A cross section of speakers launch a wide-ranging project on the sustainability of future arts and technologies. Introducing a masterplan to take eco-clubbing to the world, including an electricity-generating dancefloor; plans to provide mobile phones with new "super-senses" so that you and I can join together to monitor environmental change; and investigate the question "how green is the internet".

Environment 2.0 is a new international initiative seeking to explore the sustainability of future arts and technologies. It is a part of a 3 year project by Futuresonic seeking to minimise the environmental impact of the Futuresonic festival and also to explore broader issues connecting Futuresonic's interest in mobile and social technologies with the new urgency surrounding climate change.

In Environment 2.0 two worlds collide. When the environment is mapped, tagged and digitised it becomes navigable, computable and manipulable. How can this approach to environment, one which is iconic for our times, be reconciled with the need to address climate change?

Legowelt began producing music in the early 90ies when the adolescent schoolboy came in sporadic contact with the sounds of Detroit's Underground Resistance, Model 500, Blake Baxter and Chicago heroes such as Farley Jackmaster Funk, Armando Gallop and mr.Fingers. Musical mentors such as IF and Melvin White (aka pametex) lectured him with even more unknown sounds such as early electro and the obscure pre-1983 Italian disco which production secrets were closely studied. In 1998 Bunker released the first vinyl of Legowelt : Pimpshifter, a 6 track mingled Italo Chicago combi which became an instant cult hit with tracks such as 'Sturmvogel' and 'Total Pussy Control'

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Gideon Kiers, David Kiers and Lucas van der Velden are the founding members of Telcosystems. Lucas van der Velden (1976, Eindhoven) lives and works in Rotterdam. Gideon Kiers (1975, Amsterdam) lives and works in Rotterdam and Reykjavik. Both studied at the Interfaculty Image and Sound, a department at the Royal Conservatory and the Royal Academy in The Hague. David Kiers (1977, Amsterdam) studied Sonology at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. He works and lives in The Netherlands, Germany and Iceland.

Telcosystems researches the relation between the behavior of programmed numerical logic and the perception of a conversion of this behavior into the physical world, seeking for its own narrative in the world of abstract spatial image and sound. The hallmark of their work is its lucid and restrained aestheticism, which is closely related to the technology they use.

They produce films, video clips, live performances, installations, software, soundtracks, and prints. Their work has been shown at film- and new media festivals such as Ars Electronica (Linz), IFFR (Rotterdam), .MOV festival (Tokyo), EMAF (Osnabrück), Sonar (Barcelona), Shortfilm Festival Oberhausen, Airwaves (Reykjavík), Short Film Festival Hamburg, Ctrl-Alt-Del (Maastricht), Abstraction Now (Vienna), De Appel (Amsterdam), The New York Digital Salon, Mu (Eindhoven), Boijmans van Beuningen (Rotterdam) and Künstlerhaus (Vienna).

www.telcosystems.net

Wolfgang Flur - Born in 1947 in the German town Frankfurt am Main, is one of world's cornerstones in todays electronic music and pop music. Influenced by music at an early age, and with the age of 16 he quickly started his own "schoolgroup" which was called: The Beathovens. With 18 he refuses to join the army and studied for Interior Architect in Dusseldorf. In 1973 he was asked to join a newly formed electronic music group called "Kraftwerk", which he is a founding member of. In that same year he builds
worlds first "Metal Sticks" playable "Electro-schlagzeug" supporting the group for several years in a row..

After joining Kraftwerk as a drummer composing on his custom-built drum controllers Electro-schlagzeug containing 6 metal pads and were played by metal drum sticks with wires attached to them, (which was an ingenious invention at that time), when electronic music and pop music were on the verge of "breaking through" in the analog era of that time. He took part in album classics like: "Autobahn", "Radio Activity", "Trans Europe Express", "Man Machine", "Computer World", "Tour De France" and ''Electric Cafe" which as of today, still are of major influence, not even mentioning their impact. Machine Music to the fullest...

In 1986 Wolfgang Flur leaves Kraftwerk, and after leaving music for seven years and doing his "Little Child" benefit project, for the orphans of the Bosnian war in 1992, he got "addicted" to the music again,
founding Yamo Music in 1996. In 1997, 11 years after leaving Kraftwerk, he releases his album: Yamo - TIME PIE - collaborating with "Mouse On Mars" member Andy Toma

At futuresonic 2007 Wolfgang gave an in depth interview together with Graham Massy from 808 state before performing a DJ set at the UFO club event

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Flür

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One of the most innovative, genre-defying and outrageous leftfield hip hop acts of the last decade, TTC leave the cliches about 'cool' independent hip hop lying in the dust. Hell-bent on injecting the fun back into rap, their raucous live performances are the stuff of legend. Made up of Para One, Tekilatex, Cuizinier, Orgasmic and Tacteel; a producer / MC team whose sound is unlike any other, with production handled by the group's members & guests such as Modeselektor. Their new release, '3615 TTC' has been critically acclaimed throughout the press and the group have been featured as one of The Guardian's 'Tips for 2007'. Here for their live performance at Futuresonic we present a short DJ mix from DJ Orgasmic and a excerpt of their live show.

www.3615ttc.com