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This weekend, Cave of Sounds at the Digital Art & Performance Weekender
This weekend the Music Hackspace Ensemble team will join a programme of artists, performers, composers and technologists to present the Cave of Sounds installation as part of the Digital Art & Performance …

Thu. 24th of October, Ranjit Bhatnagar presents Singing Room for a Shy Person
Join us with sound sculptor Ranjit Bhatnagar, next Thursday 24th of October. Ranjit Bhatnagar will present his project entitled Singing Room for a Shy Person, an interactive sound installation, commissioned by Métamatic Research …

Thursday 17th of October, Marco Donnarumma presents Xth Sense
Join us this Thursday with performer, sound artist and teacher Marco Donnarumma. Marco will present Xth Sense, a biophysical instrument that amplifies the muscle sounds of the human body and …

Check out the Cave of Sounds documentation video
The Cave of Sounds (project documentation) from Tim Murray-Browne on Vimeo. This video documents the first two exhibits of the work at the Barbican 19-26 August 2013 and the Victoria …

Saturday 21st of September – Cave of Sounds at the V&A's Digital Design Weekend
The Music Hackspace’s very own resident project Cave of Sounds will be part of the Digital Design Weekend at the V&A, an event that celebrates collaborations in digital art, …

Thursday 12th of Sept: The aftermath of two kickstarter projects, and a series of performances
On Thursday 12th of September, we will receive the founders of two recent successful Kickstarter projects (TouchKeys and The OWL), and discuss the next phases in their project. They will …

Hacking and Entrepreneurship at Hack The Barbican
To celebrate 2 years of community building, this event will showcase 2 projects supported by members of the Music Hackspace, and discuss the emergence of entrepreneurship within hackerspace communities. WHERE: …

Music Hackspace at Hack the Barbican
About the event In response to the Trampery’s exciting invitation to join the festival Hack the Barbican, the Music Hackspace proposes a set of activities devised with the aim of bridging, …

The OWL: a programmable guitar pedal
A team of Hackspace and Music Hackspace members are currently working on a programmable guitar effects pedal called the OWL. OWL stands for Open Ware Laboratory, which refers to the …

4th July: Music Hackspace Performance Night
Music Hackspace Peformance Night. Performances by Steve Beresford, Simon Longo, Dr Benway , Ewa Justka and Tasos Stamou Where: Troyganic Café, 132 Kingsland Road, London, E2 8DY When: 4th July …

27 June: Max MSP meeting
The regular monthly meeting is this Thursday June 27th at Troyganic,132 Kingsland Road, E2 8D. PD and others welcome. Last month someone won a Max 6 license – that’s the sort …

20 June: Jimmy Tidey and Tom Bryan present rifff.co.uk
Join us this Thursday where Jimmy Tidey and Tom Bryan will present their composition web app Rifff, a web app that allows artists to compose with a controlled element of …

Andrew McPherson on 6 June: TouchKeys: capacitive multi-touch musical keyboard
Join us on Thursday 6 June, Andrew McPherson from the Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London will be talking about TouchKeys, a capactive multi-touch musical keyboard. Where: …

Arthur Carabott: Interactive Music System at the Olympic Park
Thursday 2nd of May 2013 Troyganic, 132 Kingsland Road 7pm Summary A detailed look at the musically interactive Coca-Cola Beatbox Pavilion at the London 2012 Olympic Park, with live demo. …

Andy Farnell: Research methods in interactive sound design
Thursday 18th of April 2013 7pm Troyganic, 132 Kingsland Road, London New digital media is very much about dynamic forms. We are familiar with video graphics in games, and the …

Hackship Lineup Additions
We are pleased to announce some awesome additions to our already bursting Music Hackship event: Alo Allik is confirmed to play on the main stage! Allik has a musically and …

Music Hackship Big Band Rehearsal
Thursday 21th of March 2013 7.00 pm Troyganic, 132 Kingsland Road, London At the upcoming Music Hackship (March 30th) the Hackspace will board the MS Stubnitz for a day and night …

Artists talk: Riz Maslen and Alo Allik
Thursday 14th of March 2013 7.00 pm Troyganic, 132 Kingsland Road, London This Thursday we welcome artists Riz Maslen and Alo Allik. Riz Maslen (http://neotropic.net/) is an electronic innovator and …
4th of January: a night of performances with Leafcutter John, Lady Hackspace, and more…
Please note, this event will happen exceptionally on Friday 4th of January 2013, instead of the usual gathering on Thursday. A night of sonic, visual acts and improvisation. The first …

Supernatant Seminars, Robert Tubb and Gordon Charlton,
Thursday 7th of March, 7pm Troyganic, 138 Kingsland Road, London The Music Hackspace is proud to invite the Centrifuge and Supernatant Laboratories, for a seminar with two guest speakers, Robert …