Fresh from a European club tour, internationally renowned, award winning VJ Kasumi mixes her avant-garde video art with a relentless Tribal House mix by Chicago based DJ James Lauer. Compositing go go dancers with found-footage and ground-breaking live cinema performance, Kasumi's experimental films have empowered a multitude of collaborations including DJ Spooky, Grandmaster Flash, and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, enthralling audiences from Ankara to New York to Sapporo. (www.kasumifilms.com; www.floatingworlds.com) James Lauer (www.JamesLauer.com) is a major player in the underground electronic music community and continues to steadily prove himself as someone who is dedicated to pushing things forward. Growing up in Chicago listening to such artists as Jeff Mills, Derrick Carter, Mark Farina and Richie Hawtin James eventually discovered the deeper and darker sides of electronic music while living in New York and traveling and working abroad in Europe and Australia. Today his unique blend of house and techno reaches the ears and minds of many around the world and he is consistently selected as the opening DJ of choice for many the world's biggest electronic artists. His mixes can be heard weekly in Chicago on WNUR 89.3FM and around the world on such stations as XTC Radio London, Proton Radio and XM Satellite Radio. James currently keeps over 250 hours of live, radio and studio mixes available for download at www.JamesLauer.com and can be reached for feedback, bookings or just to say hello at James@DJLauer.com(www.djlauer.com; www.floatingworlds.com)
