Who needs blinky lights when you’ve got bare flesh to work with? Rory Harnden’s Body Music is a visual demonstration of a synthesizer made for an ergonomics class. The synth makes music according to skin contact between wearers of wrist-bands.
GeLoFi is sponsoring an Experimental Garage Sale at the Experimental Sound Studio in Chicago on July 19th, 2008, between Noon-9 PM. Description: This free event will be a perfect opportunity for circuit benders and anyone interested to snag up toys for bending and to talk shop with all the Artists present. Already bent devices will be available… Read More Electronic Music Garage Sale In Chicago
Michel Waisvisz, leader of the STEIM foundation in Amsterdam since the early eighties, has died. From the STEIM obituary: Michel Waisvisz died peacefully in his home last night after fighting the mean cells in his body for the last eight months. He was born on the 8th of July 1949 and lead STEIM as Director… Read More STEIM’s Michel Waisvisz Has Died
The Sound of eBay is a net art project by Ubermorgen that translates scraped eBay user data into electronica music. Here’s an example – generated from eBay user basketofkittens: [display_podcast] According to Ubermorgen – “The Sound of eBay is the affirmative high-end low-tech contribution to the atomic soundtrack of the new peer-to-peer hyper-catastrophic shock-capitalism.” Note:… Read More Generative Music Alert: The Sound Of eBay
howsthatsound has posted an interesting experimental track that explores using the iPod’s shuffle function to create chance music: [display_podcast] Here’s the background on the track: This track was assembled in real-time, or as I implied, improvised by my ipod. I selected three sound files to use as material and chopped them up into individual sound… Read More iPod Chance Music
Tod Machover of MIT’s Media Lab is devoted to extending musical expression for everyone — from virtuosi to amateurs, and in the most diverse forms — from opera to videogames (Guitar Hero grew out of his group). At TED2008, he talked about what’s coming next, from new tools for music creativity to the world’s first… Read More Hyperinstruments, Brain Opera & Guitar Hero
Got a brain? Then you can make music! At the UK Aldeburgh Festival, set for June 13-29, Norwegian composer Rolf Wallin is going to be demonstrating the latest brain music action. This isn’t like controlling modular synthesizers with mind bullets, though. According to the Telegraph, you simply “let a skilled assistant fasten electrodes to your… Read More Brain Music Update
Music Thing’s Tom Whitnell put out the word that Steim – the Dutch experimental music organization behind the Cracklebox – needs help to avoid getting shut down by the man: Steim is the Amsterdam-based electronic music lab best known around here for inventing the Cracklebox. They’ve done a great deal more – lots of work… Read More Dutch Electronic Music Geeks Need Your Help
Electro-Music – a forum & site focusing on electro-acoustic music, has announced electro-music 2008, a three day conference/music festival to be held at the Renaissance Center in Kingsport Tennessee, August 14 – 16, 2008. The program will include lectures, demos, jam sessions, and concerts. The scope of this festival is very broad, covering all aspects… Read More Electro-Music 2008 Festival
ixi audio is an experimental project concerned with the creation of free digital musical instruments and environments for generative music. ixiQuarks is a software environment designed for live improvisation that allows for user interaction on hardware, GUI and code level. The environment enables innumerable setups with flexible loading of tools and instruments. The ixiQuarks consist… Read More ixi audio – Free Experimental Electronic Music Software
