Having already helped the likes of Hudson Mohawke, Arveene, Flying Lotus, Jamie Woon, Onra, Mike Slott and Benga hone their production chops, the Red Bull Music Academy 2011 moves to Tokyo this year.
One for beat-heads, producers, and songwriters, The Academy preps the future of music makers with workshops involving some of the biggest and most influential names in production. It happens in October and November of this year with the application process now open until April 4th. Two groups of 30 people will be invited to workshops in Tokyo if successful.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
