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Building a better future for dance music

Music Lab

Building a better future for dance music

When

1 - 9 August 2020

Where

Vilvoorde, Belgium

Challenge

How do we push our music culture forward?

Coaches

DeForrest Brown Jr., Mat Schulz, Carin Abdulá, Gabriel Szatan, Nadine Artois, DTM Funk, Shawn Reynaldo, Lisa Blanning, Will Lynch, Avril Ceballos, Pim Thomas, Alex Sourbis, Jonas Lion and others.

Partner

KU Leuven

Pricing

The lab costs € 350 per participant.

The Music Lab aims to inspire and challenge the next generation of music activists through a week of talks, workshops and panels from the industry's best. Leading professionals at the forefront of the electronic music landscape dissect essential ideas, forward-thinking visions & pressing concerns. With the Music Lab Horst wants to connect what is locally at stake, and connect this to global concerns that are close to our hearts.

Ambitions of the Music Lab

You get to engage with some of the industry's leading voices who share their ideas and visions. Additionally you get the opportunity to connect with likeminded people and further develop yourself and your role in music. Due to the impact of Covid-19 some panels or talks will take place in digital form.

Coaches

DeForrest Brown Jr.

US

New York-based rhythmanalyst, media theorist, curator and a representative of the Make Techno Black Again campaign.

Mat Schulz

PL

Artistic director and co-founder of Unsound, and one of the directors of Unsound Productions.

Carin Abdulá

UK

Head Agent at Outer Agency.

Gabriel Szatan

UK

Freelance writer, editor, and event programmer living in London. Former senior Curator at Boiler Room.

Nadine Artois

UK

DJ and co-founder of Pxssy Palace – the club night and collective that prioritizes womxn and queer/intersex/trans people of colour.

Shawn Reynaldo

US

Freelance writer, editor, presenter and project manager.

Lisa Blanning

US

American writer and editor on music, art and culture. A former editor at The Wire Magazine in London and Electronic Beats in Berlin.

Will Lynch

US

American music journalist based in Berlin. He's currently editor of Resident Advisor.

Avril Ceballos

ES

Founder of international booking agency Futura, and label manager for Cómeme.

Pim Thomas

BE

Founder of Crevette Records, a record label and store based in Brussels. DJ's under his alias Alfred Anders.

DTM Funk

BE

Fanatic crate digger, curator and selector from Antwerp.

Alex Sourbis

BE

Booking agent at Brussels-based Culte Agency.

Jonas Lion

BE

Red Bull Elektropedia's editor-in-chief.

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Apply before July 12 2020, 23:59.
Selected applications will be informed on July 14.

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