Essential podcasts about the secret history of technology and music
Following, at a slow pace, the first post with podcast tips, here is a list of podcasts that are absolutely essential listening for anyone interested in how electronic music came about and to what extent technology has influenced or instigated creative musical practice:
TechnoPop: The Secret History of Technology and Pop Music
Six part series on NPR by Rick Karr on how recording technology changed, or created, popular music as we know it, starting from 1877′s phonograph, the microphone, amplification, tape recording, the LP, up to drum machines, laptops, and the internet (english).
not actually a podcast, but online listenable at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1150717
The Tone Generation
early electronic music around the world by Ian Helliwell – contains some mind-blowing gems (english)
podcast link http://blip.tv/the-tone-generation/rss
Variations on Radio Web MACBA
fascinating 7-part series by John Leidecker around collage, reference, and sampling in music, spanning a phenomenal arch from musique concrète over avant-garde plunderphonics to pop and hip-hop (english).
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CataRT as an Instrument
Since about 5 years, CataRT is used extensively as a performance instrument by myself and other musicians, and has stabilised and been tried and tested in many performances. This is why the Inventor Composer Coaction call for new instruments was a welcome occasion to present this instrument to a wider audience, and to advance towards a systematic assessment of how to play and compose with CataRT.
To this end, the CataRT as an Instrument page collects the links to sound and video examples demonstrating CataRT as an expressive performance instrument.
Since CataRT must be seen as a whole family of possible instruments, around the core concept of the timbral sound space that is played by navigation, the actual instrument is determined by the controller that steers the navigation.
30.06.2012
Suspended Beginnings CD by Victoria Johnson
Release of Victoria Johnson‘s new CD Suspended Beginnings, with three improvisations by Victoria Johnson (electric violin) and Diemo Schwarz (CataRT), recomposed by Mats Claesson; Electra and Multimorf II by Knut Vaage; To the Ground by Alwynne Pritchard; and an improvisation with Peter Tornquist (laptop).
Available at cdbaby, CD Universe, Amazon.
22.06.2012
First concert of ONCEIM, St. Merri, Paris
Orchestre de Nouvelles Créations, Expérimentations et Improvisations Musicales (ONCEIM)
église saint-merry, 76 rue de la verrerie, Paris
http://rendezvouscontemporains.com
with Frédéric Blondy (direction), Félicie Bazelaire (violoncelle), Sébastien Beliah (contrebasse), Giani Caserotto (guitare), Bertrand Denzler (saxophone ténor), Vianney Desplantes (euphonium), Jean Dousteyssier (clarinette), Yoann Durand (saxophone alto), Rémi Durupt (percussions), Fidel Fourneyron (trombone), Elodie Gaudet (alto), Antonin-Tri Hoang (clarinette), Laurent Hoevenaers (violoncelle), Louis Laurain (trompette), Carmen Lefrançois (saxophone baryton), Julien Loutelier (batterie), Jean-Sébastien Mariage (guitare), Frédéric Marty (contrebasse), Stéphanie Réthoré (alto), Stéphane Rives (saxophone soprano), Joris Ruhl (clarinette), Diemo Schwarz (synthèse concaténative par corpus), Alvise Sinivia (piano)
21.06.2012
Das Pixel – ten years ago
http://dalbu.blogspot.it/2012/01/das-pixel.html
Thanks for reminding us, Guillaume!
06.06.2012
Suspended Beginnings CD-release concert with Victoria Johnson at Drivhuset, Oslo
Concert for the release of Victoria Johnson‘s new CD Suspended Beginnings at Drivhuset, Oslo, Norway. With Victoria Johnson (electric violin), Diemo Schwarz (CataRT live corpus-based concatenative synthesis), Peter Tornquist (laptop)
Cato Langnes.
Improvisations and pieces by Alwynne Pritchard: To the Ground and Knut Vaage: Electra.
See more images.
27.05.2012
Improvisation with Hans Leeuw at Share, Brooklyn
Featured set at Share, at the former location of ISSUE Project Room, (OA) Can Factory, 232 3rd St (at 3rd Ave corner), Brooklyn, New York, NY
The extreme sound possibilities of Hans Leeuw’s Electrumpet combine wonderfully with the corpus based techniques in Diemo Schwarz’s CataRT. Together the duo creates a rich pallet of sounds.
23.05.2012
DaisyLab, a Phonetic Deconstruction of Humankind with Nicolas d’Alessandro at NIME conference, Ann Arbour
NIME Late Night a concert on Wednesday May 23, 9pm at Necto Club in Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Part of NIME 2012 — International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression
DaisyLab, a Phonetic Deconstruction of Humankind is a duet performance for two new interfaces for musical expression, that have in common the ability to generate versatile vocal material.
23.05.2012
Installation ACCLRTR in a disused particle accelerator, Orsay
Interactive sound and video installation with Ianis Lallemand, in the former collider ring ACO Science at Orsay University south of Paris, within the Art-Science days of the festival Printemps de la Culture, May 23–24.
