Mean Time Between Failure
post-glitch electronica, field recordings, improvised soundscapes, interactive corpus-based synthesis.
Go to http://myspace.com/xmtbf to listen.
Concert at Noise=Noise, Unit 73a, London, UK
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Noise=Noise / nnnnn concert series organised by Ryan Jordan:
Concerts by Diemo Schwarz (live corpus-based concatenative synthesis) with Marco Donnarumma http://marcodonnarumma.com/ Terra Audio [NoNameSound] https://soundcloud.com/terra-audio/ Micahel Mykola Haleta http://mikehaleta.com/ Ryan Jordan http://ryanjordan.org/ |
Unit 73a, Regent Studios, 8 Andrew’s Road, Hackney, London, E8 4QN
Hertzquelle (50Hz source) programmed at ICMC, Ljubljana
Hertzquelle (50Hz source) was selected to be played in the acousmatic music program of the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC 2012) in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
The piece Hertzquelle (50Hz source) reveals the very source of the ubiquitous hum of 50Hz that surrounds everyone of us, everywhere, everytime. It can be heard from alarm clocks perturbing the nightly silence, from power adapters that are never switched off, when you touch a blank audio cable, or from badly ground-lifted amplifiers.
This is where it is all coming from, the very place where the world-wide hum originates to radiate all around the earth, tuning the world to its frequency. Read the rest of this entry »
02.08.2011
Outprovisation — Improvisation with Live-Recorded Environmental Sound at ICMC, Huddersfield
ICMC 2011 Late Night Concert 2, Students’ Union, Huddersfield, UK
Outprovisation breaks the tyranny of the instant and fragments the unity of time and place, by improvising with unpredictable live streams from the vicinity of the concert venue: the bar, a park, the street, a shopping mall…
It enlarges at the same time the temporal horizon, the loci of presence, and the sonic space, doubling it by the abstract space of transformed sounds. Read the rest of this entry »
Concert at Gambetta Café, Paris
https://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=212285145470142
⚡EMMANUELLE GIBELLO / DIEMO SCHWARZ
comprovisation éléctronique
http://myownspace.fr/scenophonie
http://diemo.concatenative.net/
⚡PROJET PISCINE, en impro
http://www.myspace.com/projetpiscine
⚡FURIOUS GOLDEN SHOWER
Sex wet wave
http://www.myspace.com/thefuriousgoldenshower
furious article sur DISHES
http://www.dishesmag.fr/article-never-mind-the-bollocks-70703430.html
Solo and duo live Performance with Victoria Johnson at Sound of Mu, Oslo, Norway
Concert evening with solo works by Diemo Schwarz and violinist Victoria Johnson, and an improvised duo at Sound of Mu club/gallery.
See this video of the first appearance of iPad wiggling as an expressive performance instrument.
Live Performance at Placard Headphone Festival, La Générale en Manufacture, Sevres
MTBF performance for CataRT, controllers, and field recordings diffused on headphones and via streaming at Visionsonic Placard headphone festival,.
Acknowledgements: Many thanks to Mathieu Chamagne for the fantastic work on the Max Multitouch Framework (MMF), and Pink Twins for the Fantastick application for the iPad.
22.07.2010
Alarm–Signal played at Sound and Music Computing Conference, Barcelona
Concert around freesound
Diemo Schwarz performs the piece Alarm–Signal, for CataRT, controllers, and freesound sounds
Alarm sounds and signals are usually lying in wait all around us to alert our attention, warn us of danger, wake us up. This piece finally gives them a chance to express themselves freely, just what the freesound project was intended for.
“Alarm” and “signal” are the search terms used in freesound to find the sounds out of which this piece is exclusively constructed. Despite the startling nature of most of these sounds, the use of corpus-based concatenative synthesis techniques in the CataRT system makes it possible to compose smooth evolutions and soothing combinations of timbres, thereby reflecting on the inner qualities of these sounds that are richer than their everyday use.
Acknowledgements: Many thanks to Pascal Baltazar for the loan of the Stantum SMK 15″ multitouch interface, and to Mathieu Chamagne for the fantastic work on the Max Multitouch Framework (MMF).
21.06.2010
Rooftop Concert, Paris
Oldine invites to his 10th floor terrace above the highest elevation spot in Paris in the 19th arrondissement.
Sorry, private only.
22.05.2010
live performance at placard headphone festival, Instants Chavires
cataRT, binaural field recordings
MTBF live at the placard headphone festival, Instants Chavirés, Montreuil, Paris.
Video documentation is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppxN5YtfZVA
13.05.2010
Concert–Conference at STEIM, Amsterdam
Conferences and concerts by Diemo Schwarz, Kaffe Matthews, Daniela de Paulis, Takuro Mazuka Lippit
MTBF with live corpus-based concatenative synthesis with Hans Leeuw on Electrumpet.
