Megapolis Festival
megapolis audio festival aka megapolis weekendlong event dedicated art sound doityourself diy culture festival serf forum artist documentarians musician fan come together share secret producing presenting challenging audio work online onair stage traveling new city year connect artist around world local artist art organization megapolis remains affordable event people age educate inspire hear world differently megapolis founded justin grotelueschen managing director nick van der kolk love radio administered new team organizer year name megapolis variation megalopolis referring originally northeast megalopolis united state cultural influence urban environment soundscape inaugural megapolis audio festival kicked cambridge massachusetts starting april massasoit elk lodge continuing april pierre menard gallery event boston featured event included performance gregory whitehead radio theatre legend audio documentary listening room third coast international audio festival opening night intense music led lothars theremininfused psych rock boston along typewriter orchestra man manipulating radio wave steering wheel demonstration culinary auditory delight artist across north america country beyond combined local artist perform install work conduct workshop tour general theme megapolis including workshop building instrument contact microphone audiomaking slumber party bicyclepowered track player clandestine audio tour insane asylum presentation crosspollination poetry sound cosponsored festival event included medium archaeology boston carpenter center harvard university live cello score museum construction axiom gallery jamaica plain massachusetts live performance wnyc science program radio lab museum science boston second megapolis occurred baltimore maryland starting may windup space continued may starting hexagon gallery event featured several highprofile artist including felix kubin scifi music radio visionary germany lucky dragon psychedelic electronic artist los angeles david kestenbaum science economics correspondent npr artist around world interpreted festival theme travel audio scavenger hunt iphones lowwattage transmitter collaborative soundmaking performance using contact mics attached parachute knitting needle number attendee could call dealt exercise suggestion designed elicit aural experience booth participant could retell nightmare strain hear tiny sound existentialist theatrical tour led gnome encounter deviant character along path enlightenment audio transmission livemicd venue using fm shortwave radio third megapolis audio festival took place new york city april – event happening around new school artist participated including leif elggren mountain thrill jockey record flutronix kitchen sister npr artist loosely interpreted festival theme tourism event “noise” karaoke participant sing hit song dj mangle vocal live processing foley effect workshop recording food item sampled mixed live dance music tent helmet used bone conduction “hear” sound experimental oneman theatre backed suffocating noise music harrowing spoken word global experiment musical improvisation using telecommunication network fourth megapolis first held outside northeast megalopolis instead popping within northern california megaregion event kicked lab san francisco ca july continuing th various venue oakland landing omni common th artist featured weekend roman mar executive producer highly acclaimed podcast invisible matmos experimental electronic music duo collaborated album icelandic musician björk al letson peabodyawardwinning radio host poet playwright actor doseone poet rapper singer painter producer member clouddead anticon fantastic negrito winner nprs tiny desk concert contest kevin blechdom blectum blechdom bay area experimental electronic musician selfdubbed avenging angel pop music song exploder podcast artist deconstruct song inside gamelan x ensemble remixes ritual balinese procession decidedly west coast twist theme megapolis festival frontier featured event including immersive installation soundemitting light bulb react presence interactive presentation scientific innovation music storytelling conscious thought control well infrasound imperceptible human ear exercise rapid prototyping using basic design thinking introduce idea iterative problem solving artist hacking soldering workshop create moldovers lighttheremin cd case lowwattage radio transmitter homemade synthesizer manipulated game controller yoga together drone music megapolis festival website megapolis festival archived original june