sonar Festival, The Big Chill, Mayor’s Thames Festival and Lisbon Expo.

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The audience can expect a loose mash-up of classic electro, trademarked Ninja funk, pilferings from the pair’s global outreach programme and sneaky samples. All up, it’s a party not to be missed.

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WCC - Hexstatic light up the waterfront with music and video
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