Brian Eno is curating this year’s Vivid Sydney Fest, being held May 28 to June 14 in Sydney, Australia.

Here are the details:

Sydney Opera House presents Luminous – an annual festival of music, debate, light and performance. Curated by Brian Eno, this inaugural year features a plethora of music acts alongside public talks and spectacular light and art installations from May 28 to June 14.

In a brilliant display of colour, Eno will launch Luminous with the lighting of the sails, transforming Utzon’s masterpiece into an artists’ canvas. The festival will also feature Eno’s image/sound installation, 77 Million Paintings. Acclaimed at the Venice Biennale, this constantly evolving, totally original audio/visual experience will run throughout Luminous as a free event in the Studio.

Music highlights include New York supergroup Battles, UK synth-popsters Ladytron, Irish singer/songwriter Damien Dempsey, Fourth World trumpeter Jon Hassell, Reggie Watts,  Laraaji, the voice of Underworld Karl Hyde, and Jon Hopkins.

Ladytron’s Synthesis Workshop, on the Korg MS20.

The electronic foursome discuss their beginnings and Mira offers a brief tutorial on how to work an analog synthesizer.

Tracks in the video:
“They Gave You A Heart,They Gave You A Name,” “Tomorrow,” “Deep Blue” – Ladytron;
“Motionless” – Analog Girl

bluepreview via Califaudio

Ladytron is back with a new video, for Runaway off of their new release Velocifero.

Nice video and I always like the synth porn, but the song does nothing for me. Am I missing something?

The CD features twelve heavily worked-over tracks, including tunes from Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, synth pop stars Ladytron, indie troubadour Ray La Montagne and Telefon Tel Aviv. Limited edition copies will include a second CD of Sasha remix exclusives.

Tracks:

01. Intro – Sasha
02. Telefon Tel Aviv – You Are the Worst Thing in the World
03. Rone – Flesh
04. Sasha – Untitled (with Ray LaMontagne vocal sample)
05. Sasha – Lowlife (with Adam Parker Vocal sample)
06. Sasha – Midnight (with Adam Parker vocal sample)
07. Apparat – Arcadia
08. Home Video – That You Might
09. Ladytron – Destroy Everything You Touch
10. M83 – Couleurs
11. Thom Yorke – The Eraser
12. Sasha – 3 Little Pigs
13. Engineers – Sometime I Realise

Sasha releases Involver2 on Global Underground on September 8th 2008.

The tour will have an international vibe. The tour will feature:

• he Brazilian roots rhythms of Seu Jorge;
• Federico Aubele’s Argentinean soul;
• Venezuelan funk of Los Amigos Invisibles;
• the Brazilian bossa nova of Bebel Gilberto;
• Gnarls Barkley
• TV on the Radio
• Ladytron.

Here are the dates:

• 6/20 – Greek Theater, San Francisco, CA
• 6/21 – Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, NV
• 6/22 – Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA
• 6/24 – Stubb’s BBQ, Austin, TX
• 6/26 – SummerStage, New York, NY
• 6/28 – Merriweather Pavilion, Washington, DC

This looks like an awesome lineup.