Alpha-ville is pleased to announce a partnership with Celeste Prize, an international art prize and network for arts professionals.

The Celeste Live Media Prize awards a first prize of 3,000 €, and 250 € to each of the four other finalists, as well as free copies of Modul8 software. In Celeste’s unique voting formula all prize finalists vote the winning works. To participate, you can upload a video of the live performance you wish to perform – entry fee 90 €.

The prize is already open to submissions directly online, with closing date 30th September 2010. Selected works will be…

Vol.3 of the curated series presents a gallery of music and sound by Minotaur Shock. Exclusive interview coming along on Wednesday in FACT Magazine: http://bit.ly/caxC75

Minotaur Shock a.k.a David Edwards is a Bristol based electronic musician. He's released three albums and a compilation of EPs and done a bunch of remixes for the likes of Super Furry Animals and Holy Fuck, and toured the UK with Yo La Tengo.

This podcast showcases Edwards’ more contemplative side, with shimmering textures and fluent shifts between warm moods and a sense of joyfulness that teeters on the brink of euphoria. We couldn’t think…

Alpha-podcasts vol. 2 presents a virtual gallery of sounds and emotions curated by Manekinekod.Read the exclusive interview by Louise Brailey in FACT magazine: http://www.factmag.com/2010/02/22/inside-the-dream-machine-manekinekod/

The classically trained Greek musician, Eleni Adamopoulou, is the mother of two projects: Manekinekod and Magnitophono. This podcast edition sees her presenting Manekinekod. For this virtual gallery, the talented Eleni selects a diverse range of artists building from the glitchy instrumentals of Flying Lotus to the gauzy analog throb of ATOM tm via her own dreamlike soundscapes.

Listen to the podcast here

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We are pleased to launch a series of electronic music podcasts to promote new international talents. Alpha-podcast > Midori Hirano first one up presents Berlin-based Japanese born Midori Hirano.Midori Hiranohttp://img682.imageshack.us/img682/5700/picture19x.png