The 3rd edition of the NOTCH festival will take place in Beijing/Shanghai/Guangzhou/Hong Kong, Oct. 1 - 4, 2008.

NOTCH08 lineups / dates:
Efterklang (DK) Oct.1 HK//Oct.2 GZ//Oct.3 SH//Oct.4 BJ
Tape (SE) Oct.1 HK//Oct.2 GZ//Oct.3 SH//Oct.4 BJ
Anders Ilar (SE) Oct.2 GZ//Oct. 3 SH//Oct. 4 BJ
BJ Nilsen (SE) Oct. 2 SH//Oct. 3 BJ//Oct. 4 GZ
Hildur Gudnadottir (ISL) Oct.2 SH//Oct.3 BJ//Oct.4 GZ
Kemialliset Ystävät (FI) Oct. 2 SH//Oct.3 BJ//Oct.4 GZ//Oct.5 HK
Nils Petter Molvaer (N) Oct.2 BJ//Oct.3 GZ//Oct.4 SH
Shining (N) Oct.2 BJ//Oct.3 GZ//Oct.4 SH
Diskjokke (N) Oct.2 BJ//Oct.3 GZ//Oct.4 SH
Sulumi (CN) Oct.3 BJ
Dead J (CN) Oct.2 BJ
Li Tieqiao (CN) Oct.3 BJ
The Wedding Beast (CN) Oct.4 BJ
more to come...

NOTCH is devoted to experimental audio-visual live experience. NOTCH is live media in the form of a festival that adventures "the earth ISN'T flat" scenes around the world, colliding them with emerging local scene from China, the hot bed in the 21st century.

Previous performers include Bugge Wesseltoft, Eivind Aarset, Audun Kleive, The Mungolian Jet Set (DJ Strangefruit and Knut Saevik), Ola Kvernberg Trio, Håkon Kornstad, Joakim Haugland, Kim Hiorthøy, Frost, Per Martinsen aka Mental Overdrive, Øyon Groven Myhren, Punkt (Jan Bang, Erik Honore), Todd Terje, The Thing, Susanna & the Magical Orchestra, Supersilent, Tord Knudsen, Kira Kira, Hilmar Jenssen, Johann Johannsson, Kitchen Motors, Magnus Helgason, Steadycam, PST, The Mug Up Phonies, Henrik Rylander, The Skull Defekts, Jean-Louis Huhta aka Disko 3000, Them Shepherds, Bankok Impact, Mi Ni Ma, Islaja, Vladislav Delay, Jesse Auersalo, Morten Riis, Zhang Wei, Yerboli, Dead J, B6, IGO, ME:MO, 718, Wu Na, Nara + Xiaowei, Yang Bing, Gao Hu, Mickey Zhang, Terry Tu, Patrick Yu, Mael + Young Kin, Ben Huang, LIman, Eddie, Huang Weiwei, Po + Long2, Haobuhao, Song Tao, Thom Chin.

Complete photo collection of NOTCH06&07:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/take10/collections/72157602713661822/

Douban group: http://www.douban.com/group/NOTCH/ (read less)

The 3rd edition of the NOTCH festival will take place in Beijing/Shanghai/Guangzhou/Hong Kong, Oct. 1 - 4, 2008.

NOTCH08 lineups / dates:
Efterklang (DK) Oct.1 HK//Oct.2 GZ//Oct.3 SH//Oct.4 BJ
Tape (SE) Oct.1 HK//Oct.2 GZ//Oct.3 SH//Oct.4 BJ
Anders Ilar (SE) Oct.2 GZ//Oct. 3 SH//Oct. 4 BJ
BJ Nilsen (SE) Oct. 2 SH//Oct. 3 BJ//Oct. 4 GZ
Hildur Gudnadottir (ISL) Oct.2 SH//Oct.3 BJ//Oct.4 GZ
Kemialliset Ystävät (FI) Oct. 2 SH//Oct.3 BJ//Oct.4 GZ//Oct.5 HK
Nils Petter Molvaer (N) Oct.2 BJ//Oct.3... (read more)