No Ordinary Music Festival: Moogfest Ropes in Google, 'Futurama'

Moogfest will get a dose of the TV series Futurama during a panel titled The Math and Science of The Simpsons and Futurama.

Image: Futurama

By Brian Anthony Hernandez2014-02-25 10:02:20 -0500

Moogfest, a decade-old music festival named after Moog synthesizer creator Robert Moog, is continuing to expand far beyond its electronic-music roots.

For this year's shindig, attendees can jam out to headliners Pet Shop Boys, M.I.A. and Kraftwerk 3D at night but also enjoy a robust infusion of daytime programming to learn about new technologies, art, math, science and future concepts all timely topics that jibe with Moog's creative spirit. Moogfest takes place from April 23 to 27 in Asheville, N.C.

Among the sessions is "The Math and Science of The Simpsons and Futurama."

"Futurama and electronic music are both subjects where super nerdy and marginally cool meet," David X. Cohen, Futurama's executive producer, told Mashable. Though Cohen has an bachelor's degree in physics and a master's degree in computer science, he said his panel's goal is to entertain, but "if they get some education then that's an added bonus."

Moogfest organizers echo the extra-education sentiment, as they've strived to build a lineup of sessions, workshops and film screenings that will thrill just as much as the musicians.

"With his lifelong dedication to using technology to empower musicians, Robert Moog is a patron saint of the nerdy arts," said Google Doodle team leader Ryan Germick, who is part of the "Google and the Future of Audio" panel. "We couldn't be more pleased to honor his legacy and continue the kinds of conversations he started."

Below, you can find a full list of daytime programming, which Moogfest shared first with Mashable, along with a limited-time discounted ticket price ($99 for a 5-day pass instead of $299, until Feb. 26 at 10 a.m. ET) for our readers who use the code "MASHMF" when registering on Ticketmaster.

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No Ordinary Music Festival: Moogfest Ropes in Google, 'Futurama'