St. Vincent, Edgar Wright, Alice Bag Among Artists Slated For Red Bull Music Academy Festival In Los Angeles, October 6th-29th

Red Bull Music Academy Los Angeles

The RED BULL MUSIC ACADEMY FESTIVAL LOS ANGELES will shine a light on the sounds and scenes that make the city so unique, helping to reinvent established spaces while uncovering new ones from OCTOBER 6th-29th.

The festival will feature the world premieres of a new direction from ST. VINCENT, one of music’s brightest voices; the world’s largest synth orchestra by JAPANESE artist RYOJI IKEDA, with help from 100 powerful car sound systems and their owners; and a new audio-visual show from shapeshifting producer ARCA in collaboration with TARAN ALLEN.

In a nod to CALIFORNIA as a cradle of hip-hop, electro and rap innovators UNCLE JAMM'S ARMY – whose ranks include EGYPTIAN LOVER and ARABIAN PRINCE  – will take the stage following a conversation with crew member and hip-hop statesman ICE-T.

The festival also spotlights the connection between MEXICAN metal bands and L.A.’s LATINX metal bands with the three-stage TODO ES METAL, and presents a special club night together with RAIL UP, the collective regularly filling L.A. dancefloors with sounds from the AFRICAN and LATINX musical diaspora. Also during the festival, L.A. punk feminist icon ALICE BAG will share her hard-earned wisdom in a conversation presented in partnership with the ONE NATIONAL GAY & LESBIAN ARCHIVES at USC and the “Queer Networks in CHICAGO LA” exhibition.

RED BULL MUSIC ACADEMY takes its video series "Diggin’ In the Carts" to the concert hall with legendary JAPANESE video game composers YUZO KOSHIRO and MOTOHIRO KAWASHIMA, performing together for the first time. The festival also pays tribute to the life and spirit of visionary composer ALICE COLTRANE with performances of music made during her ashram years in AGOURA HILLS, CA, and heard on the new compilation, "World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of ALICE COLTRANE TURIYASANGITANANDA" (LUAKA BOP).

The ACADEMY has invited two directors to dive into the role music plays in some of their best-known works: EDGAR WRIGHT, the unpredictable mind behind "Shaun Of The Dead" and "Baby Driver," and FLORIA SIGISMONDI, whose  unique eye can be glimpsed in everything from MARILYN MANSON music videos to the HULU series, "The Handmaid’s Tale." Bollywood’s “disco king” BAPPI LAHIRI will also make a rare public appearance to discuss composing for INDIAN cinema before launching into a performance of some of his mind-boggling hits from the past five decades at CINEFAMILY.

As part of its Studio Science series, RED BULL MUSIC ACADEMY will host legendary mastering engineer BERNIE GRUNDMAN, whose Midas touch helped turn records like MICHAEL JACKSON’s "Thriller" and PRINCE’s "Purple Rain" into gold; and SYLVIA MASSY, the force behind the book "Recording Unhinged," who has worked with TOOL, JOHNNY CASH, TOM PETTY and SLAYER, among others.  

L.A. funk maven DAM-FUNK will record the OCTOBER edition of his monthly RED BULL RADIO show, "Glydezone," live in front of a studio audience, thumbing through his deep crates to present the past, present and future of the funkmosphere.

RED BULL RADIO will feature L.A.-focused programming throughout the month of OCTOBER, including event live streams from the festival, conversations with featured artists on the station’s daily "Peak Time" show, and more.

Tickets for RED BULL MUSIC ACADEMY LOS ANGELES go on sale AUGUST 22nd. See more details on the individual events, sign up for the #RBMALA newsletter and purchase tickets at la.redbullmusicacademy.com.

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