An international festival of electronic music and media arts
Manchester Futuresonic04 explores new horizons in wireless and mobile media with the Mobile Connections exhibition, conference and renegade rollergirls searching for wireless hotspots in the city streets
And celebrates 25 years of the Technics 1200MK2 record deck with events featuring pioneers of turntable music and artists detonating the art of playback by playing with Phono Fiddles and laser harps
Featuring over 250 artists and more than 50 projects and events.

Turntable re:mix – Apr. 27 - May 1st

Futuresonic04 celebrates 25 years of the Technics SL-1200MK2 turntable with a series of club and music events featuring pioneers of turntable music. The Technics record deck is one of the iconic cultural objects of the twentieth century.

In marking its 25th anniversary Futuresonic04 widens the frame to explore the past and future of the DJ - with performance using early recording technologies such as Phono Fiddles and 78 cutting machines and artists detonating the art of playback by DJing with cutting edge touch sensitive Kaoss pads, Theremins and laser harps.Noise DJ - Phono Fiddles and pioneer of turntable noise Philip Jeck. mobile DJ+live DJ – The world's first mobile phone tag team plus ITC World Scratch Champion DJ Woody in Sirconical's live band. scratch DJ - Cmon Feet present Invisibl Skratch Picklz's D-Styles head to head with DMC World Supremacy Champion Tigerstyles.

FutureDJ - Daniel Wang, Ann Shenton (Add N to X) and Greg Wilson DJ with Kaoss pads, Theremins and laser harps at Music Is Better's 1st Birthday. Plus DJ workshops and D Jtalks.

More info : futuresonic.com