Presented by Red Bull Music Academy, Drone Activity In Progress, sixteen solo of today’s most daring sound artists and duos performed on three stages filling the massive space of the Knockdown Center with the thundering noise, drone and experimental techno.
Presented by Live Nation and Honda Stage, progressive house music DJ Deadmau5 played a free concert for fans in celebration of his upcoming double album, 5 Years of Mau5.
Deadmau5 gave his fans a taste of his newest tracks mixed in with some old favorites in an exciting performance that was streamed live on YouTube.
Presented by Live Nation, hype man A$AP FERG and rapper MIA performed to a packed house in The Knockdown Center’s main space.
Named one of the ten defining artists of the 2000’s decade by Rolling Stone and one of the world’s 100 most influential people by Time magazine, M.I.A. has been nominated for an Academy Award and two Grammys (“Paper Planes” and “Swagga Like Us”).
Presented by Red Bull Music Academy, Hardcore Activity presented a sampling of the most extreme recording artists in jazz, techno, metal, noise, classical, hip hop and beyond.
Artists included:
Kranky’s ambient prince Tim Hecker
Grindcore legends Napalm Death
Gunplay – the Maybach rapper with a Bible on the dash
Scandinavian free jazzers The Thing all feature
Wolf Eyes, Regis, Bastard Noise, Lubomyr Melnyk, Skullflower, Joe McPhee/Chris Corsano, Okkyung Lee, Clipping, Yoshiko Ohara, Reg Bloor, and Gnaw, with visuals provided by Nuit Blanche.
TRAYSH NEW YORK, an urban extension of TRAYSH ISLAND, brought together emerging multimedia/musical artists and legendary talents for one night only.
For nearly ten years, musicians and artists have been gathering at Harold Arts, now 8550 OHIO, in Chesterhill, Ohio to raise awareness for the development of its growing sculpture park through a multimedia/music festival called TRAYSH ISLAND.
Artists Included:
R Stevie Moore
Jody
DonChristian
Little Band of Sailors
Xenia Rubinos
Jimmy Whispers
Alta Vida
jaytram
Supporting Cast Included:
Molten Death
VHVL
Living Things
Leblaze
Rowan