Come out tomorrow afternoon and evening, Friday, May 1 at CCD300 for a last minute event tomorrow in Cao Chang Di for the Qianti 2009 Performance Art Festival. Matt and I are setting up the upgraded Laoban Soundsystem 1.0 and will use the new Xiaoban Baby Speaker Samples we have in the stack for the event to start at 2 PM on May Day (May 1) and will last for a few hours. If you are hardcore, come out from the start. My guess is the best time to come after the performance art is at 5:30 PM and we will keep the bass and dubstep going for as long as people are on the scene. There is cheap drinks and food all around the space, so all is well on that front.

UPDATE: Ok, confirmed details. There are performances and a couple of bands from 2 – 6. Then after 6 PM, the big party starts and goes until late. There is free bbq and beers the entire day from 2 until whenever…so this is really about who comes out now, and who is mixing.

We will be mixing some drum n bass, dubstep, dirty south beats, and getting some friends to mix as well, all around the theme of planning for summer events like Laoban Tour, CaoChangDi.org, and other projects in anticipation of Laoban Soundsystem 2.0 arriving soon.

DJS: If you are a DJ, please come out and mix some cutting edge music. Its all about the battle of best music on an open soundsystem.

Stay posted to this blog and rejon on twitter for more details about the event. Here are the details on the Qianti 2009 Performance Art Festival:

Qianti 2009 Performance Art Festival

策展人：王军
Curator: Wang Jun

学术支持：袁霆轩
Academic Support: Yuan Tingxuan

视觉统筹：赵乐娟
Visual Organizer/ Curator: Zhao Lejuan

特邀嘉宾：艾未未，何云昌， 王庆松， 余心樵
Special Guests: Ai Weiwei, He Yunchang, Wang Qingsong, Yu Xinqiao

开幕酒会：2009年5月1日下午2点
Opening Party: 2pm, 1May, 2009

活动时间：2009年5月1－3日
Exhibition Time: 1-3 May, 2009

地点: 北京草场地CCD300艺术空间
Venue: CCD 300 Space, Caochangdi, Beijing

接待电话： 138 1084 6594
Reception Number: 138-1084-6594

协办单位：CCD300当代艺术空间， 易品名堂高端室内设计机构， 左映像图片工作室， 第八天云南餐厅， 韩摄影工作室
Supporting Group: CCD300

特邀媒体：99艺术网

There is loads of artwork and performances at CCD300, a studio in the corner opposite Ai Wei Wei’s big studio. You’ll hear the music since the event is outdoors. If it rains, there is an indoor space, so come anyway! Come on out, lets have some drinks to celebrate May Day, talk about the summer, and figure out ways to plug into the entire Laoban Project. We still need sponsors and are planning for a full summer of events.

Here is a map to the space on Google Maps in China. If you get lost or something, or want to know what is happening, you can text or call me (Jon Phillips) at: 132-6817-8381

Thanks to Venus Lau for translating this quickly

UPDATE: Check out the facebook event.

Laoban Summer Planning LOGO as SVG vector file all outlines

laoban-2.0-infodoc

Help spread the love of the Laoban Sound System 2.0 being produced right now in Guangzhou, China, all CNC cut, and custom for events this next year starting in May in China.

We are still seeking sponsorships for the system. Get yours in now to be a part of something creative and involving China. Its a quick into this market!

We are seeking sponsorships for the Laoban Soundsystem 2.0 being built in Guangzhou, China right now. It is to be used all summer in China for events. It is a custom engineered Chinese sound system, a research project, and a vehicle to connect sponsors with a large web-based and live audience connected to music, art, media, china, and web culture. Every time the system is used will be a media event, generating massive traffic and attention to the project and sponsors.

We are seeking sponsors in Da (large, $1000), Zhong (medium, $500), and Xiao (small, $250) increments to our goal of $8,000 to build this complete sound system in time for summer.

Da Sponsor (large, $1000)

• Logo/Image + web link to website
• Will receive pair Xiaoban Small DJ/Desktop Speakers from first production run of limited edition 88 speakers
• Announced in all press as a sponsor
• Invited to Special Events

Zhong Sponsor (medium, $500)

• Logo/Image + web link to website
• Announced in all press as a sponsor
• Invited to Special Events

Xiao Sponsor (small, $250)

• Logo/Image + web link to website on sponsors page
• Announced in group announcement

To start off this sponsorship push, Kude Labs and Fabricatorz have both sponsored the initial monies to begin fabrication on the Laoban Sound System. More than just sponsoring the development of the soundsystem, by contributing to the project, you will increase your connection to China media, art, culture and youth, as well as page views to the world’s largest population of Internet users.

Contact us to be a sponsor and lets get this built!

About Laoban Soundsystems

Laoban Soundsystem is an open sound system. The plans for all speakers are available on-line under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license. The events the soundsystem participates in are media events that generate further viral media. Anyone who attends the events, creates the speakers through the plans, or produces content for them is encouraged to tag media they make with laoban.

The Laoban Soundsystem events are a new type of media event where all are welcome to join, bring media, laptops, video players, cameras, and other recording devices. The goal is to mix media, explore what artists, DJs, musicians, designers, and architects are working on RIGHT NOW — successes, failures, and rough edges are welcome at Laoban events! The ultimate plan is for consumers to be producers by both mixing media, and by tagging any recordings they have with “laoban” when posting onto twitter.com, flickr.com, or other places.