Reich DRUMMING Remix Competition

Cork Opera House is inviting submissions from budding electronic artists for the experimental Reich DRUMMING Remix Competition which is presented in association with Cantaloupe Music, So Percussion and Lawson White Productions.

The New York Times calls Steve Reich "our greatest living composer” and “among the great composers of the century", while The New Yorker hails him as “the most original musical thinker of our time”.

If you are a musician, DJ, music producer, remixer or Reich aficionado and want to create your own original Reich Effect, then this is for you. The finalists will be judged and selected by none other than Steve Reich, having been shortlisted by a panel of high profile judges including Jim Carroll, Gavin Friday, Stevie G, Nialler9 and Dónal Dineen.

“In my generation we tore the wall down, if Brian Eno or David Bowie come to me, and if popular musicians remix my music like The Orb or DJ Spooky it is a good thing”. Steve Reich

In 1991, The Orb's "Fluffy Little Clouds" gave a major pop nod to Steve Reich, whose composition "Electric Counterpoint" served as the foundation for the band's breakthrough hit. Reich's entire output -- from early tape collages and pioneering work to his later, larger and more intricate works, including collaborations with visual artists -- has served as both template and inspiration for a growing legion of electronic musicians and DJs. The ideas that Steve Reich has been mining for the past three decades have inspired not only the sensibilities of today's youth culture, but also the technological developments that have shaped them.
"From the phase-shifting tape loop pieces of the early to mid-60s, to the later, more 'composed' works with their gradually developing cellular rhythmic and melodic structures, an approach which reached its apogee in the late 70s, Reich's music can be heard echoing across the Electronica spectrum, from the most hardcore German Techno to Aphex Twin, D*Note, Alec Empire, Tortoise, Panasonic...” —The Wire

SUBMISSION DETAILS: ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 5PM FRIDAY 8th JULY

TO APPLY PLEASE DOWNLOAD APPLICATION PACK HERE
Cork Opera House would like to thank, most sincerely, Lawson White, Cantaloupe and So Percussion for their invaluable assistance with this competition!

TECHNICAL INFORMATION 
All stem files are 16 bit / 44.1 kHz Stereo Interleaved WAV files.
 All files start at "zero." 
The files must be accessed by using an FTP client.
 If you don't already have FTP client software, Cyberduck is free, and works great: http://cyberduck.ch/. Login information is as follows:  
server: ftp.lawsonwhiteproductions.com 
username: cork@lawsonwhiteproductions.com 
password: thereicheffect 
Please make sure to enter all info, including the @lawsonwhiteproductions.com in the username. 
For technical queries, contact: Lawson White E: lawson@lawsonwhiteproductions.com