(SAN FRANCISCO - May 01, 2008) – ME’D1.ATE NETWORK is excited to announce the most daring and ambitious Soundwave>Series ever. A record 11 extraordinary events will start June 27, 2008 through to August 17, 2008 at leading San Francisco art and music institutions The Lab, Community Music Center, and Intersection for the Arts…as well as on a moving bus venue hosted by New Langton Arts, Queen's Nails Annex, Art Engine and the spectacular de Young Museum.

Full schedule, online ticket purchase, artist bios and performance details are available at www.projectsoundwave.com/series. Infoline: 415-216-3102

The acclaimed series is launching its third season with a theme of MOVE>SOUND. An eclectic group of sound artists and musicians will create sonic performances around the theme of “Movement”. They will explore how movement intersects with sound, in its composition or performance, or in collaboration or interaction with artists, technologies and mediums involved in movement.

MOVE>SOUND’s performances include live amplified skateboarding, sound drawings, audience-activated sounds, lo-fi and high-tech motion sensors, weather-data sonifications, moving 3D holographic imagery, deep listening soundwalks and “AudioBus”, a ME’D1.ATE-initiated program featuring live sound and music performances on a moving double-decker bus.

“The amazing experiences in MOVE>SOUND will present dynamic new ideas for people to interact with sound and music,” says Soundwave’s Producer and Artistic Director Alan So. “These performances will be inspired jaw-dropping shows that will move you (some literally) like never before.”

ME’D1.ATE has invited the most intriguing local, national and international artists and musicians to create riveting performances for Bay Area audiences. Set to perform include celebrated electro avant-cellist Zoe Keating, underground orchestra Moe!Kestra!, New York-based sonifier Andrea Polli, acclaimed local singer-songwriter Odessa Chen, Canadian sound artist Diana Burgoyne, Indiana-based media artist N_DREW (Andrew Bucksbarg), amongst many other leading sound and music artists.

Artists will also connect with audiences with presentations and demonstrations of their incredible works, experience, technologies and awe-inspiring performances.

Tickets will be at accessible rates for the diverse general public to have an all-sensory experience they will not soon forget. Prices will be pay-what-you-can sliding scale of $8 to $15 at door, as well as FREE soundwalk events. Online pre-sale tickets will be $10 and $12. Seating is very limited in these intimate venues and buses with the previous Soundwave season completely selling out. Online purchases are strongly encouraged.

The Soundwave>Series is organized by San Francisco based art group ME’D1.ATE NETWORK. ME’D1.ATE is fiscally sponsored by The Lab Art•re•grup Inc., a 501©3 non-profit organization and is supported in part by CitySightseeing, Zellerbach Family Foundation, Meet the Composer’s MetLife Creative Connections Program, Subito, the quick advancement grant program from the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the American Composers Forum and generous individual donors.

About Soundwave>Series

Soundwave>Series is Project>Soundwave’s biennial event series recently named Best Sound Sculptures – Future Classic by San Francisco Magazine’s BEST of 2007 issue. Soundwave is a multi-venue and multi-date sound performance series happening over the span of two months every two years in San Francisco USA. Each season investigates a new idea in sound and invites diverse multidisciplinary artists and musicians to explore the season’s theme in new and innovative directions. The Soundwave>Series has completed two successful seasons, Season 2’s SURROUND>SOUND in 2006 and Season 1’s FREE>SOUND in 2004. Project>Soundwave, launched by ME’D1.ATE in 2004, explores the boundaries of how we see sound, language and music. It is a project dedicated to challenge and inspire artists and audiences to look deeper into the sound medium and discover new connections to sound making and the sound experience through the production of CDs, exhibitions and live events. Project>Soundwave and the series has been featured on SPARK*, KQED’s (PBS) television arts show, SF Weekly, San Francisco Magazine, SF Chronicle, BBC Radio 3 (UK), ResonanceFM (UK), KUSF, KALX, KPFA, amongst others.

About ME’D1.ATE Network

Based in San Francisco, USA, ME'D1.ATE produces innovative exhibitions in visual and sound arts with diverse emerging and established local and international artists and musicians. It connects these works to new and diverse audiences through the initiation of exhibitions, products and live events, which include the online art exhibition, The.ME.Project (www.meproject.com) launched in 2002 and the CD and event series, Project>Soundwave (www.projectsoundwave.com) released in 2004. ME'D1.ATE's projects challenge perspectives to inspire new and unique experiences within ourselves and the world around us. Our goal is for audiences to look beyond the surface, and look deep into ideas and works critically, imaginatively and without limitation.

More details about Project>Soundwave and ME’D1.ATE can be found by going to www.me-di-ate.net and the project site www.projectsoundwave.com.

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Friday, June 27, 2008
ENVIROSONIC: Movement-triggered Sound Enviroments.
The LAB, 2948 16th St @ Capp, San Francisco, CA
Doors: 7:30pm, Show: 8:00pm Tickets: $12 online, $8-15 sliding scale at door