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ANALOGORAK with sounds by Neil Dowell, Mike McInerney, Michael Norris - Mondays, 9pm Kingsbridge Inn, Totnes, Devon, UK. expect to hear junk percussion, home-made thinggies, feedback and effects, and a collection of analog synths & the occasional shakuhachi. visit http://www.macinerney.com/analogorak.htm for full details

An interactive electroacoustic music course being held in London allows musicians to explore ways of working together to make live electroacoustic music. Working in small groups, the course participants create various systems in which live improvisation can take place. Issues such as gesture mapping, group control, sound spatialisation and instrument/ interface design are explored. The course uses a base of specialised Max/Msp programs, and an assortment of interfaces which can be customised during the course. Interfaces include the Icube, a blackboard sized touch sensitive screen. game controllers , keyboard, video. For further information about the course contact Thomas Gardner : 23thomas@onetel.com">123thomas@onetel.com

Koha is the world's first free Open Source Library System. Made in New Zealand by the Horowhenua Library Trust and Katipo Communications Ltd, the Koha system is a full catalogue, opac, circulation, member management and acquisitions package. Koha is used by public libraries, private collectors, university faculties, not for profit organisations, churches, schools and corporates. visit http://www.koha.org for more information

BLOC is the art and technology agency for Wales. The website contains a wealth of information such as news, calls for submissions, events and projects happening around Wales and United Kingdom. http://www.bloc.org.uk

Xperiment >L is a monthly series about women in electronic music live performances, film/video screenings, discussions & workshops. This months gathering is Friday 10 september, in Rotterdam, The Netherlands featuring AGF+SUE.C with electronic poetry & live video. AGF is in love with language, poetry, communicating impressions and experiences, and views our society of today in a philosophical but also a politically critical way. Her most recent project 'Westernization Completed' is a refined and fascinating mix of text (spoken and sung) and electronic music, giving you the feeling you're introduced to a highly personal, self-created universe. Sue Costabile in her turn likes to mix the organic with the synthetic, analogue techniques with digital processes. With these images projected on a large format, the monumental church space of Arminius might even be transformed for a while into this personal and very special universe of AGF+Sue C. The night is in cooperation with Arminius (opening of season) and the TRACER-festival of TENT. and Witte de With ( www.arminius.nu ) and http://www.cbk.rotterdam.nl/TENT

Tronicphosis is a night of exploration into experimental sound and visuals held at Wollongong University's Unibar on 29 October 2004. The promoters are looking for artists to perform - performers will be paid.
Complete the application form and send with a demo by 15 september. contact ronicphosis@hotmail.com">tronicphosis@hotmail.com for more info.

Sonic Connections 2004 is a 2-day celebration of new music, instrument design and music in alternate tunings at the Faculty of Creative Arts, University of Wollongong commencing Friday 10th Sept. This year's Sonic Connections will also feature percussionists playing tunedsound mapping wineglasses tuned in 29-note per octave just scales in a new work by Amanda Cole, a mobile sound installation that combines MIDI instruments and satellite tracking technology devised by this year's Artist-in-Residence Iain Mott, a purpose-built guitar tuned in just intonation for a new work composed and played by Christiaan van der Vyver and new interactive electronic instruments purpose-built by Mark Havryliv and Warren Summers. The final program will appear on this URL shortly : http://www.uow.edu.au/crearts/SonicConnections.html