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Y2K8 International Live Looping Festival (7th Annual)

This year's festival was made possible in part by donations from LOOPERLATIVE and UNIVERSAL AUDIO

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15th
"LIVE LOOPING TECHNIQUES CLINIC with Bill Walker"
UNION GROVE MUSIC
1003 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA
7:00pm

As the kick off event for the Y2K8 International Live looping festival, Guitarist extraordinaire and internationally acclaimed looping artist Bill Walker will a give a free, performance clinic and demonstration of looping techniques, and discuss the latest in looping effects processors, on Wednesday October 15th at Union Grove Music at 1003 Pacific Ave in downtown Santa Cruz. Also on hand will be guitar virtuoso and Roland clinician Paul Hansen, who will be demoing the exciting new Roland VG-99 and RC-50. The event starts at 7 P.M. All instrumentalists are encouraged to attend and a range of techniques will be covered. Music teachers are welcome to attend as well, to find out how loopers can accelerate technical skills and musical growth. There will also be an opportunity to try out some of the latest gear and chat with representatives from companies like Roland, line 6, and Looperlative. Come find out about these exciting new music tools and how they can enhance the playing and enjoyment of any musician.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16th
"Best of the Y2K8 International Live Looping Festival"
ANNO DOMINI GALLERY
366 S. 1st Street
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA
8 p.m. tix $10/door only

Featuring LUIS ANGULO, ROBERTO ZORZI, MANDO MAN,
RYUSEI HATTORI, KRIBOPHORIC, JAMES BAILEY

8:00pm LUIS ANGULO (Mexico/Germany)
8:30pm ROBERTO ZORZI (Italy)
9:00pm HIDEKI NAKANISHI aka MandoMan (Japan)
9:30pm INTERMISSION
10:00pm RYUSEI HATTORI (Japan)
10:30pm KRIBOPHORIC aka Krispen Hartung and Robert Sterling (USA)
11:00pm JAMES BAILEY (Canada)



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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17th
Y2K8 INTERNATIONAL LIVE LOOPING FESTIVAL
Opening Concert
PEARL ALLEY STUDIOS
120 Pearl Alley
SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA
8 p.m to Midnight.
tix: $10/door only

8:00pm KEVIN "KalimbaMan" SPEARS (Featured Performer)
9:00pm GENIE (Headliner)
10:00pm "NEW DELTA" (Bill Walker's psychedelic excursions inspired by the musics of the Mississippi, Nile, Ganges and YangtzieDeltas (with Rick Walker on percussion and multiple instruments)

 

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18
Noon to Midnight
Y2K8 INTERNATIONAL LIVE LOOPING FESTIVAL
PEARL ALLEY STUDIOS
120 Pearl Alley
SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA
tix: $10/door only

12:00pm BILL PUTNAM newbie
12:30pm JACK SCHULTZ newbie
1:00pm JONATHAN KESSLER newbie
1:30pm ADDAMANTIUM the PLUMBER
2:00pm ISAAC FRANKLE newbie
2:30pm CHRIS ROBERTS
3:00pm GLENN SMITH
3:30pm CHRIS COHN/UNITY NGUYEN
4:00pm PETER COR
4:30pm AMAR CHAUDARY
5:00pm JD DEVROS
5:30pm TRAVIS LUND
6:00pm MATT DAVIGNON
6:30pm DINNER BREAK
7:30pm ROBERTO ZORZI (Headliner)
8:00pm KRIBOPHORIC (Krispen Hartung & Robert Sterling) (Headliner)
8:30pm RYUSEI HATTORI (Featured Performer)
9:00pm MARGARET NOBLE (Featured Performer)
9:30pm BARRY CLEVELAND
10:00pm JAMES BAILEY (Featured Performer)
10:30pm GARY REGINA
11:00pm TED KILLIAN
11:30pm DAYGLO ORANGE PLASTIC

 

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19
Noon to Midnight
Y2K8 INTERNATIONAL LIVE LOOPING FESTIVAL
PEARL ALLEY STUDIOS
SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA
tix: $10/door only

12:00pm LINDSEY WALKER newbie
12:30pm BOB AMSTADT
1:00pm JIMMY MOONBEAM newbie
1:30pm JORDIE TOPF newbie
2:00pm GREG POWERS
2:30pm JOHN CONNELL
3:00pm JRJ
3:30pm PETER CONDOR
4:00pm LARRY the O
4:30pm DAN SOLTZBERG
5:00pm S T A N O S A U R
5:30pm DANIEL THOMAS
6:00pm ERIC GLICK RIEMAN
6:30pm DINNER BREAK
7:30pm LUIS ANGULO (Headliner)
8:00pm CHINAPAINTING
8:30pm MANDO MAN (Featured Performer)
9:00pm CARL WEINGARTEN
9:30pm GOH NAKAMURA
10:00pm KEVIN KISSINGER
10:30pm MATT HERMAN
11:00pm BILL WALKER
11:30pm MARK HAMBURG

 

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MONDAY, OCTOBER
20th ANNUAL POST FEST LOOPERS LUNCHEON
1 p.m.
WALNUT STREET CAFE
SANTA CRUZ

 


Y27K Festival Roster of Performers

 

HEADLINERS

LUIS ANGULO (GERMANY/MEXICO) *
GENIE (USA)

ROBERTO ZORZI (ITALY)
KRIBOPHORIC (USA)

*LUIS ANGULO endorses and is specifically sponsored by LOOPERLATIVE

FEATURED PERFORMERS

JAMES BAILEY (CANADA)
MANDO MAN (JAPAN)
RYUSIE HATTORI (JAPAN)
MARGARET NOBLE (CHICAGO)
KEVIN "KalimbaMan" SPEARS (ATLANTA)


Contact

For more information or to set up interviews with any of the visiting artists or the organizer please write Rick Walker at looppool@cruzio.com