Good Night Stuff

Fun & Good Times for Youthful Night Owls: Crossovers, just for kicks, and not only in a musical sense.

GOOD NIGHT STUFF was Linz09’s electronic music and digital art lineup. The declared aim of these nocturnal affairs and transgressions of assorted boundaries was to remix scenes and formats. That’s why GOOD NIGHT STUFF blended three ingredients into this tasty dish. First came events produced by the definitive venues of the Linz scene like Stadtwerkstatt and Grand Café zum Rothen Krebs. And GOOD NIGHT STUFF did its bit to get these hotspots really smokin’ during the Capital of Culture year. Then there were the alfresco productions. Jaunty partner impresarios with no venues to call their own—a colorful cast including con.trust, Serious Seriez und Come on Feet—rolled the weather dice and sometimes got lucky. (Or, as in the case of the Ottensheim Open Air 2009, took a bath.) And there were innovative in-house productions too. GOOD NIGHT STUFF (d.b.a. Club Trallala) decided to dispense with the run-of-the-mill club & concert concept for a change and stage settings for completely new experiences. In the spirit of anything goes, dramaturgy, location, time, infrastructure/décor and mise-en-scène provided the mix-and-match components to construct novel nightlines. Over 50 events were produced under the aegis of GOOD NIGHT STUFF, and 450+ musicians got Linz hopped up on their good stuff every weekend.

WHAT // Electronic music
WHEN // all year 2009
WHERE // everywhere in Linz

IDEA / CONCEPT // Linz09 / Magnus Hofmüller, Wolfgang Almer, Christoph Linder, Martyn Reed, Doris Prlic, Bernd Oppl
PARTICIPANTS // B.W.S.E, comeonfeet, con.trust, IFEK/Grand Café zum Rothen Krebs, Instant Avantgarde, LinzFest, Medienkulturhaus Wels, NuMusic, Posthof, SeriousSeriez, Soulpepper, Stadtwerkstatt