In the first part of this workshop, Lu Yi will introduce Buddhist chanting machines. These are small sound players sold throughout Taiwan, China and Japan that play Buddhist chants on repetitive loops and are often used at religious ceremonies and on special dates. Lu Yi will talk about how people use these machines in both […]
Taiwanese artist Lu Yi will perform several sound compositions with a plasma globe. She will create sound using sampling, hardware hacking and analog errors. In addition, she will deliver an Artist Talk with an opportunity for Q&A afterwards. Lu Yi is a sound artist and a member of Soundwatch Studio. She obtained a master’s degree […]
This is an informal, participatory meetup focusing on Max MSP. A place to share knowledge, patches and ideas relating to max and visual programming. While this meetup primarily caters to existing users of Max, we encourage those unfamiliar with Max, but with a strong interest in it, to attend and chat with Max users about […]
Taking place in the crypt below Somerset House's courtyard featuring music visuals by Wang Fujui, Lu Yi, Meuko! Meuko!, TZU NI & LTY. The evening will be full of analog and electronic noise, visuals and unique sonic experimentation from Taiwan based artists. This final event of Lucia H Chung’s (Happened) three month curatorial residency with Music […]
Our TidalCycles meetups are a series of informal, participatory meetups focusing on Alex Mclean’s open source, accessible livecoding platform. They’re very loosely structured, with occasional short talks and performances. No programming experience is necessary for these meetups. They are open to all abilities and are an excellent opportunity to learn how to start making music […]
As part of our final residency in 2018 we're collaborating with Somerset House Studios in a jointly produced workshop presenting French artist NSDOS in November, also part of the Studios’ new experimental music programme– ASSEMBLY. Paris based NSDOS –aka Kirikoo Des– is a hybrid artist who works simultaneously on music, dance, digital art, and builds […]
Somerset House Studios residents Music Hackspace have joined forces with London event curators Individual Collective; to present a panel celebrating the 25th anniversary of the eponymous electronic music label: Downwards. Born in 1993, Downwards was launched from the gritty industrial heartland of Birmingham. In doing so, founder Karl O’Connor AKA Regis, crystallised a definitive direction […]
Rebel Technology will be teaching participants how to use Max MSP’s Gen to program synths and effects which can then be run on a hardware synthesiser, and used expressively in a modular or desktop environment. The workshop is for anyone wanting to learn musical programming and modular synthesis to get beyond the limits of traditional […]
Our TidalCycles meetups are a series of informal, participatory meetups focusing on Alex Mclean’s open source, accessible livecoding platform. They’re very loosely structured, with occasional short talks and performances. No programming experience is necessary for these meetups. They are open to all abilities and are an excellent opportunity to learn how to start making music […]
This is an informal, participatory meetup focusing on the visual programming environments Max MSP and Pure Data (Pd). A place to share knowledge, patches and ideas relating to visual programming. While this meetup primarily caters to existing users of Max and Pd, we encourage those unfamiliar with the platforms, but with a strong interest in […]