This year, Urban Nomad’s gonna kick an oldschool warehouse party with a freak-out psychedelic band from Brooklyn called I.U.D., huge visuals from 4 high-powered projectors by video artist Danny Perez, and add in a bunch of our favorite local bands and DJs. This will count as both a serious art happening and the funnest, weirdest party we’ve ever had.

DANNY PEREZ
The collaboration between Animal Collective and visual artist Danny Perez came pretty naturally, as Perez had already directed a number of music videos and for other experimental bands such as Black Dice and Animal Collective member, Panda Bear. Danny embodies the same DIY spirit and has created a unique visual look that mixes lo-fi techniques with new technology. Since the release of “Oddsac,”he’s continued working with Animal Collective to produce live installations in some of the world’s top museums for modern art, including the Guggenheim Museum in New York and the Georges Pompidou Center in Paris. For Urban Nomad, we’re giving Danny four high power projectors and an empty warehouse. He chose the New York art-rock band I.U.D. to create the music for this performance.

I.U.D.
I.U.D. is a tribal-freakout band from Brooklyn, NY that features Lizzi Bougatsos of the highly popular musical group Gang Gang Dance and Sadie Laska of the band Growing. Both play drums, and they also bring in all kinds of electronic beats, melodies and samples while Lizzi wails out crazy, incomprehensible siren shrieks and melodies. Their sound is a mix of low-fi art rock, industrial noise and no-wave funk, and the music has been compared to bands like the Boredoms, Front 242 and the freakout jams of the Butthole Surfers. Even though Lizzi is famous in the world of indie rock and has played Fuji Rock, Coachella and lots of big European music festivals, I.U.D. is a relatively new band and reputed to represent Lizzi's wilder side. This will be the first time they ever play in Asia, so Taipei gets to see them first!

8:30pm doors
9:00pm band: Unfamiliar Friends Party
10:00pm short films（see below）
10:45pm I.U.D. + Danny Perez
11:45am band: .22
12:30am DJ: TBA
1:15am DJ Marcus Aurelius
2:30am Danny Perez (DJ set)

GOOD VIBES: DJ Floaty
PHOTOBOOTH: Steven Vigar + Garret Clarke

SHORTS 3: PARTY IN YOUR SHORTS
The Pineapple of a Very, Very Serious Lady 一位非常非常嚴肅的女士的鳳梨
吳梓安/ 2010/ US/ 6min/ Ch/En
Lucille
Albert Pinto/ 2010/ Spain/ 9min/ Sp/En
Isle of Lox: The Face
Leyla Rodriguez/ 2010/ Germany/ 4min/ no dialogue
The Physical Chemical Brothers-CusSmell 聞見斬-現實的百般無奈
The Physical Chemical Brothers/ 2010/ Taiwan/ 5min/ no dialogue
Formiche (Ants)
Stefano Gianotti/ 2007/ Italy/ 1min/ no dialogue
Violet Kiss 熟悉的唇
Nathan Andersen/ 2010/ US/ 14min/ En/Ch

Animal Collective - Mr. Fingers. Visuals by Danny Perez