See here photos of the fascinating site still ringing with a rich scientific history.
Violent Dreams with Hans Leeuw at NIME conference, Ann Arbour
NIME Late Night a concert on Monday May 21, 9pm at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre in Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Part of NIME 2012 — International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression
The extreme sound possibilities of Hans Leeuw’s Electrumpet combine wonderfully with the corpus based techniques in Diemo Schwarz’s CataRT. Together the duo creates a rich pallet of sounds.
12.02.2012
DIRTI – Dirty Tangible Interfaces
Dirty Tangible Interfaces are a new concept in interaction design that forgoes the dogma of repeatability in favor of a richer and more complex experience, constantly evolving, irreversible & infinitely modifiable.
Dirty Interfaces is a concept by Matthieu Savary & Denis Pellerin. Movement analysis and CataRT sound synthesis by
Diemo Schwarz. Developed within the Topophonie project.
11.02.2012
CataRT selected for Inventor Composer Coaction
CataRT has been chosen out of 29 submissions of new musical instruments by 2 upcoming composers within the Inventor Composer Coaction. Jessica Aslan and Christos Michalakos will both write a piece for CataRT and the Red Note ensemble, to be premiered May 9 in Edinburgh.
10.02.2012
Performance of Le lieu d’un autre centre, with Frédéric Blondy at Aftersquat 59 Rivoli, Paris
Photo by Marie-Eve Bouillon
Fourth performance of the piece “le lieu d’un autre centre”, with Diemo Schwarz (live corpus-based concatenative synthesis) and Frédéric Blondy (bowed and prepared piano) at the weirdly titled festival “Le Classique c’est pour les Vieux“, in aftersquat 59 Rivoli, Paris.
See this post for more info and this page for an audio excerpt.
21.01.2012
Presentation of Blanc Brut by Cie. Atmen, Étoile du Nord, Paris
Work-in-progress presentation of Intérieur Crème, Acte II: Blanc Brut by choreographer Françoise Tartinville, Cie. Atmen, music by Frédéric Blondy and Diemo Schwarz, at the festival Les turbulents:
Les turbulents, c’est un accompagnement de 3 jeunes chorégraphes que l’équipe de L’étoile du nord, en partenariat avec Arcadi, va suivre tout au long de la saison. Nous vous proposons de découvrir le processus de création de ces trois projets chorégraphiques dans une version en cours de fabrication ou terminée. Nous clôturerons ce programme avec le parrain de cette soirée, le chorégraphe Frédéric Werlé.
Performance of Le lieu d’un autre centre, with Frédéric Blondy in Lausanne
Photo by Greg Clement
Third performance of the piece “le lieu d’un autre centre”, with Diemo Schwarz (live corpus-based concatenative synthesis) and Frédéric Blondy (bowed and prepared piano) at the Les Urbaines festival, théâtre 2.21, Lausanne, Switzerland.
See this post for more info and this page for an audio excerpt.
01.12.2011
Presentation and improvisation with Victoria Johnson, Malmö, Sweden
Presentation and performance at the international symposium (Re)Thinking Improvisation by Victoria Johnson (electric violin) and Diemo Schwarz (CataRT live corpus-based concatenative synthesis), at the Inter Arts Center, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden.
18.11.2011
Performance of Le lieu d’un autre centre, with Frédéric Blondy at The Warehouse, London
Photo by Marie-Ève Bouillon
Second performance of the piece “le lieu d’un autre centre”, with Diemo Schwarz (live corpus-based concatenative synthesis) and Frédéric Blondy (bowed and prepared piano) at The Warehouse, London, within the Spectrum Festival organised by Iancu Dumitrescu and Ana-Maria Avram. Other pieces in this festival are by Stephen O’Malley, Eran Sachs, Gol, Tim Hodgkinson, Steve Noble, Florian Hecker, Gyorgy Ligeti, John Cage, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Samon Takahashi, Iannis Xenakis.
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27.10.2011
Improvisation with Hans Leeuw at STEIM, Amsterdam
Conference and concert by Diemo Schwarz (live corpus-based concatenative synthesis) with Hans Leeuw (electrumpet).
Part of STEIM‘s HOTPOT LAB #18, where 4 student projects from this year’s HKU instrument design class will be presented.
21.10.2011
Premiere of Le lieu d’un autre centre, with Frédéric Blondy at St. Merri, Paris
First performance of the piece “le lieu d’un autre centre”, with Diemo Schwarz (live corpus-based concatenative synthesis) and Frédéric Blondy (bowed and prepared piano) at church St. Merri, Paris, in the series les rendez-vous contemporains.
See this post for more info and this page for an audio excerpt.
Also to be performed November 18, 2011 at Spectrum Festival, London.
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05.10.2011
CataRTchaRTaTTaCK
Nat Roe at cult freeform radio station WFMU has discovered CataRT in this blog post about chartsweeps (mashups of years of Top-10 songs compressed into one piece of music (? / sound / deflagration?)).