British Wildlife Festival: Test Space

Test Space
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Test Space is a creative agency; working as event producers, promoters, artists and curators and have been invited for a one day stint at British Wildlife Festival.

Test Space develops innovative opportunities and outlets for creative talent to showcase work; brokering professional opportunities with businesses, venues, studios and other artists. Their work includes rapid exhibitions, pop up kitchens, cross-city showdowns, design weekenders, live art events, concept stores and showcase gigs; working with venues ranging from grade one listed buildings to guerilla pop up shops to independent record stores, and music festivals!We are very pleased to announce that Test Space will be appearing at British Wildlife Festival with the Test Space: Store. Opening Saturday Afternoon the Test Space: Store is a unique temporary art space selling work by some of the Norths most original and exciting artists, designers and makers.

The Test Space: Store will be selling a whole range of one off and limited edition prints, cards, t-shirts, books, ‘zines, canvases and more.

Artists include:
Matt Ferres
Godisdad
Drew Millward
dots
Spin Cycle Complete
Mild Peril
Stephen Langdon
memo
Kitschen Sink
Sophie in Disguise
The Beating Arts
Art School Wank
Ollie Redding
Debi Holbrook
Sean Mort
Jay Cover
and many more.

British Wildlife Festival: Norman Records DJs

Norman Records DJs
(Leeds Online Independent Record Store)
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The Lads from Norman Records will be playing some of their favourites on the Saturday of the Festival. Norman Records is one of the best online Records shops and it will be great to have them playing some very interesting stuff from their fountain of knowledge, I assure you that you might not leave without purchasing one of their records!

British Wildlife Festival: Juffage

Special Guest #1 Announced:
Juffage (Chicago / Leeds)
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Juffage is Jeff T. Smith, a solo sound artist and multi-instrumentalist from Leeds, via Chicago, Illinois. He is often seen in bars, art galleries, and basements with a band’s worth of instruments.

A recording enthusiast at heart, he has spent time in some of Chicago’s finest studios including Engine Studios (w/ Brian Deck), and Electrical Audio (w/ Steve Albini). Live shows see him coming up with inventive new ways of bringing his multi-layered recordings to the stage. Through the use of cassettes, drums, guitars, and assorted other loop-pedals and gadgets, Juffage creates complex, yet surprising catchy pop songs.

Juffage performances have been compared to a synthesis of Lightning Bolt’s rhythmic ferocity, Radiohead’s lush pop sensibility, King Tubby’s manipulative production, and Andrew Bird’s ability to make a good loop. The result has been described as a loud, frantic, and beautiful “hyperactive and technically accomplished display”.

He has also recently exhibited multichannel sonic art works for the University of Leeds and Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, utilising ambisonics, live looping, portable cassette players, and Max/MSP.

In June 2011, his new album 'Semicircle' was released on 12″ vinyl and digital download by Function Records in the U.K.