2014 Red Bull Music Academy Applicants & Participants
We're extremely
to
that we have picked the 60
participants
selected from 6,229 applications(up from 3,834 in
)
for the
Red Bull Music Academy..
Their talents range widely — one participant can recount the entire plot of Pride and Prejudice, another is great at getting to the airport on time, another worked on a research team monitoring a population of monkeys, another is a qualified lifeguard, and another can tap dance —
and they are
influenced by everything, including
Jackson Pollock,Eddie Murphy,the universe,mythology,smoked salmon,Betty Boop,New York City,Jorge Luis Borges,
and
electricity.
The Academy will be hosted in Tokyo (東京都 for locals),
this
, which is going to be . At the Academy it was .
Participants are
the equivalent of 14.5 times around the
to get here from. In participants came from for the Academy.
On average, participants think of themselves as being better than
.
The most popular music style of this year's group is ,
followed by and . In made .
The 2014 participants also have their own for what they do, like Deviant Beat, Holy Latin Dance Music, Retrosexual, Spacecraft Techno and Bossa Nova Dreampop. No matter what you
it, we have the
for the job. You never know when someone will need a
, , or a . We keep the lecture schedule
but in the past, we've had
MIA, ,MF DOOM,,James Murphy,,Erykah Badu,,Egyptian Lover,,Giorgio Moroder,,DJ Premier,,Julia Holter,,Peaches,,Ryuichi Sakamoto,,Malcolm Cecil, ,Richie Hawtin, ,Van Dyke Parks,,Moodymann,,Architecture In Helsinki
and
more on the
.
The participants are making music , which means they’ll work up quite an appetite. At least we know to
the kitchen staff and local shōtengaioutdoor marketplace to stock up on
, , , , , , , , , and more.
It will also be an emotional month, so we'll make sure never to
the
,
,
,
,
,
,
that make the participants . Did we mention that this group collects more than just ? Collections include Goosebumps books, crystals, cameras, coffee machines, comic books, berets and flutes. These are just some of the reasons why we're so to them to the Academy. In closing, we'd like to thank all the applicants that made this year's possible.