Remember Eboman’s car crash music? Eboman specialises in the production of audiovisual sample compositions (which he calls Sample madnesS), the development of audiovisual sampling software and hardware and performances as a DVJ or with his SenSorSuit. This is a compilation of clips of an Eboman performance in Utrecht in April 2008: Guillermo uses the video… Read More Eboman Demos SenSorSuit Video Sampling
The £50,000 PRS New Music Award has been given to the Fragmented Orchestra, a project designed to work in reflection of the neural functions of our brains. The Fragmented Orchestra is a huge distributed musical structure modeled on the firing of neurons within the brain’s cortex. It is designed by its composers to perform a… Read More £50,000 For Brain Music
Check this out: The Sound of Touch is an instrument for real-time capture and physical stimulation of digital sound samples, using a specially constructed wand and any physical material. The hand-held wand can be used to (1) record sound, then (2) brush, scrape, strike or otherwise physically manipulate this sound against physical objects. These actions… Read More The Sound Of Touch
This promo video for Happy Crashing was made by Eboman, aka sampList. Eboman specialises in the production of audiovisual sample compositions (which he calls Sample madnesS), the development of audiovisual sampling software and hardware and performances as a DVJ or with his SenSorSuit. Here’s Eboman’s I Am Eboman: The SenSorSuit is part of an audiovisual… Read More Music Made From Sampled Car Crashes
Dave Cornutt, an aerospace software engineer based in Huntsville, AL, is also an experimental electronic musician, as Source Code. He blogs at Sequence 15, and has an interesting collection of free tracks that you can download from his site. With each of his pieces, he provides some information on the process and gear that he… Read More Free Experimental Electronic Music Downloads
Another interesting electronic music festival is being held in Singapore: Since January 2007, C.H.O.P.P.A. has been the only regular improvised music series in Singapore presenting monthly concerts showcasing the underbelly of the Singapore and regional music scenes and giving a forum for sound artists and musicians to present their work. C.H.O.P.P.A. FESTIVAL 08 will mark… Read More Choppa Festival 2008 To Feature Experimental Electronic Music
Mick Grierson offers this video of his brain-controlled music interface in action: “This video shows me demoing my initial Brain Computer Music Interface. There are many ways that I can improve this system (it’s still a bit slow at the moment), but I think it demonstrates the potential of the idea well enough. This video… Read More Brain-Controlled Synthesis
Image: anttia This may be the most interesting new electronic music sound interface we’ve seen in a long time – the Experimental Electronics Association’s bikini wrestling based sound interface. Girls wrestle with their feet touching Harris Slendertone patches and their fingers are attached to Ollis synthesizer. Different wrestling moves make different kinds of sounds, depending… Read More Experimental Bikini Wrestling Electronica
The Houston Chronicle has an interesting article that looks at Brain Music Therapy, the medical practice of using brain waves to generate music to help people relax. “Your brain is actually listening to the best of itself,” said William Wade, a psychotherapist who offers Brain Music Therapy at his practice, the Institute for Family Psychology,… Read More Is Brain Music Snake Oil?
Björk has been wowing audiences recently with her reacTable, a new music controller that uses movable blocks and a colorful video interface. The reacTable’s developers say it is the latest in an emerging wave of “tangible music interfaces,” but to the touring musicians who play the thing, it’s merely “cool.” “Established instruments like the Moog,… Read More Björk Puts reacTable To Work
