Martin Gore (Photo by Travis Shinn)
Moogfest, the top synthesizer festival and conference, celebrates its 15th anniversary in Durham, North Carolina, on April 25-28, 2019. The festival will feature a keynote presentation by Martin Gore of Depeche Mode as well as Daniel Miller of Mute Records, along with performances by Thomas Dolby, Kimbra, GAS, Tim Hecker (performing with the Konoyo Ensemble), Matthew Dear, US Girls, and more.
You can win a pair of general admission tickets to go with Parklife DC!
“Enjoy the Silence.” “Personal Jesus.” “People Are People.” “I Feel You.” These are just a few of the classics Martin Gore has given the world. As chief songwriter for New Wave legends Depeche Mode, Gore has helped define a genre while driving the darker precepts of dance music from the ‘80s onward. This year, he heads up Moogfest’s daytime slate with an intimate conversation in the Carolina Theatre.
Moogfest has also added Daniel Miller, founder of seminal synthpop and industrial label Mute Records, for both a conversation and a DJ set.
Inventor, composer, and 2012 Moog Innovation Award winner Thomas Dolby joins the lineup for three rare appearances, including a live performance and a two-way interview with Buzzfeed News Sr. Investigative Reporter and 2018 Pulitzer Prize finalist Jason Leopold. Dolby and Leopold will converse on their shared passion of truth seeking among creative topics. A professor at Johns Hopkins University and digital audio pioneer, Dolby will also perform a musical set on Saturday evening at the Carolina Theatre combining his stylized use of set, visuals and music for enhanced storytelling.
Watch Thomas Dolby perform a live concert in the Roland Cloud on July 26, 2018:
Parklife DC is giving away a pair of general admission tickets to attend Moogfest 2019 across venues in Durham, North Carolina. To win, simply leave a comment on this blog. You can leave any comment, but we would like to know which artist you are most eager to see at Moogfest!
For the rules of this giveaway–
Comments will be closed at 5pm on Monday, April 8, and a winner will be randomly selected. The winner will be notified by email. The winner must respond to our email within 24 hours, or they will forfeit their tickets and we will pick another winner. We will email you instructions on claiming your ticket. Good luck!
Here is the full lineup of presenters and performers to date:
A Place To Bury Strangers
Aaron Dilloway
Airspace With Black Box Echo
Ash Bowie
Astra Taylor
Baseck
Bergsonist
Brooklyn English
Church Of Space
Craig Leon
Cuckoo
Daniel Miller
Death By Audio
Debit
Delta Sound Labs + Nokia Bell Labs
Dorit Chrysler
Drone Therapy
Drum & Lace
Ela Minus
Eli Keszler
Erin Barra
Fartbarf
Faten Kanaan
Gas
Greg Fox
Jason Leopold
Jlin
Kelly Moran
Kim Bjorn
Kimbra
Lightbath
Lisa E Harris
Lp Giobbi
Lucrecia Dalt
Lula.Xyz
Magnetic Sound
Mamis And The Papis
Martin Gore
Matthew Dear
Max Cooper
Mcqueen
Meyer Sound
Mez
Micromachines
Minimal Violence
Modular On The Spot
Money Mark
Mor Elian
Mount Kimbie (Dj Set)
Mylar Melodies
Ncsu Libraries
Nd Baumecker
Nucleo Concordia
Ouri
Party Illegal
Patrick Gleeson
Poèmes Électroniques
Raund Haus X Erogenous Tones
Richard Devine
Ricky Graham
Rp Boo
Spellling
Spencer Zahn
Stephan Bodzin
Sunhouse
Suzi Analogue
The Conjure
The Field
The Floor
Thomas Dolby
Tiffany Naiman
Tim Hecker & The Konoyo Ensemble
Triple X Snaxxx
Ty Roberts
U.S. Girls
Ultrabillions
Vivek Boray
Vt Icat
William Basinski
Yoshi Vintage
For more information including the full lineup, visit Moogfest’s website.
Buy your tickets online if you don’t win.
Moogfest 2019
The City of Durham, North Carolina
Thursday, April 25 – Sunday, April 28, 2019
Exact schedule TBA
$249 General Admission; $499 VIP
$1,500 Engineer VIP includes two-day synth-building workshop
All ages
I’m most excited to see U.S Girls!
I have loved Martin Gores compositions since I was first introduced to his music with People are People up through his solo career and last DM Album SPIRIT! I would be ecstatic to go!
All over seeing Martin Gore especially if they add on more than the talk! Of course that means I’d also want to see Daniel Miller plus as many additional artists as possible. Heck, there’d be a spreadsheet involved!
Birthday weekend! Would love to make a little roadtrip…so much to experience…beeline to MLG’s talk.
Been a fan of Depeche Mode for nearly 30 years, so naturally, I’d love to go and hear Martin Gore’s talk. Also would love to see Daniel Miller too, because without him, so many great synth acts probably would have never seen the light of day.
Martin Gore …. what else?
So excited to see you dark genius Martin Gore!
WILLIAM BASINSKI for sure!!!
Depeche Mode and Thomas Dolby were my world when I was in college. I played their records till I wore out the grooves in the vinyl. “Just Can’t Get Enough” on repeat got me through finals. At our graduation, every time they would announce a major that was a Bachelor of Science, the entire student body would erupt with “SCIENCE!” Needless to say, the graduation ceremony took about twice as long as usual.