See steim.org for more information. Read the rest of this entry »
MTBF tracks played on the framework radio show
Three recent MTBF tracks (Knochenmühle, Hertzquelle, Trowel and Seal) were played in the fantastic field-recording oriented radio show framework on radio Resonance 104.4fm in London presented by Patrick Mcginley.
framework – phonography / field recording; contextual and decontextualized sound activity presented by patrick mcginley
07.03.2010
Radio play on the framework show
The field-recording oriented radio show framework on radio Resonance 104.4fm in London, presented by Patrick Mcginley, aired another MTBF soundscape as introduction on 07.03.2009.
See this post for more information about the show.
20.01.2010
Hertzquelle (50Hz source)
The piece Hertzquelle (50Hz source) reveals the very source of the ubiquitous hum of 50Hz that surrounds everyone of us, everywhere, everytime. It can be heard from alarm clocks perturbing the nightly silence, from power adapters that are never switched off, when you touch a blank audio cable, or from badly ground-lifted amplifiers.
This is where it is all coming from, the very place where the world-wide hum originates to radiate all around the earth, tuning the world to its frequency. Read the rest of this entry »
13.12.2009
Radio play on the framework show
The fantastic field-recording oriented radio show framework on radio Resonance 104.4fm in London presented by Patrick Mcginley aired an MTBF soundscape as introduction on 13.12.2009.
framework – phonography / field recording; contextual and decontextualized sound activity
presented by patrick mcginley Read the rest of this entry »
23.07.2009
Live Performance at Sound and Music Computing Conference, Passos Manuel, curated by Evan Parker, Porto
SMC Concert 2, Curated by Evan Parker
Program:
* “Porto_xx0709_Radio_Remixed”, Hannes Raffaseder – live electronics
* “BrainWash”, Yasuhiro Otani – live electronics
* “Corpus-Based Improvisation”, Diemo Schwarz – acoustic instrument & live electronics
* “Hands On Stage – Untitled 1″, Chi-Hsia Lai – Custom-built electronic interface
* “LiveImprovS~”, Koray Tahiroğlu – live electronics & solar panel musical instruments
* “Superimpose I”, Alexander Schubert – piano, double bass, saxophone, percussion & electronics
http://www.passosmanuel.net
Venue: Sound and Music Computing Conference, Passos Manuel, curated by Evan Parker , Rua Passos Manuel 137 , Porto, Porto 4000 385 , PT
21.06.2009
Rooftop Concert, Paris
Oldine invites to his 10th floor…with 12 more above…
Venue: ROOFTOP CONCERT , Telegraphe , Paris, Ile-de-France 75019 , FR
DVD documentation is available.
Photo by Marie-Eve Bouillon
06.06.2009
Exciting sound art festival, Montreuil
The first deambulatory sound art event “FESTIVAL D’EXPÉRIMENTATIONS SONORES” takes place in Montreuil, France, with performances in unusual places such as a whig workshop, a van, a hairdresser’s saloon, an elevator. MTBF will team up with guitar magician Cyril Touzé for a musical exploration of the earth’s stratigraphy.
http://www.myspace.com/circuitsonore
07.12.2008
Live Performance at le CUBE – Sublime Sonus 2 (with theconcatenator)
http://www.lesiteducube.com/site/breve.php?id=413 Après le succès du premier rendez-vous de Sublime Sonus : à la découverte de la musique électroacoustique, proposé par Roland Cahen en mars 2008 au Cube, prolongez l’exploration passionnante de ce genre musical en découvrant quatres grands noms de la musique électroacoustique qui interprèteront quelques unes de leurs œuvres. theconcatenator présenteront un live audio-visuel improvisé, Christian Zanési jouera sur différents dispositifs une version live de 2006, l’aube rouge. Xavier Garcia, aux claviers, présentera Solo, performance improvisée selon le lieu, la circonstance, la pression de l’air et la température ambiante. Enfin, Marco Marini jouera une nouvelle pièce sur Piège à Rêve, l’instrument textile de Maurin Donneau
Venue: le CUBE – Sublime Sonus 2 (with theconcatenator) , 20, Cours Saint Vincent, 92130 Issy-les-moulineaux , Paris, Ile-de-France 92130 , FR
24.10.2008
Silver Sounds Exhibition with MTBF soundscape wins award
See the exhibition’s site at http://www.naughtongallery.org/silversounds.
The exhibition is unique because visitors can ‘hear’ as well as see the University’s silver collection, through using handheld computers to highlight objects and listen to the artists’ interpretations. Ten internationally renowned sound artists created sound pieces to accompany 22 of the silver objects, exploring their origins and the reasons for their creation and use. Read the rest of this entry »
Live Performance at Agence XP
see http://www.leplacard.org/2007/Placardée l’agence XP ::: 12:00 (CEST) .Mean Time Between Failure. – .improvisation + decontextualisation. – .mtbf solo with drones, bidules et field recordings. .12:30 (CEST) .ring sax modulator. – .Etienne Brunet. – .longue traine roll & catenary samba. .13:00 (CEST) .Diemo Schwarz + Etienne Brunet. – .improvisation + recontextualisation. – - .MTBF invite Etienne Brunet pour un Bass corpus clarinet concatenative free drone, ou l’inverse.
