1) We can't help with booking at Sonotheque in general, only specifically for our night (which is the second Tuesday of each month)

2) We're mostly looking for solo/laptop artists. Bands that cross over into electronic music are a possibility

3) Mostly we're looking for established artists for our headliners: examples include Tycho, Arctic Hosptal, Proswell, He Can Jog, Machine Drum. We are however looking for local talent to support the night: DJ's and local electronic live PA's. Local producers are welcome to spin instead of playing live if that feels right.

4) It's good to come out to one of the nights and get a sense for what we do, and if you'd be a good fit. We're walking a line between music for at home on your headphones and music for the dancefloor. We particularly like IDM, electro, ambient, microhouse, indie/electronic crossover stuff (but see 2), but we're usually game for anything electronic.

5) If you're still interested the BEST way to get hooked up with a night is to come out to the next Ramp event and say hi to Nathan (Emulsion) and Liz (Quantazelle) - give us CD's (it's fine if it's a CD-R demo) and hear the vibe of the night.

7) We're trying to be careful to shape each night to have a particular vibe and sound. Sometimes we'll contrast artists but don't be surprised if we say "This is really cool, but we're going to have to wait until the right headliner comes along."

8) For any future online correspondence email info@rampchicago.com - myspace messaging is pretty unreliable and for anything as time-sensitive as booking/arranging a show it's strongly recommended to email. We check our Myspace messages about every two weeks to a month, but the email account every day.

We're looking for VJ's and live video artists in the Chicago area. Please email us if you're interested in doing a guest performance.