“Brains put out electrical waves. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if some day it were possible to do away with lines in music, such as writing it out and playing the notes. You’ll just be able to think it.”
Raymond Scott, 1949
Music Of The Mind is a unique project, combining performance theater & scientific experimentation, using brain-computer interfaces to create brain music.
The brain emits tiny electrical signals with every thought or mental process we have, and the specially designed headsets worn by the players in Finn Peters’ group can read these signals and translate them into musical tones via a computer.
This technology allows the computer to translate the musician’s brainwaves into sounds and tones.
According to the group, their music “falls somewhere between Kraftwerk and Sun Ra. The compositional approach comes directly out of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop and is reminiscent of 60s sci-fi funk and exotica.”
The lineup:
- Finn Peters: Flute, Saxophones
- Matthew Yee King: Supercollider, Neurosky
- Tom Skinner: Drums, Electronics
- Dave Price: Percussion
- Oren Marshall:Tuba
via finnpeters, opengardens
yeah! so much about touchscreens being the future! 🙂
My symphony is alive! Fetch me fresh brains, Igor!
Bwa-ha-ha-ha!
Why the lab coats at 2:28?
wow…i have dreamed of this for so long…can't believe it's now a reality!
with the current tech and the rate at which new tech is being developped, the 50 years he speaks about , is just 5 years from now..