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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>We'd welcome any everyone on the microsound list who might make it down!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>C4DM and IMC, in association with the Luminaire present: <BR>AUGMENTED INSTRUMENTS <BR>with <BR>ATAU TANAKA & ADAM PARKINSON <BR>+ OTSO LÄHDEOJA & THE MARS WALKERS <BR>+ PIERRE-ALEXANDRE TREMBLAY <BR>+ SINAN BOKESÖY <BR>+ JEAN-BAPTISTE THIEBAUT, ANDREW ROBERTSON & SCORPÈNE HORRIBLE <BR><BR>5pm: Workshop where the artists will demonstrate their system<BR>7pm: Concert<BR><BR>(for details of the venue, please scroll down or go to </FONT><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="https://staff-mail1.elec.qmul.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.theluminaire.co.uk/live-music-September-2008-776.php" target=_blank><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>http://www.theluminaire.co.uk/live-music-September-2008-776.php</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>)<BR><BR><BR>Scientists and performing artists come together this evening to demonstrate cutting edge research into digital music and performance. The concert aims to bring together artists who use technology to enhance their instruments. <BR><BR>Augmented instruments (such as a guitar processed by a laptop) or sensors enable new forms of live performance. These instruments contrast with laptops in electronic live performances that performers operate in a way remotely connected to the audience. Augmented instruments reconcile electronic music with the authenticity of live performance, where a virtuosity of new instruments is developed. <BR><BR>Artists:<BR>---------<BR><BR>Atau Tanaka is an internationally acclaimed multimedia artist, musician and theorist, currently based at Culture Lab, Newcastle, and previously involved with the Sony Research Centre in Paris and STEIM in Amsterdam. His work investigates sensor-based instruments and harnessing collective musical creativity in mobile environments, and his recent activity includes a performance of John Cage's Variations VII with <B class=moz-txt-star><SPAN class=moz-txt-tag>*</SPAN>zoviet:france<SPAN class=moz-txt-tag>*</SPAN></B> and Matt Wand as part of the North East's AV Festival. <BR></FONT><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="https://staff-mail1.elec.qmul.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.xmira.com/atau" target=_blank><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>http://www.xmira.com/atau</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> <BR><BR>Adam Parkinson is an improvising musician who is interested in the nature of movement and listening in improvised music, and involved in developing software and interfaces to integrate the soundworld and sensibilities of experimental techno into improvised music. <BR></FONT><A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="https://staff-mail1.elec.qmul.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.myspace.com/iltonjoan" target=_blank><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>http://www.myspace.com/iltonjoan</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> <BR><BR><BR>Atau's instrument, the Biomuse, converts bioelectic signals into audio control data, bringing bodily performance and a human physicality to electronic music. Atau and Adam's work together takes the listeners on microtextural journeys through shattered glitches, broken melodies and shards of sub-bass, a cerebral yet thrillingly physical experience, always unpredictable, and anchored to a belief that watching experimental music should be an electrifying experience. <BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV>---<BR><BR>Sinan Bokesoy is a researcher and composer in computer music. Being the developer of renowned stochastic synthesis applications like Stochos and Cosmos, Sinan Bokesoy likes to maintain local inpredictabilities and non-linear transformations in his interactive performances. The gestural response of the attached sensors change in a pre-programmed way along the pieces but the sonic results they trigger are not the same each time. You can find further informations on his research and activities on <A href="https://staff-mail1.elec.qmul.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.sonic-disorder.com" target=_blank>www.sonic-disorder.com</A></DIV>
<DIV><BR>---<BR><BR>Otso Lahdeoja & the Mars Walkers. Otso Lahdeoja is a guitarist and composer living in Paris. His research focuses on Augmented guitar, he is currently studying for PhD at University of Paris VIII. He developed a live performance that uses sensors to augment and process the sound of his guitar. He was recently given the best presentation award (1,000 euros) at the Journees d'Informatique Musicale conference in Bordeaux, France. The Mars Walkers are two video artists ,Karl-Otto von Oertzen and Alexandre Berthier, who create a unique visual atmosphere during the performance. <BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="https://staff-mail1.elec.qmul.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.myspace.com/maamusique" target=_blank>http://www.myspace.com/maamusique</A><BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="https://staff-mail1.elec.qmul.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://fleeingbirds.org/marswalkers/marswalkersBlog/?page_id=2" target=_blank>http://fleeingbirds.org/marswalkers/marswalkersBlog/?page_id=2</A><BR><BR>---<BR><BR>Pierre-Alexandre Tremblay teaches composition and improvisation at the University of Huddersfield. He plays a 6-string bass guitar augmented with a laptop in a solo live performance. He launched his first acousmatic album, "alter ego", in 2006, the first album of ars circa musicae in 2007, and in 2008 the seventh album of [iks], the contemporary jazz ensemble he directed for eleven years. He also works on pop music projects in studio as producer and bass guitar, composes video music and develops sound-design programs. <BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="https://staff-mail1.elec.qmul.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.pierrealexandretremblay.com/" target=_blank>http://www.pierrealexandretremblay.com/</A><BR><BR>---<BR><BR>Jean-Baptiste Thiebaut, Andrew Robertson & Scorpene Horrible. Jean-Baptiste and Andrew are PhD students in Queen Mary, University of London. They develop sound programs intended for live performances. For this performance, Jean-Baptiste will perform on an augmented bass guitar, and Andrew on an augmented guitar. Scorpene Horrible is a video artist who collaborated with Marc Ducré, Malik Mezzadri and Pplato on various stages throughout Europe and North America. <BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="https://staff-mail1.elec.qmul.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.myspace.com/thiebaut" target=_blank>http://www.myspace.com/thiebaut</A><BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="https://staff-mail1.elec.qmul.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.scorpenehorrible.com/" target=_blank>http://www.scorpenehorrible.com/</A><BR><BR>---<BR><BR>Details:<BR><BR>The Luminaire, <BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="https://staff-mail1.elec.qmul.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.theluminaire.co.uk/live-music-September-2008-776.php" target=_blank>http://www.theluminaire.co.uk/live-music-September-2008-776.php</A><BR>311 High Road<BR>Kilburn<BR>London<BR>NW6 7JR<BR><BR>Doors 5.00 <BR>£6 via WeGotTickets (<A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="https://staff-mail1.elec.qmul.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.wegottickets.com/event/32037" target=_blank>http://www.wegottickets.com/event/32037</A>)<BR>£8 door <BR><BR>The Centre for Digital Music and the Interaction Media and Communication Research Group are part of Queen Mary, University of London<BR><BR><BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>