Moogfest 2016 in pics (Grimes, Blood Orange, Gary Numan, Laurie Anderson & more)
The 2016 edition of Moogfest went down in Durham, NC, last weekend, right before what would have been Bob Moog’s 82nd birthday. The festival of “future sound and future thought” brought together a diverse list of both electronic music icons (Gary Numan, Silver Apples, Laurie Anderson) and current players (Grimes, Explosions in the Sky, sun O))), Blood Orange, Tim Hecker, Empress Of, Julia Holter) and more for the four day festival.
Some of the specific highlights included a Night 1 overnight concert where attendees slept on beds while Robert Rich‘s synthetic lulabys sent them to slumberland; Gary Numan playing classic albums Replicas, The Pleasure Principle, and Telekon; Sam Aaron playing a techno set where he was coding it all live; the hyperactive dayglo of Grimes; and a family event featuring Yo Gabba Gabba.
The festival’s future thought was represented by interactive music instillations such as the Microsoft helmed Realiti: Inside The Music Of Grimes, which allowed festival attendees to manipulate Grimes’ 2015 track ‘Realiti’ using only their bodies. The fest also heralded the return, after a hiatus of over 30 years, the classic Minimoog Model D synthesizer.
If you want to get a jump on Moogfest 2017, it will happen May 18 – 21 in Durham, NC and early bird passes are on sale now. Check out galleries of all four days of Moogfest 2016, plus some tweets and instagrams, below.
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Tim Hecker upgraded his fog from Make Stage Obscured to Make Lobby Look Like It's Burning Down #moogfest
— Nina Corcoran (@Nina_Corcoran) May 22, 2016
It's @EmpressOf and she's doing it live #moogfest pic.twitter.com/4nrJOMfW1B
— mike caulo 🥤 sipsman (@sippycupyall) May 22, 2016
laurie anderson's spoken word is sounding like bizarro terry gross and I'm here for it #moogfest pic.twitter.com/oANKuoteC3
— david (@floorcore) May 21, 2016
Wow. I loved loved loved @devhynes with #BloodOrange! Thanks @bandwidth @Moogfest #moogfest2016 pic.twitter.com/lSrzTiXf30
— Regina (@ReginaTwine) May 20, 2016
https://twitter.com/mor4sso/status/734516502603436033
https://twitter.com/Andrew_J_Martin/status/733837929127149568
https://www.instagram.com/p/BFuulMrh19p/?tagged=moogfest2016