EMOM of Buckinghamshire
at The Petri Dish with creative music producers.
For those who love electronic music
and
for those who want to try a sip.
Let’s start to build
the
Electronic Music HUB
of Buckinghamshire!
The first EMOM (Electronic Music Open Mic) event took place in early 2017 in Manchester. Since then the nights have taken off across the United Kingdom and also in Australia.
The concept of these nights is simple, we provide a meeting and performance space for electronic musicians of all styles and persuasions.
A typical night could include everything from techno through to experimental and ambient music, from chiptune through to live coding and looping, field recording and industrial. The choice of technology is also wide ranging; lap tops, iPads and mobile phones are welcome, as are drum machines, synths, groove boxes, sequencers, samplers, modular set ups, keyboards, DJ decks, and analogue and digital devices of all kinds.
“The beginnings of the EMOM movement was like turning over a stone and finding this whole new world of music making underneath. You have to understand that at this time acoustic singer songwriters and indie bands were the mainstream order of the day. Of course electronic music was everywhere too, but there was little in the way of grass roots happenings or opportunity to develop the craft. Playing live was a real challenge for electronic musicians.” Excerpt from Electronic Music Travels by Martin Christie (forthcoming release)
But the EMOM movement is more than a series of events, it is a community through which creative people can share ideas, collaborate, swap gigs, release music and essentially have fun.
The only rule is no acoustic guitars unless they are being used to generate soundscapes or some other style of music in keeping with these nights. (Source: EMOM)
EMOM community is very strong nationwide. As Manchester‑based musician Martin Christie told:
“Lockdown hasn’t stopped us at all. Within weeks, collaborators and musicians were setting up virtual EMOM live streams which, in turn, created innovative visual performances, even using VR. During and after the streams, performers go online to share links, tracks, get feedback or tips on marketing or distribution. We were also some of the first people to put on socially distanced events too, which has been a real success.”
(Source: SoundOnSound)
On our EMOM
All forms of electronic music welcome including dance, drone, ambient, noise, synthpop, techno, glitch, electrojazz, experimental, hip hop, loopers, trance, etc.
Get out of the home studio and into the light of a listening and appreciative audience.
Laptops, synths, drum machines, loop stations, groove boxes, sequencers, samplers, modular synts, keyboards, analogue and digital devices of all kinds welcome.
Meet other electronic music makers and share ideas!
Open mic slots are on a first come first served basis on the night.
Slots are maximum of 15 minutes
Please listen our second EMOM on Youtube. It was streamed by Pierrot the Acid Clown.
Click to this HERE to start the video
