Weekly Selections: Minimal Effort, MIRA Festival, Semibreve Festival
Our top event picks from around the globe for the next seven days.
Saturday night in Los Angeles Minimal Effort takes over the Belasco Theater for its mega Halloween bash filling six rooms with artists including Anja Schneider, Miss Kittin, Hunter/Game, and a live set by recent Trainwreck artist Rodriguez Jr. (get tickets here).
Barcelona’s visual art’s festival MIRA kicks off with Open Acts – a weekend of free conferences, AV shows and interactive installations at Arts Santa Mònica. This will be continued by a full club program in Fabra i Coats and Razzmatazz Nov 6 and 7 with live and AV performances by Blanck Mass, Andy Stott, Rival Consoles, Nosaj Thing and locals Loppkio + Gnomalab.
Portugal’s ear and mind-bending experimental festival Semibreve takes place this weekend in Braga featuring Dopplereffekt, Powell, Tim Hecker, Takami Nakamoto + Sebastien Benoits, plus installations by collaborators Phill Niblock and Ana Carvalho, Vitor Joaquim, Casa da Música/Digitópia and more.
In the spirit of Halloween we also recommend tonights’ Dig Deeper with DJ Sprinkles in Los Angeles (get tickets here); Friday nights’ Ninja Tune take over of Clock Strikes 13 in London with iconic label acts King Midas Sound, Fennesz, Dean Blunt, and the first UK show of Shackleton‘s Powerplant project; Saturday nights’ Found Horror Series which continues its second night with Maya Jane Cole and friends Damian Lazarus, Mount Kimbie and others, also in London.
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THURSDAY OCTOBER 29
DIG DEEPER w/ DJ Sprinkles
Golden Box – Los Angeles, CA, US
October 29 @ 10:30 pm – October 30 @ 2:00 am
goodie + Ovum present HALLOWINK : Seth Troxler, Josh Wink, Rob Paine, Francisco Collazo
718 – Philadelphia, PA, US
October 29 @ 10:00 pm – October 30 @ 4:00 am
INPUT | Gesaffelstein (DJ Set)/ Gener8ion/ Myd at Output
Output – Brooklyn, NY, US
October 29 @ 10:00 pm – October 30 @ 4:00 am
FRIDAY OCTOBER 30
Ninja Tune Part 1 :: Clock Strikes 13
St John at Hackney – London, United Kingdom
October 30 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Cassy, Catz ‘n Dogz, Adana Twins & Nikola Baytala
Public Works SF – San Francisco, CA, US
October 30 @ 9:30 pm – October 31 @ 4:00 am
BLACKEST EVER BLACK X PAN
Berghain/Panorama Bar – Berlin, Germany
October 30 @ 11:55 pm – October 31 @ 3:00 pm
SATURDAY OCTOBER 31
FOUND HORROR SERIES: MAYA JANE COLES & FRIENDS
Building Six – London , London, United Kingdom
October 31 @ 10:00 pm – November 1 @ 6:00 am
Brunch Électronik Halloween: Radio Slave + Omar-S + Rebolledo + Maurice Aymard
Poble Espanyol (Plaça Major) – Barcelona, BCN, Spain
October 31 @ 4:00 pm – November 1 @ 4:00 am
Secretsundaze Carnival Du Freak Halloween Party w/ The Black Madonna, Kassem Mosse – live, Trus’me, Giles Smith & James Priestley
shapes – london, london, United Kingdom
October 31 @ 11:00 pm – November 1 @ 6:00 am
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 1
WERD. | KIMOU (Amsterdam)
monarch – San Francisco, CA, US
Sundays in The Panther Room | D’Julz/ Corey Baker
The Panther Room – Brooklyn, NY, US
November 1 @ 10:00 pm – November 2 @ 4:00 am
MONDAY NOVEMBER 2
Monday Social feat. Olivier Giacomotto at SOUND
Sound Nightclub – Hollywood, CA, US
November 2 @ 10:00 pm – November 3 @ 3:00 am
KUMA
Sugarfactory – Amsterdam, Netherlands
November 2 @ 11:30 pm – December 3 @ 5:00 am
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 4
SymbionProject Live in Brooklyn/NYC
Cameo Gallery – Brooklyn, NYC, NY, US
November 4 @ 7:00 pm – 11:55 pm
Clinic with Burnski (Constant Sound) & Guests
Couture – Hollywood, CA, US
November 4 @ 10:00 pm – November 5 @ 2:30 am
Richie Hawtin (All Night Long) at Output
OUTPUT – Brooklyn, NY, US