Originally written by Cate Blanche · 12 May 2011
One of our favourite labels, Mute, celebrate their legacy this weekend at the Roundhouse with a series of live events as part of the Short Circuit festival.
They've created some lovely shiny new merchandise exclusively for the event and, as luck would have it, have given us a whole bundle for one of you lucky people to win.
To be in with the chance of getting your hands on the whole amazing bundle (pictured above, including exclusive tshirts, bags and enamel badges) simply share your favourite song released by Mute records by posting below, on facebook or via twitter using the hashtag #mutesc (and including @drownedinsound).
As for the event itself, well, you'll be able to buy all of the exclusive Mute goodies while you are there and catch some of Mute's newest signings performing - Beth Jeans Houghton, Big Deal, S.C.U.M and Josh T. Pearson - as well as witnessing some very special collaborations and catching up with some established Mute artists, such as Liars, Moby, Komputer, Erasure and Cabaret Voltaire (Richard H Kirk).
The full line-up looks like this:
FRIDAY 13 MAY
RICHIE HAWTIN (MINUS, BERLIN) WITH VISUALS BY ALI DEMIREL MOBY (DJ SET) RECOIL NITZER EBB RICHARD H. KIRK CARTER TUTTI with NIK VOID (COLLABORATION) NON THE BALANESCU QUARTET POLE T.RAUMSCHMIERE THOMAS FEHLMANN THOMAS BRINKMANN KOMPUTER DANIEL MILLER (DJ SET) RICHARD WARREN (DJ SET) GUDRUN GUT (DJ SET) BARBARA PREISINGER (DJ SET)
SATURDAY 14 MAY
ERASURE AND SPECIAL GUESTS MARTIN L. GORE (DJ SET) ANDY ‘FLETCH’ FLETCHER (DJ SET) THE RESIDENTS LAIBACH LIARS JOSH T. PEARSON PLAYS MUTE SONGS ALISON MOYET (SPECIAL GUEST) MAPS + POLLY SCATTERGOOD (COLLABORATION) S.C.U.M BIG DEAL BETH JEANS HOUGHTON POPPY & THE JEZEBELS SIMON FISHER TURNER + MIRA CALIX (COLLABORATION) JAMES BROOKS PETER GREGSON DANNY BRIOTTET (RENEGADE SOUNDWAVE) - DJ SET IRMIN SCHMIDT AND KUMO play The Sound Of Can – CAN ARCHIVES SPECIAL (DJ SET)
Plus...
WORKSHOPS: DIRTY ELECTRONICS – a workshop to design, build and perform with the Mute synth which has been specially created for the event and FLOOD DEMONSTRATES THE ART AND CRAFT OF RECORDING.
FILMS: ON/OFF: MARK STEWART Pop Group to Maffia. 2009, Directed by Tøni Schifer and AN EXCLUSIVE NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS FILM BY IAIN FORSYTH AND JANE POLLARD
TALKS: GARETH JONES 'Fast Forward, Pause, Rewind' and STEFAN BETKE (AKA POLE) 'AN INTRODUCTION INTO THE SCIENCE OF MASTERING'
INSTALLATIONS by: SCHNEIDERS BEURO, FLIES, GUYS AND CHOIRS and FELIX’S MACHINES.
Sampler
Short Circuit presents Mute sampler by Mute UK
Short Circuit takes place this weekend at London's Roundhouse. For more information and tickets visit http://muteshortcircuit.wordpress.com/ and http://www.roundhouse.org.uk/short-circuit