URB ALT Festival 2010 Launch ft. Jneiro Jarel, MuthaWit, Dearling Physique & MiLO at URB ALT Festival

June 18-URB ALT Launch. ATribute to 2001: A Space Odyssey

5. That prime number leads and follows us to now. URB ALT Festival 2010</a> proudly announces the 5th year of programming alternative arts of all mediums from June 18-26 to the global audience that is New York City. Showcasing 5 dates at 5 separate venues featuring 5 unique artists per event, URB ALT Festival 2010 is audaciously expanding during this period of economic uncertainty. The offering of free to very low-cost multi-cultural live music, theatre, literature and film premiere events in Harlem, Tribeca and Dumbo is part of the earnest mission to feature cutting-edge underground and internationally established artists....

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June 18-URB ALT Launch. ATribute to 2001: A Space Odyssey

5. That prime number leads and follows us to now. URB ALT Festival 2010</a> proudly announces the 5th year of programming alternative arts of all mediums from June 18-26 to the global audience that is New York City. Showcasing 5 dates at 5 separate venues featuring 5 unique artists per event, URB ALT Festival 2010 is audaciously expanding during this period of economic uncertainty. The offering of free to very low-cost multi-cultural live music, theatre, literature and film premiere events in Harlem, Tribeca and Dumbo is part of the earnest mission to feature cutting-edge underground and internationally established artists.

In the past URB ALT has programmed highly eclectic bills with artists such as Funkadelic, Spottiswoode & His Enemies, Kyp Malone of TV on the Radio, Kaki King and writer/activist Farai Chideya. 2010 is no different. “When the URB ALT Fest was launched in Harlem back in 2006 it was one of my humble goals to get us to the 5th year while also maintaining programming autonomy,” says festival founder, Boston Fielder. “Happy to say that our 5th anniversary celebration is our most diverse ever. Vampire movies, musical tributes to Miles Davis’ ‘Bitches Brew,’ New Zealand avant garde chanteuse Leila Adu, sci-fi animated short films, rare performances by electronica/hip hop innovators such as Jneiro Jarel, global experimental music/pop/visual artists riffing on 2001: A Space Odyssey…it all makes sense and converges at URB ALT Festival 2010.”

The URB ALT Festival brand is staked on unearthing unknown or sorely unrecognized creators. June 18-26 will showcase why it is an international festival that artists and audiences alike attend with anticipation of a community oriented high quality and revelatory artistic experience. Whether a happening Uptown at historic The Harlem School of the Arts, Brooklyn’s hip Galapagos Artspace, Downtown Manhattan’s elegant 92Y Tribeca or Harlem’s beautiful Saint Nicholas Park URB ALT Festival 2010 is a uniquely New York event with its eyes and ears focused on the world.

Live performances in order of performance:
MiLO – LA Art Rock Band that pinches a darkly elegant mood out of minimalist sound.
Dearling Physique – Minneapolis electro/rockers toy with pop, dissonance and musical theatre.
Jneiro Jarel – Dr. Who Dat? transports in from Viberia with his Low End Electro/Hip Hop musical innovations.
MuthaWit – Cosmic improv, dirty classical strings and ethereal rock tonalties mosh up the African Diaspora.

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