computermusicblog.com http://computermusicblog.com/blog electronic and computer music as it happens Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:37:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Fieldwork by Christopher Burns Fieldwork is a software environment for improvised performance with electronic sound and animation. Two musicians’ sounding performances are fed into the system, and analyzed for pitch, rhythm, and timbral change. When the software recognizes a sharp contrast in one performer’s textures or gestures, it reflects this change by transforming the sound of the other musician’s [...]]]> http://computermusicblog.com/blog/2012/01/30/fieldwork-by-christopher-burns/ Interview with Viznut, Creator of Minimal Art Platform IBNIZ

Recently, this video of IBNIZ in action made its way around the electronic music blogosphere. IBNIZ is an extremely enigmatic art platform. It’s not necessarily easy, or pretty, or even broadly useful. IBNIZ is uniquely targeted at a small coterie of artists with specific aesthetic goals. I had the opportunity to [...]]]> http://computermusicblog.com/blog/2012/01/22/interview-with-viznut-creator-of-minimal-art-platform-ibniz/ Sonic Space No. 2 – Iteration No. 6: Quartet by Michael Musick Here is the last iteration in Sonic Space No. 2 written in SuperCollider. This is a quartet written for Soprano Sax, Trumpet, Tenor Sax, and Tuba. The movement around the space was not dictated but instead came from the musicians curiosity to listen and play in a different position. Although you cannot [...]]]> http://computermusicblog.com/blog/2012/01/20/sonic-space-no-2-iteration-no-6-quartet-by-michael-musick/ What the Blind See by Aaron Einbond What the Blind See for five players and live electronics, Ensemble L’Instant Donné, commissioned by IRCAM / Centre Pompidou for the Festival Agora, CentQuatre, Paris, 2009.

More from Aaron Einbond.

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[...]]]> http://computermusicblog.com/blog/2012/01/07/what-the-blind-see-by-aaron-einbond/ Letting It Go To Voicemail by Evan X. Merz Letting It Go To Voicemail is about communication anxiety. It’s about the stress that builds up when we think about our inbox or our voicemail. It’s about the overwhelming crush of communication that comes our way each week, and how it impacts us mentally.

Letting It Go To Voicemail is hyper-minimal in construction, consisting of only [...]]]> http://computermusicblog.com/blog/2012/01/07/letting-it-go-to-voicemail-by-evan-x-merz/