[4] It has been hosted worldwide by partners including IRCAM, The London Symphony Orchestra, SoundCloud, Mixcloud, The BBC, EMI, RCA Records, Shazam, Last.fm, Ableton, Native Instruments, Izotope, FXpansion, RS Components, RjDj, WIRED, MTV, Microsoft Research, Cisco, Stephen Fry/Penguin, EU Commission, DMIC, British Council, Sound and Music, MTG, Fraunhofer Society, BCU, MIT Media Lab, Berklee College of Music, McGill, Goldsmiths, Royal College of Art, Ninja Tune, Warp, The Echo Nest, MusicBrainz, Reactable, Jamie Cullum, Tim Exile, Leafcutter John.

The project's Scientific Director Michela Magas of Stromatolite launched the first Music Tech Fest event in London 2012 as a way to bring academics and practitioners together.

There are competitions held at each MTF hack camp where individuals and groups work in response to particular challenges that reflect the themes of each festival.

MTF hack camp challenges have engaged with ideas of accessibility (London 2014), fashion and wearables (Paris 2014), and creative spaces (Berlin 2014).

[8] The MTF website and YouTube pages show performances from the Kids Hack, of participants presenting simple gestural controllers and instruments.

[16] The two winners of the challenge, CJ Carr and Matan Berkowitz had their tracks mastered and released on Bandcamp by members of the judging panel including Vince Lynch, Pascal Guyon and Phonat (Michele Balduzzi).

These included ‘The Voice Harvester’ by Swedish ICT Interactive,[19] ‘Audification of Absence’ by Willem Zwagers,[20] and ‘Bubble Room Instrument’, ‘Bridging Realities Collaborative’, ‘Untitled 5:22mins’ and ‘Silent Forest’ by JAQ.

There were also two installations on the ground floor from outside of Sliperiet; James Brewster's Electro Acoustic Cafe,[21] and ‘The Worlds Biggest Midi Controller’ by Hakan Lidbo.

Farnell element14 supplied the camp with components and Benjamin Heckendorn joined the event and recorded an episode of the Ben Heck Show on site.

The winner was Electronic Jungles who paired the #MTFBricks R-IoT board with components to make a performance using fashion wearable technologies, animal masks, gesture-driven music and reactive visuals.

[32] MTF Berlin also included a Trackathon led by Ian Wallman, a nominee of the Ivor Novello Awards and remixer of Beyoncé, Lady Gaga and others, coached a group of 12 electronic producers to create a dance track in 24 hours.

The showcase was held at KTH Royal Institute of Technology[34] with performances from musicians and record producers Håkan Lidbo, Jan Bang, Graham Massey and more.

MTF Stockholm had a 24hr Hack Camp led by technologist, TV presenter, sound designer, inventor and NASA datanaut LJ Rich.

Tekla, a techfestival founded by Swedish artist Robyn and KTH, held a dancing robotics workshop for young teenage girls at MTF Stockholm.

[39] Contributors to the festival have included: IRCAM, The London Symphony Orchestra, SoundCloud, Mixcloud, The BBC, EMI, RCA Records, Shazam, Last.fm, Ableton, Native Instruments, Izotope, FXpansion, RS Components, RjDj, WIRED, MTV, Microsoft Research, Cisco, Stephen Fry/Penguin, EU Commission, DMIC, British Council, Sound and Music, MTG, Fraunhofer Society, BCU, MIT Media Lab, Berklee College of Music, McGill, Goldsmiths, Royal College of Art, Ninja Tune, Warp, The Echo Nest, MusicBrainz, Reactable, Jamie Cullum, Tim Exile, Leafcutter John.