I only just stumbled over this... Only one day left! Too bad that this has not been announced on the linuxaudio.org lists before. ----- Forwarded message ----- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:34:29 +0100 From: Honor Harger <honor(a)va.com.au> To: Recipient List Suppressed: ; Subject: reminder: Music and Science Fiction CD: deadline approaching Hi there, I just wanted to remind you that the deadline for entries to the Music and Science Fiction CD is rapidly approaching. If you would like to submit something, and have not done so already, please email your piece to: science.fiction.music.cd(a)gmail.com as per the below guidelines by 25 November 2009. We really look forward to hearing from you. best wishes, Honor Harger PS. Please don't email your submissions to my personal email address. They should go to science.fiction.music.cd(a)gmail.com Music and Science Fiction: call for submissions A new music compilation CD, produced by Maison d'Ailleurs (museum of Science Fiction in Switzerland), is now accepting submissions. The CD will be produced in 5600 copies, distributed for free with the music magazine Vibrations in March 2010, to accompany a Music and Science Fiction exhibition at the museum. The submission deadline is 25 November 2009. About the exhibition Maison d'Ailleurs is staging an exhibition about Music and Science Fiction from March 6th to August 1st 2010, which will explore the way that Science Fiction has permeated music genres. Not only has Science Fiction been linked to technological innovation in musical instruments since the theremin, but thanks to its metaphorical potential, Science Fiction narratives and images have been widely used by musicians, from Sun Ra to Magma, Kraftwerk to Carl Craig, Louis and Bebe Barron to Hawkwind... About the CD We thought it was high time to reflect on the many contemporary connections between music and Science Fiction, by asking musicians to come up with new projects inspired by the aesthetics, narratives or sounds of the genre. Submissions can relate to the field in many ways, including but not limited to. - works which use Science Fiction related instruments (such as the theremin, moog, mellotron) - works which include sonic interpretation of ideas or sounds from Science Fiction - works which relate to Science Fiction narratives Notes on the producers Maison d'Ailleurs (House of Elsewhere) is a museum dedicated to Science Fiction, Utopia and Extraordinary Journeys. It was founded in 1976 in Yverdon- les-Bains (Switzerland) by French encyclopedist Pierre Versins. It is a non-profit foundation functioning both as a public museum and a specialized research center. -> http://www.ailleurs.ch Vibrations is an independent Swiss music magazine published in French and widely distributed in Switzerland and France: -> http://vibrationsmusic.com/ This record is curated by Honor Harger (r a d i o q u a l i a), Patrick J. Gyger (Maison d'Ailleurs), Horace Perret (O Musique) and Joel Vacheron (Vibrations). Specifications and info * The submission deadline is 25 November, 2009. * All genres accepted. * We ask each band/performer to submit 1 song only for review. Only finalized tracks, please (no demos, unfinished, work in progress, etc.). * Only previously unreleased tracks. * Submissions should ideally be no longer than 8 minutes, and shorter tracks are encouraged. * If your submission is accepted, we'll send you a contract granting us the use of the track for the 5600 CD print run. Once the CD is no longer available (probably around the end of the exhibition, in August 2010), all rights of the tracks revert to you. * The CD will be distributed free with 4600 copies of the Vibrations Magazine in Switzerland. A further 1000 copies of the magazine with the CDs will be produced to be sold in the museum during the show. * Each band/performer appearing on the CD will receive 20 copies of the CD to sell or distribute free. * Each band/performer appearing on the CD will be paid 100 Euros for their track. No other royalties will be paid on the sale of the CD. * If your submission is accepted, you'll be asked to send us an AIF file of the tracks and all the relevant information (title, composer, etc.) before January 10th, 2010. If you fail to do so, we won't be able to include your contribution. Timeline 7th October 2009: call for submission launched 25 November 2009: deadline for submissions 10 December 2009: notification from selection panel sent to accepted musicians 10 January 2010: final deadline to receive mastered tracks and all relevant information, as well as signed contract. 15 January 2010: CD production launched 6th March 2010: opening of the exhibition and release of the CD with the magazine How To Submit Your Entries * We will only accept submission via the internet. The email address to send your submission to is: science.fiction.music.cd(a)gmail.com * Please put the word "Submission" in your email header, along with your last name and the title of your song. * We prefer submissions in the MP3 audio format * If you have MP3 files which are too large to send by email, we suggest starting a free MP3 hosting account at: http://last.fm and email us the link to your file. * No hard copies (CDs, etc.), please. Contact MAISON D'AILLEURS Museum of science fiction, utopia and extraordinary journeys PO Box, CH-1401 Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland ph: +41 24.425.64.38, fax: +41 24.425.65.75 www.ailleurs.ch maison(a)ailleurs.ch -- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . honor harger present location: berlin .de email: honor(a)va.com.au phone: +49 1744500718 -> w e b bio: http://www.radioqualia.net/honor -> w o r k guest curator of transmediale.10: http://www.transmediale.de - > a r t r a d i o q u a l i a: http://www.radioqualia.net -> l i s t e n radio astronomy: http://www.radio-astronomy.net -> r e s e a r c h mphil at z-node, ch: http://www.z-node.net/ ----- End forwarded message -----