Saturday, November 10
9pm - 2am

MOCHIPET,DALY CITY RECORDS, AND FORTHCITY ARE HOSTING THE SF EDITION OF LAPTOP BATTLES SAT 11/10! 

REGISTRATIONSTARTS NOW!
Please email your: name, artist name, and phone number to: info@dalycityrecords.com. We willreply to let you know you are entered.

 
JUDGES:

RICHARDDEVINE (Warp/Schematic)

BORETA (GlitchMob)
ROBOTSPEAK (Alan, Steve, Todd & More)
MICKEY T (Drum Machine Museum)
ZAPAN (Fourthcity)

LOWPROLOUNGE (J.Tonal & James Christopher)
PATRICE SCANLON (Mills College)
BLOODY & FRIENDS (Daly City Records)

WHATPEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT LAPTOP BATTLE:

"LAPTOP BATTLE IS COMING UP IN THE MANNER OF THE DMC DJCHAMPIONSHIPS" - Portland Mercury

"FORA NEWER BREED OF MUSICIAN, LIGHTWEIGHT COMPUTERS ARE HEAVYWEIGHT MUSICALINSTRUMENTS" - Seattle P-I

"THIS IS YOUR CHALLENGE. ACCEPT IF YOU DARE.." - Keyboard Magazine

WHAT IS THE LAPTOP BATTLE? THE ELECTRONIC MUSIC’S NEW CULTURAL PHENOMENON, fromSEATTLE to EVERYWHERE
The laptop battle is a competitive event for laptop musicians to match theirskills against one another. Battles are chosen randomly and conducted in 3minute rounds. A panel of judges decides which contestant advances to the nextround, single elimination style. It’s a fusion of sound design, composition andstage performance, and a chance for laptop (computer) musicians to prove theirskills in battle and develop techniques and strategies.

LAPTOPBATTLE RULES:

1. Gear specifications:
Any gear you want, drum machines, keyboards, racks, as long as it is machinebased and will be able to fit with all the other equipment at the venue.**please note: having a lot of gear may not increase your chances of winning orlooking cooler then anyone else.

2.Battles are chosen randomly.
Contestants will be paired up randomly to compete against each other. Thewinner will advance to the next round.

3.Battles are 3 minutes long.
Contestants can choose whether they want a 30 second warning issued by the MC.At 3 minutes the MC will fade out the contestant’s output or wack them in thehead with a whiffle ball bat.

4.Judges decide the outcome of battles in a single elimination style.
Just like the Olympics, judges will decide the winner of each round based on apoint system.

5.Contestants must be at the location of the battle one and 1/2 hours before thebattle begins for reasons below.
a. minimum amount of set-up time.
b. alternates will be onsite to take the place of contestants who fail to showup on time.

6.All performances/music must be original
All music used to compete must be original material. You CAN alter a track thatis not composed by you to make a new sonic weapon. But just don’t come up therewith your Laptop and play some Aphex Twin and expect not get booted.

7.Visuals
Visuals are allowed, but if you plan on doing any visuals with your set pleasebring all the required equipment and set it up very far in advance.

Also! Just added! "Famous Room Battle of Monsters: Season Three"

SeeSeason One Video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a71L-4ApfRY

&M-Audio Torq DJ Demo by Nsaj Thing

http://www.myspace.com/nosajthing 

Goto: http://www.dalycityrecrods.com for more info!

SPONSORS:

M-Audio / Robotspeak / SFSU / Ableton / Native Instruments