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our 34th mail out.
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apology:
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to get off this list please write back.
due to massive technology hassles our central computer has been down for
about 6 months. to recover data we've had to go back to the records for
november 2000, so if you've unsubbed since you will need to do it once
again. sorry. welcome to all the new people we've picked up along the way at
gigs and events over the last period.
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summary of recent raya activity:
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we gave up our three odd year residency at the institute of contemporary
arts back in december. since then we have been messing around with all kinds
of things erm, visuals over the bays, all the visuals at the amazing
hip-hop/techno/freestyle deadbeat weekender in caistor, norfolk. raya have
been to krakow in poland, radius in cardiff, helped with another london
based triology and the inspiring international womens strike day, crew
members have contributed to events in rotterdam, london, greece, spain, nyc
and the uk suburbs, including the recent big chill festival in dorset. we've
started to develop stronger invlovement with educational and community
activities which include dj and mc workshops, multi-media, video blah blah
blah.
we were lucky enough to be offered a once every two months residency at the
new london multi media and performer venue "ocean" (opposite hackney town
hall). we opened the night after the general election with an event entitled
"never mind the ballots" featuring short films from the political front line
combined with tunes from raya dj's. then matt black (ninja/vjamm) came down
with ian and crusied the audio visual format with some music and digital
media. worked out very nice so on we go.
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next raya:
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raya present "prophesy" <featuring nitin sawney>
sat 4th august 2001
ocean // hackney // // 8pm-1am
"raya's latest night of multi-disciplinary entertainment from the digital
underground features an exclusive screening of the latest film from
www.yeastdirections.org.uk - shot in india, australia, the usa, south
africa and the uk, it's a visual representation of nitin sawney's latest
album, 'prophesy'. afterwards in an exclusive set nitin and guests will be
mixing up djing and live instruments plus the evening starts with the usual
mix of raya's new no-budget, no-star, all-cool seditionary short films".
entry £6, £4 with flyer / concessions,
films start at 8.30pm // check time out for more detail
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future raya:
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ssyf and raya present "causeffect"
in association with vjamm (camart/ninjatune) and vestax uk
saturday 25th august 2001
ludlow assembly rooms // 8pm-1am
autopilot vs risidual darkness
tom churchill (headspace)
simon green, jeff brown and mark williams (raya)
causeffect (ssyf)
lee-ling (community music/rithmik)
dj le matt (in-touch)
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there are mutli media workshops going on before the gig with tutor
references something like....
michael heap (video and digital interfaces)
autopilot (digital imaging and music making)
simon green (event organising, communications and logistics)
mark williams (design, graphics and text)
jeff brown (video and photography)
tom churchill (dj vinyl and digital music making)
lee-ling (voice)
matt parford (3d digital environment animation)
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future raya:
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sound circuit
8th and 9th september 2001
thruxton race circuit, a303, nr. andover, hants
2 day music extraviganza over two stages, raya have been asked to organise,
sort visuals and contribute musically to the dj bit in association with
vestax uk.
featuring students from raya workshops and experienced dj's from around the
uk and different scenes. watch this space.
more info: www.testvalley.gov.uk
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enough already:
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turning into a rambling email so we'll leave it there. much going on
including radio and records etc. check the web site for more details or get
in touch on email.
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end of message:
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sincere best wishes...
* RAYA atmospheric engineering
http://raya.org.uk
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