2014 Red Bull Music Academy Applicants & Participants
We're extremely happyhappyboathappyhappyhappyhappyhappyhappy to announce that we have picked the 60 participants 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), Tokyo, Japan
this Autumn, which is going to be . At the Academy it was . Parti­cipants are planebikeskateboardsneakersbladestraincar the equiva­lent of 14.5 times around the Earth to get here from. In parti­cipants came from for the Academy. On average, parti­cipants think of them­selves as being better DJs than singers. 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 top secret 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 warn 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 play
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that make the parti­cipants cry. 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.