Announcement European Modular Event 2007

blue hell · Last edited by blue hell on Fri Nov 23, 2007 4:16 pm; edited 2 times in total

This is the official announcement for the European Modular Event 2007, the successor to the Nord Modular Events from the past. The Event also encompasses the European part of the electro-music 2007 event.

The Event will be held in a beautiful chateau in the Belgium Ardennes, from July 30 to August 6. For a full week the chateau will be transformed into a sonic heaven for electronic musicians; meaning a place where you can jam and improvise from dawn to dusk and dusk to dawn with like-minded musicians.

The main theme of the Event is sharing our music: sharing musical ideas, techniques and knowledge to inspire each other. It is the perfect place and time to meet the fellow musicians you communicate with on e.g. electro-music.com and other forums and email lists. It is possible to present your work, do a performance or build an installation by yourself or together with others, present or attend a short workshop on some subject, etc. Details and program will be worked out in the next months. The organizers would like to keep the program open for a lot of ad hoc jamming and improvisation.

The chateau has lots of single bedrooms and a few double bedrooms, so all attendees will stay in the chateau where the Event will be held. Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be prepared in the chateau and served in the big dining room. The chateau is located at a small pond, fed by a mountain spring, on a beautiful estate at a quiet, rural part of the Ardennes. The whole estate is available for only us to take a walk, lie in the sun, swim in the pond, etc. So, you can take a break from the Event and do something else whenever you feel like. The surrounding area is nice to do some biking or go visit the small medieval towns in the Ardennes. So, it’s no problem if you bring your partner and/or children.

You can find some pictures of the location here:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~rhordijk/FrandeuxPics/

The cost for renting the chateau and preparing the food is shared equally between the attendees. The fee to attend is Euro 400 a person, which includes lodging for seven nights plus all the food and non-alcoholic drinks like coffee and tea. There are 35 beds in the chateau, meaning that 35 people can attend. Next to the chateau is a small guesthouse (independent from the chateau) where you could stay a little longer before or after the Event, e.g. if you travel from far. There will be many international guests, and to properly organize the logistics a fast reaction would help us tremendously. A reservation is made final by paying the attendee fee of Euro 400. The organization hopes that you can understand that because of the available amount of beds (and some of us have fronted up the rent money) we have to use a ‘first paid, first served’ system to finalise the reservations.

Of course you are invited to bring your favourite instruments and/or laptop. The organization will provide for some basic PA and a WiFi server with a fast Internet connection.

We will gather at the chateau on Monday July 30 and we have to leave in the morning of Monday August 6. There will be a little van to pick up people and their luggage from the local train station or the Bruxelles international airport (a one hour drive).

If you would like to attend please ask Wout Blommers at blommoo@wanadoo.nl or Rob Hordijk at rhordijk@xs4all.nl for further details on payment etc.

See ya,

Jan Punter
Kassen
Rob Hordijk
Wout Blommers

seraph

blue hell

Mohoyoho · Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:38 pm Post subject:

That looks great. I sure wish I could be there, but alas. . . Looking forward to reading what and who went on there.

modulator_esp · Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 3:07 am Post subject:

I'm very tempted

cebec · Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 7:54 am Post subject:

I will project myself astrally if I can't make it corporeally!

mono-poly · Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 6:19 pm Post subject:

I think i'll come over and bring some of my modular stuff to patch and jam all week with the freaks.
Maybe i'll bring my bike to.

blue hell · Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 6:38 pm Post subject:

mono-poly · Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 6:53 pm Post subject:

I'll contact Wout right now!

blue hell · Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 7:47 pm Post subject:

Oh oh

RemixRick · Joined: Jan 03, 2007 Posts: 32 Location: USA

Sounds great. I'd love to attend. 400 for room and board is a bargain.

Can we bring a friend or are all beds needed for musos? Are the beds big enough to share with a SO?

Peace ... RemixRick

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PPS which brings me to why I joined this board. I'm trying to learn how to play this wonderful synth. I'm sure I'll be saying that for at least the next year. This synth is DEEEP. It may become my main axe for the next 10 years. Way to go Clavia!

Wout Blommers · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:22 am Post subject:

mono-poly · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 12:21 pm Post subject:

Ok i did shoot another mail.

Wout Blommers · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 1:32 pm Post subject:

Wout Blommers · Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 7:55 am Post subject:

seraph · Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:23 am Post subject:

blue hell · Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:32 am Post subject:

Alexander · Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 8:27 am Post subject:

It sounds so good! Thanks for emailing it as well!!!

I hope I can save some money up, wouldn't want to miss it.

mono-poly · Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 12:42 pm Post subject:

Ok email send to Rob.

Rob · Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 5:00 pm Post subject:

kkissinger · Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 5:35 pm Post subject:

Hi,

Just want you to know that I would REALLY ENJOY attending something like this. Unfortunately, my travel plans aren't taking me to your part of the world this summer Sad

Anyway... keep publishing the invitations... one of these days, I'll be able to!

-- Kevin

Stanley Pain · Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 1:22 am Post subject:

i would love to come too. keep publishing the invites, i hope this one is a great success. unfortunately have just made a life changing decision which casts uncertainty on my summer schedule Very Happy

mono-poly · Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 5:31 am Post subject:

Ok i am gonna pay when i get my monney from my boss.
That would be in a about 2 weeks.

doppelganger · Joined: Jan 16, 2007 Posts: 4 Location: amsterdam

Thanks to Rob I will be joining you in Belgium in August.
Looking forward to meeting you all.
Best regards,

Andreas "Doppelganger" van den Akker

seraph