The craziest Live interactive and Electronic adventure we ever had at the MANTIS Festival!!. Featuring Gavin Osborne, Nina Whiteman, intrepid undergraduate and postgraduate music students and great music improvisers from Manchester and beyond. Music trios selected on the spot improvised in a battle of acoustic versus electronic gestures and textures. This video features the final performance with the theme 'SOS Planet Earth: THINK!'. 17 musicians on stage conducted by Gavin Osborn.

INSTRUMENTS:
- Gavin Osborn - Flute / Bass flute [Performer in Residence]
- Nina Whiteman - Voice [Performer in Residence]
- Andreas Mniestris - Tenor sax
- Philip Marks - Percussion /Drums [Special Guest]
- Irma Catalina -Found objects; percussion
- Adam Melvin - Soprano and Tenor saxophones [Special Guest]
- Rob Bentall - Double bass, electric guitar
- Camilo Salazar - electric guitar and pedals [Special Guest]
- Chris Swithinbank - Cello
- Alexandros Kontogeorgakopoulos - Electric Guitar and custom-made EFX [Special Guest]

LAPTOPS & Electronic Gear
- Mark Pilkington - (Synth keyboard)
- Richard Scott - (Buchla Synth)
- Panos Amelides (laptop)
- Ricardo Climent (laptop)
- Josh Kopeček - Piano / inside piano
- Oliver Carman (laptop and original sounds) - patch provided by the SpliceGirls (Diana Simpson and Manuella Blackburn

Technical team
Andy Davison, Ricardo Climent, Alexis Guneratne, Sam Salem, David Berezan

Work experience person at MANTIS
Daniel Ashcroft