XOX Project Presents 909 Day

Sat 9 Sep, 16:30 - Sat 9 Sep, 23:00

XOX Project Presents 909 Day:

To celebrate 909 day, Readipop has created a day of live electronic music performances, hands on experiences and chat inspired by and featuring the Roland TR-909 Rhythm Composer - spread over two venues.

Book your free tickets to reserve your place!

READING BISCUIT FACTORY

4:30pm | Doors

4:45pm - 5:15pm | TR-101: An introduction to TR style beat making

5:20pm - 5:50pm | Hands on with Roland Drum Machines & Synths.

6:00pm - 6:30pm | 909 Demo and Q&A with Saytek Live.

PURPLE TURTLE (18+ ONLY)

8:00pm | Doors

8:10pm - 8:40pm | Hi Scores & Yogert

8:50pm - 9:20pm | Minor Joy

9:30pm | Saytek Live

Celebrating 20 years of innovative sounds in 2023 is UK live act - SAYTEK. The prolific force in the realms of house and techno continues to deliver stellar sounds year after year, and in the blink of an eye 20 years have passed since his first ever live set. An exciting and colourful path has seen SAYTEK travel the world with his hardware, showcasing his sound in all corners of the globe from Montreal to Mumbai, the legendary terrace of Space Ibiza, London’s Fabric, Berlin’s famous Tresor, Awakenings and Mysteryland in Holland, to more obscure shows such as illegal warehouse parties in Helsinki. Whilst heavily touring he has also found the time to release 9 albums, and over 500 tracks (most recorded live) on heavyweight labels such as Soma, Fabric, TRAX, R&S, Bedrock, KMS, Superfreq and most recently Carl Cox and Christopher Coe’s Awesome Soundwave, and was described by Cox himself as a “genius” at playing live. Another sign of this would be his anticipated live stream jams which have racked up tens of millions of views over the years.

This success certainly did not happen overnight, tirelessly developing and evolving his sound, starting out with frequent appearances at illegal parties in London, with the first legitimate gig landing at The End’s sister club AKA on a Tuesday night, a far cry from the multi thousand capacity stages you might find synonymous with SAYTEK in recent times. Throughout the years his raw talent has earnt him some serious love from the press including Mixmag and DJ Mag’s album of the month, nominated as best live act in DJ Mag, voted in Germany’s FAZE Mag in the top 10 live acts, and much much more.

XOX Project

101, 303, 606, 808, 909…

XOX is an electronic music heritage project led by Readipop built around a collection of classic beatboxes, synths, FX and more. XOX is bringing workshops to schools and colleges as well as creating XOX lab at Readipop Studios where musicians can access the instruments to make and record new music.