Carnegie Mellon Looking For Submissions For New Musical Interfaces Conference

The Carnegie Mellon School of Music will host the New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) Conference June 4 – 6, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In its ninth year, this international conference provides the opportunity to explore the interdisciplinary creations of artists and scientists. The School of Music will provide ensemble performances for participants ranging from solo… Read More Carnegie Mellon Looking For Submissions For New Musical Interfaces Conference

December 30, 2008Leave a comment

Multitouch Pinball Instrument May Want To Keep Its Day Job

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpDltKLZSrM This is a demo for a Multitouch Pinball instrument. The bizarre project combines MAX, PureData, a MIDI controller and a multi-touch webcam. The positions of the balls affect DSP effects. The first comment on YouTube declares that “That is slightly more fun to watch than paint drying or gras growing.” What do you think? Is… Read More Multitouch Pinball Instrument May Want To Keep Its Day Job

December 10, 2008Leave a comment

Scratching With Reel-to-Reel Tape Decks

The Open Reel Ensemble scratches 4 reel-to-reel analog tape recorders to make some really cool music. Very cool and an interesting reuse of classic technology. Open Reel Ensemble: Ei Wada : Concepter, Circuit, Sound Composition Kimitoshi Sato?Programing, Sound Design, Poster Design Ren Yamashita?Circuit, Craft Sayu Okano?Assistant Takuya Asakura?Craft via Califaudio, where you can find more… Read More Scratching With Reel-to-Reel Tape Decks

December 4, 2008December 4, 2008Leave a comment

Experimental Sounds & Video

Experimental sounds and video by James Honzik. Sampled convulsions of steel and concrete mixed on top of color distorted coastal landscapes

November 25, 2008November 25, 2008Leave a comment

Experimental Electronic Music Acid Trip

Darkmatter, by Brazilian multimedia designer Nagash, is sort of an experimental electronic music acid trip. The audio signal is generated from the animation.

November 22, 2008November 21, 20082 Comments

Experimental Electronic Music From Voice Processing

A clip from R. Luke DuBois and Lesley Flanigan’s Bioluminescence performance at Issue Project Room in NYC. Two performers, one singing and one processing, create a dense pallet of sound and imagery derived entirely from voice.

November 19, 2008November 19, 2008Leave a comment

Experimental Theremin Music Video

This music video is for Void Ship from The Chordless Chord by Beat Frequency. The track features Etherwave theremin + Marshall Echohead delay box + Danelectro PB&J delay box. No overdubs, no multi-tracking, no post-production effects, except a little reverb throughout. iTunes link: The Chordless Chord

November 19, 2008November 19, 20082 Comments

Experimental Theremin Music Video By Beat Frequency

Beat Frequency’s video for Iron Sun, from The Chordless Chord (iTunes link). The track features theremin plus delay, pitch shift, panic box and whistle pig (http://tinyurl.com/panicbox). It was recorded in a single take, with no post-processing.

November 19, 2008November 19, 20084 Comments

Interactive Audio Visual Installation Part Game, Part Virtual Environment

Nikolas Grigoriou & Nikos Moustakas‘ 3dots is an interactive audio/video installation, an interactive game, combining space, time and sound. The application was programmed with the open source tool ‘Processing’. Advanced image and signal processing techniques were employed to identify blobs from video real time captures and extract the spatial information needed. Audio and image playback is… Read More Interactive Audio Visual Installation Part Game, Part Virtual Environment

November 15, 2008November 13, 2008Leave a comment

Experimental Electroacoustic Music Video

This video captures Another World Bank, an experimental electroacoustic work: Another World Bank is a multi-observer audiovisual installation. It performs a unique composition that continues for the duration of the exhibition period. The composition is made up of three independent channels of randomly-ordered, brief solo improvisations. Each solo channel is a different length, thus phasing… Read More Experimental Electroacoustic Music Video

November 14, 2008November 13, 2008Leave a comment

Synthtopia

Tag: experimental electronic music