Erica Synths Announces Kontaktor 2019 Live Electronic Music Festival:

Latvian synthesizer manufacturer Erica Synths has announced that the live electronic music festival Kontaktor will return for its second edition on May 31, 2019.

The festival will take place at a former cotton warehouse in the main building of the Riga Commercial Port. The performance program will include Detroit’s electro pioneers AUX 88, experimental electronics duo Emptyset and the aggressive techno punk T.Raumschmiere, among others.

Here’s what organizers have to say about the festival:

The program will celebrate forward-pushing live electronic music — ranging from left-field techno, seminal electro, to nonconformist industrial, bizarre noise, adventurous dance music and everything in between. The second edition of KONTAKTOR aims to bring together music and artists — including global stars and the boldest local talents that we believe are making unique, performative and at times playful contributions to the current EDM scene, which is undergoing a dramatic shift in the way it is created and perceived. The program includes music that can and should be listened and danced to, but also experienced in a way that creates an adventure of utopian enjoyment of the participant — reminding us of the meaning and excitement of a rave culture.

This year, the festival will feature both legendary artists and music tech industry professionals alike, including people from (or formerly of) Teenage Engineering, Touel Skouarn, Bastl & Korg — each of whom will share their experiences within the educational activities of the program.

Details are avaiable at the event site and as a Facebook event.

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