[spectre] V2_ presents Jochem Paap's (Speedy J) DVD Umfeld

[Remco Beeskow]

*ANNOUNCEMENT & INVITATION*

*V2_ presents Jochem Paap's (Speedy J) 5.1. Dolby Surround Sound System 
DVD: UMFELD
tijdens R.E.M.F. (Rotterdam Electronic Music Festival)
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The DVD entitled Umfeld, to be released in February 2007, is a 
collaboration between Dutch musician Jochem Paap (Speedy J) and American 
artist Scott Pagano. V2_ is honored to present his forthcoming 5.1. 
Dolby Surround Sound System DVD and will host it on its website. During 
the REMF-weekend Jochem Paap and filmmaker Scott Pagano will introduce 
the DVD at V2_. The documentary: making of /Umfeld/ will be shown. The 
evening will be completed with live music shows of Nanko, Funckarma and 
Wolfram Der Spyra.

Umfeld is an audiovisual production with audio specially designed for 
5.1 surround audio playback. It will appear as two formats.The DVD 
release offers various extras, including a documentary about the project 
and a special generative randomized piece - designed specifically to 
push the boundaries of the DVD format. Also available will be a , 
totally free, online version hosted by V2_. This version will not 
feature navigation or extra features. It will be a DVD disc image that 
can be downloaded on the V2_ website (www.v2.nl <http://www.v2.nl/>) , 
burned to a recordable DVD, and played on any set-top DVD player. 
Important note: it is necessary to have a 5.1 audio system in order to 
experience Umfeld. The audio will be offered in both DTS and Dolby 5.1 
surround formats.
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About Paap and Pagano, the men behind Umfeld. *

Rotterdam-based producer and musician Jochem Paap is the man behind some 
of the most remarkable electronic music of the last 15 years. Paap, 
working under the name Speedy J, was there during the earliest days of 
Techno. He has released albums of fluid, functional and oftentimes 
breathtaking electronic music. Paap has found his very own sound, 
situated between the harsh industrial heritage of his current label 
novamute/Mute and the synthetic audio-modernism that has always been an 
important part of his work.

Nowadays, the multi-layered, meticulously precise music of Paap is in a 
league of it’s own. Over the last decade Speedy J has been peforming on 
all major music festivals and multimedia events. Among others, Paap has 
been working with Mike Paradinas, Chris Liebing, George Issakidis and 
Telco Systems.

Scott Pagano is one of the world’s cutting edge digital artists taking 
the “music video” into new, unimagined territories. His video works have 
been described as “experimental graphic narrative short films, 
revolutionary in their spatial, textural and color exploration.” As 
filmmaker, motion designer, and spatial reconstructionist, he creates 
moving image content utilizing shards of architecture, dysfunction, and 
futurism. With influences ranging from cinema to minimal painting, his 
work offers a re-envisioned perspective to the graphic stratas that 
saturate our visual perception. His meticulously constructed abstract 
artworks push the boundaries of audio-visual composition and process 
exploration using a dynamic mix of cinematographic and synthetic 
imagery. His music video and motion art work has been screened in venues 
ranging from international film festivals to MTV. He has worked with a 
wide range of notable musicians including BT, Christopher Willits, 
Funkstorung, Joan Jeanrenaud, Kid606, the Kronos Quartet, Twerk, Richard 
Devine, and Speedy J.

*Program:*
*
Friday 10 November 2006*
Starts: 20:00h

20.15–20.30 Introduction by Jochem Paap

20.30–20.45 Documentairy: /making of Umfeld/
20:45–21.45 Screening of the DVD
21.45–22.00 Short break
22:00–23.00 Live performance: Nanko

Entree: € 5.00 (REMF day tickets and passes: free entrance)

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*
Saturday 11 November 2006*
Starts: 15:00h

15.15–15.30 Introduction by Scott Pagano
15.30–15.45 Documentairy: /making of Umfeld/
15:45–16.45 Screening of the DVD
16.45–17.00 Short break
17:00–18.00 Live performance: Wolfram Der Spyra (Fax Records, Berlin)

Entree: € 5.00 (REMF day tickets and passes: free entrance)

Starts 20:00h

20.15–20.30 Introduction by Scott Pagano
20.30–20.45 Documentairy: /making of Umfeld/
20:45–21.45 Screening of the DVD
21.45–22.00 Short break
22:00–24.00 Live performance: Funckarma

Entree: € 5.00 (REMF day tickets and passes: free entrance)

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More info: www.v2.nl and www.remf.nl

www.funckarma.com

www.speedyj.com

http://www.laterax.com/nanko.htm

www.novamute.com

www.nativeinstruments.com

www.stephan-schelle.de/emu/Pages/Konzerte/wolfram_spyra_2005.htm

For more information please contact Remco Beeskow, V2_Communications 
press at v2.nl Phone: +31(0)10-206 72 72. Website: www.v2.nl