Venue: Agence XP , 15 rue de l’aude , Paris 14e, , FR
27.07.2007
Live Performance at placard 10, la generale en manufacture
27.07.2007
Live Performance at Placard 2007
le placard headphone festival http://leplacard.org/2007/placard%20X%20paris/
Venue: 6 grande rue , Sevres, Hauts-de-Seine, Ile-de-France , FR
19.12.2006
Rien du tout Performance at Live Algorithms for Music Conference, London
Concert 2: New Computer Music by LAM Network members
Performance “Rien du tout” with Diemo Schwarz and Sam Britton using real time concatenative synthesis:
Drawing on compositional models proposed by John Cage and Luc Ferrari, we assert that it is possible, through a process of re-composition to record environmental sounds and interpret and contextualise them into a musical framework. We propose to demonstrate the possibilities of such an approach by using the CataRT corpus based concatenative synthesis engine as a tool for real-time analysis and catagorisation of recorded sound whilst simultaneously affecting a process of re-synthesis using specific compositional strategies and techniques. We will present various derivatives of this approach in a performance scenario where the emphasis will be based on capturing sound events in real-time using microphones and processing these recordings using CataRT. During the duration of the performance we hope to be able to start with nothing at all (Rien de tout) and by recording and re-composing environmental sound, evolve a musical structure by tracing a non-linear path through the increasing corpus of recorded sound and thereby orchestrating a counter-point to our own linear perception of time. Our aim is to construct a compositional framework from any given source material that may be interpreted as being musical by virtue of the fact that it’s parts have been intelligently re-arranged according to specific sonic and temporal criteria.
2 – 4 pm Venue: <i>Great Hall</i>, Goldsmith’s University , New Cross, London , UK
18.12.2006
Live Performance with George Lewis and Evan Parker, London
Performance with George Lewis and Evan Parker at the LAM Conference for Live Algorithms for Music:
Concert 1: George Lewis, Evan Parker and friends with Voyager and other live algorithms
The concert will feature the Voyager system and experiments with computer systems developed by LAM network members.
7.30 pm Venue: Great Hall, Goldsmiths College £10(£6) , New Cross, London , UK
06.08.2006
placard #9 headphone festival, Paris
noise ambient drone field recordings mechanical toys contact mike surface scrape electronics patch corpus-based concatenative exploration mean time between failures.
MTBF + guest live at the placard #9 festival, La Générale, Paris. Some audience noises picked up by the contact mic on the autoharp.
Diemo Schwarz (as MTBF): autoharp, wind-up toys, e- and a-bow, Max/MSP, cataRT;
Guillaume Boutard (guest): drone guitar
08.02.2006
Live at Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC), Belfast
Live at Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC), Belfast, with Belfast electronic improvisers
05.09.2005
Off-ICMC concert, Barcelona
MTBF live at the Off-ICMC festival alongside the International Computer Music Conference, Metropol, Barcelona
Diemo Schwarz: contact mic, wind-up toys, various field recordings, Max/MSP, cataRT
07.07.2005
placard #8 headphone festival, Paris
MTBF solo live at the placard #8 headphone and streaming festival, gallery Glassbox, Paris.
Diemo Schwarz: inverse stylophone, wind-up toys, Nutella surprise egg shaker, various field recordings, jMax, all clicks and bugs intentional: MTBF = 0.42 seconds.
19.10.2004
Live concert for the launch of the Creative Commons License in France, Maison des Métallos, Paris
Live concert for the launch of the Creative Commons License in France at Ars Longa in the Maison des Métallos, Paris
21.06.2004
Live concert at Fête de la Musique Libre, Paris
Live concert at the Fête de la Musique Libre, Paris, a free and open source software event organised by the April association.
01.05.2004
Live concert at the Linux Sound Night, ZKM, Karlsruhe
Live concert at the Linux Sound Night on the 2nd International Linux Audio Conference in the ZKM, Karlsruhe
20.10.2003
Live concert at the Réseaunances off festival, Ircam, Paris
Live concert at the Réseaunances streaming off festival to Resonances 2003 at Ircam, Paris
Roland analog vocoder, jMax, Boss Digital Delay, inversed Stylophone
28.07.2001
büro placard #4 headphone festival, Paris
Rabbits|Sorrow vs. MTBF live at the büro placard #4 festival.
Sebastien Roux (as Rabbits|Sorrow): guitar, e-bow, effects;
Diemo Schwarz (as MTBF): minidisc, effects, analogue synthesizer, stylophone, drum computer
First public appearance of MTBF.
03.05.1997
Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF)
Some time in 1997, at the first Noise Transmission Festival in Aachen, Germany, invention of the name Mean Time Between Failure for Diemo Schwarz’s musical project exploring the errors and artefacts in digital sound.