Published 05.05.09 —

Press release from 04.24.08

Ultraworld Productions in association with Steez Promo and Mother’s Federal Hill Grille are proud to announce the 10th Annual Starscape Festival. The festival will once again last from 2 p.m. until 6 a.m. the following day and will be taking place on June 7, 2008, at Ft. Armistead Park in Baltimore, Maryland.

This year’s festival will feature five stages including the main stage, The Buzz Tent, The Steez Promo Drum n Bass Tent, and two beach stages; one featuring live music and one featuring DJs. The festival will also feature a live graffiti wall, a full art gallery, fully stocked bars until 2 a.m., vendors from all over the mid-Atlantic region, a variety of interactive performers, and everything is topped off with a beautiful view of the sunrise over the Chesapeake Bay.

-EOTO - Jason Hann and Michael Travis (percussionist and drummer from the band The String Cheese Incident) make up this 100 percent improvised live Breakbeat/ House/ Drum n Bass/ Trip Hop project. Drawing from the ethos of some of the great DJs and computer artists of the world, they use cutting-edge technology to create truly original and melodic dance music in the moment, with the undeniable power of live drums. The music is all created on the spot, recorded, then mixed and remixed LIVE to create an ever evolving musical experience. Since the project is 100 percent improvised, every night promises to be a unique dance experience. Hann and Travis play different roles in this band than in SCI. Jason plays the drum kit, percussion and sampler, while Travis is in charge of the tonal elements, playing bass, guitar, keyboards, as well as hand percussion and live mixing. *

-Pnuma Trio - Try this story on for size: three upstarts in Memphis use their classical and jazz training to hammer out beat-driven compositions encompassing the funkiness of the jam scene and the mind-bending progressions of electronica. The young bucks known as Pnuma Trio instantly find themselves in high demand, playing nearly two hundred dates in 2006 alone. The trio bangs out scene-stealing festival plays at Langerado and Camp Bisco, gets tapped to provide support for such artists as Buckethead, The Disco Biscuits, and Michael Franti and Spearhead, and fills up clubs and small theatres that most bands reach only after years of toil. Just for style points, they finish up the year with a barn-storming, sold-out tour of Japan including a massive set at the world-famous Nagisa Festival. Yet despite their success, Pnuma Trio hasn't stopped developing artistically. The new year brings with it a move for the crew – from the rock and roll birthplace of Memphis to their new digs, in the cool mountain air of Boulder, Colorado – but more importantly, for their music. Incorporating the live-processed wizardry of their earlier work, Pnuma Trio is unveiling a new sound for their upcoming tour dates. The new tracks sound like Pac-Man on a rampage, gobbling up Squarepusher discs, washing them down with the atmospheric stylings of LTJ Bukem, and squeezing in a slice of Detroit House for dessert. Don't miss the show – Pnuma Trio is coming to burn up a dance floor near you.

-Small Town DJs (Sonic Bids Selection) - the duo of Pete Emes and Mike Grimes - based in Calgary, AB, Canada. They both began DJing in the mid-ninties and together started a weekly called Hai Karate at the Night Gallery Cabaret in August, 1999. In 2005 they moved the night to the newly opened Hifi Club - where it continues to run. The sound of Smalltown DJs was born out of the ashes of old style hip-hop block parties, punk rock shows at community halls and the early nineties rave scene. They also started a label called Bigfoot Records - on which the duo has released several mix cds and vinyl 12"s over the past few years - garnering attention and accolades from the far reaches of the globe. In 2003 they opened Giant 45 - a clothing and record shop supplying Calgary's underground music and streetwear scene. They were featured on Canadian national television in April 2006 - on MuchMusic's Going Coastal. Circa Footwear has been sponsoring Smalltown's endeavours since 2000. Three Hai Karate Allstars remix EPs were released in 06/07 to celebrate the night.

Following additions will include the final 2 Sonic Bids selections and the DJ line up for the Lost World VIP area.

Also for immediate release:

We are additionally proud to announce that we have partnered with Consider It Dan, concert travel guru, to provide you guys with a safe, reliable, and cost effective way to attend Starscape.

Consider It Dan has prepared travel packages that include local hotel/shuttle packages, as well as buses from Philadelphia and New York. See Consideritdan.com for more information.

Just to recap here is our line up as of right now:

Live Performances by:

The Disco Biscuits
Slick Rick (performing with an 8 piece live band)
Pnuma Trio
EOTO
Easy Star All-Stars (performing Radiodread and Dub Side of the Moon)
Future Rock
Biodiesel (feat. Johnny Rabb and Clay Parnell of Brothers Past)
DJ Vadim (Ninja Tune) w/Yarah Bravo
Toubab Krewe
Orchard Lounge
See-I (feat. members of Thievery Corporation)
Mental Sharp
Basshound
Earthtone
Pasadena
3 Fifths
Segway

DJ and Live PA Performances by:

BT (Laptop Symphony Set)
Dieselboy w/MC Messinian (Planet of the Drums)
Bassnectar
Uberzone (Live Digital Mix)
Krafty Kuts
Teebee
Charles Feelgood
Photek
Small Town DJs (Sonic Bids Selection)
Dara (Planet of the Drums)
Jen Lasher
Evol Intent
Scott Henry
Low Budget (formerly of Hollertronix)
Grand Master Roc Raida (of the X-ecutioners)
Reid Speed
Joe Nice
Discobnny
Proxxy and Lantern
Cannon Boyz
Leko
DJ Sun
Bassmachine and Wicked Sway w/MC Mecha
Demetrios
Krazyglue and F8
Cereal Killaz
Remix Renegades
Zak Davis
Rich Edward of Deeper by Design
EJ vs Emanon
Edison

Plus MCs Armanni, Sharpness, and Checkwun

www.StarscapeFestival.com
www.myspace.com/Starscape