#algorave

[yellowmanula]

Pomimo siniaków i urazów Przynoszę wam tutaj nowe wersety: Ekskluzywnie dla tych, dla których nic nie jest oczywiste

Olga Rembielińska oficialnie studentką Szkoły Doktorskiej Uniwersytetu Śląskiego w ramach międzynardowego programu Life with intelligent machines. Robot cultures in hybrid societies

Temat projektu: DJ as a machine. Algorave culture and the new perspective on making electronic music (a cultural studies approach)

Szczególne podziękowania dla dra Przemysław Owczarek, który mi zaufał i napisał list polecający

[supersupersounds]

Matthew Ryals - Generative Etudes 2.0

This is gorgeous - man/machine generative electronics that delight and surprise. -Kris

[trashpandaqc]

good week for weird releases from friends and their crews

[saisons-en-enfer]

Snippet of Actress’ performance for Yayoi Kusama’s exhibit at Tate modern circa 2012

[temsikfates-archive]

“Random programming fact of the day: did you know there’s a new rhytim of eletronic music called an algorave? An algorave (from an algorithm and rave) is an event where people dance to music generated from algorithms, often using live coding techniques. Did you think programming was boring? It can make a lot of interesting stuff such as these. Impressive, don’t you think?”

[tomthomasblog]

Breaking Free from Conformity - The Spiritual Journey of Romans 12:2

In a society where conformity is often the easiest path, Romans 12:2 offers a compelling alternative: be transformed by renewing your mind. This verse from the New King James Version of the Bible is more than just a spiritual principle; it's a call to action that can change your life. Here’s how you can break free from the world’s mold and live a life that honors God.

Understanding Conformity

Conformity to the world can be subtle yet destructive. It can manifest in how we dress, what we watch, or the company we keep. Romans 12:2 warns against this kind of conformity, urging us not to follow the sinful and worldly ways of those who do not believe in God. Instead, we are called to stand out and live according to God’s principles.

The Transformation Process

Transformation begins with a change in mindset. Romans 12:2 tells us to be transformed by the renewing of our minds. This renewal comes through studying the Bible, praying, and applying God’s Word. Our thoughts and behaviors change as we learn more about God and His will. We begin to see the world through God’s eyes, and this perspective helps us make better choices.

Embracing God’s Will Through this transformation, we can understand and follow God’s will. Romans 12:2 says that by renewing our minds, we can prove what is good, acceptable, and perfect in God’s eyes. This means living a life that aligns with God’s teachings and showing others what it means to follow Christ. By living out God’s will, we witness His love and mercy.

Living as a Living Sacrifice

Living a transformed life is a form of worship. When we offer our bodies as living sacrifices to God, we show gratitude for His mercy and love. This worship is not just about church attendance but about living every day in a way that pleases God. It involves making daily choices that align with His teachings and being a light in the world.

Resisting Evil Influences

The world around us can be full of evil influences that try to pull us away from God. Romans 12:2 encourages us to resist these influences and instead be transformed by God’s power. This resistance is about avoiding bad things and actively seeking to live a holy and righteous life. By standing firm against worldly influences, we grow in spiritual maturity.

Romans 12:2 is a powerful call to transformation, urging us to break free from the world’s mold and live a life that truly honors God. We can positively impact the world by renewing our minds, following God’s will, and living as sacrifices. Take the challenge today to seek transformation through God’s power. Start by reading the Bible, praying, and applying God’s Word daily. As you do, you will grow in spiritual maturity and live a good, acceptable, and perfect life in God’s eyes.

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The Scripture Collection A compilation of 20 uplifting music videos inspired by a different Bible scripture. First Edition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv1XEZzrCvE Second Edition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucV8yJIEsvc

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Website: https://bwpub.net/

I've created the song "Transformed" in three different genres from Romans 12:2.

spanish mariachi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_GslDd6JMw new orleans dembow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3S2sb8R-W8 algorave https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uFAZYz4eUk

[erice549]

if i knew how to code (and had the drive to maintain software), the first thing i'd make is a custom software for DJ sets and live performances, in hopes it'd condense all the gear required into your laptop.

alphabet keys trigger samples, number keys play audio from channels, symbol keys add effects.

like a weird rectangular launchpad, combining the best of ipad controllers and algoraves.

[mayookhpallikandi]

Proj.6 - Media in Performance (Artist Research)

1.Alex McLean

Alex McLean is a musician, developer and researcher based in Sheffield, UK. As a live coder, Alex performs widely as part of the long-lived band Slub (with Dave Griffiths, Adrian Ward and Alexandra Cardenas), as well as CCAI (with Sam Schorb), and Epiploke (with Lucy Cheesman). Alex is active across the digital arts, co-founding the TOPLAP organisation for the promotion of live algorithm programming, algorithmic techno promoters Algorave, and the International Conferences on Live Coding and Live Interfaces. He has also organised around 80 Dorkbot electronic art events in Sheffield and London. Alex completed his PhD thesis "Artist-Programmers and Programming Languages for the Arts" in 2011 at Goldsmiths, University of London, and now holds a part-time postdoc position on the ERC PENELOPE project, exploring weaving as a technical mode of existence.

2.Sam Aron

Dr Sam Aaron is the creator of Sonic Pi, an internationally renowned live coding performer, public speaker and science communicator. Sam has a PhD in Computer Science from Newcastle University and held a research position at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory where he initially developed Sonic Pi.

Sam has been an active community builder for 20 years starting and running the Newcastle and Amsterdam Ruby user groups, Amsterdam Clojure group and more recently the international Sonic Pi community of educators, programmers and artists.

Sam regularly engages audiences of all ages and backgrounds with the creativity of code through keynotes, workshops and performances. He has live coded internationally featuring in the Royal Albert Hall, Berlin Warehouses, Music Festivals, on the BBC and many school assemblies. Sam has received two Google prizes for his Open-Source work and The Rolling Stone magazine described his Moog fest performance as “transcending the present”.

3. Renick Bell

Renick Bell is one of the most well-known artists associated with the algorave movement, wherein computer programmers create algorithmically generated dance music using live coding techniques. Bell is the author of a live coding system called Conductive, and is responsible for organizing the first algoraves in his adopted country of Japan. While Bell has been making electronic music since the '90s, he began receiving wider attention for his performances and recordings during the late 2010s, including his acclaimed 2018 full-length Turning Points.

References

foam oü, Alex McLean. [online] Available at: https://fo.am/people/alex-mclean/ [Accessed 13 Nov. 2023].

The University of Sheffield, Dr. Samuel Aaron. [online] Available at: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/dcs/people/research-staff/samuel-aaron [Accessed 13 Nov. 2023].

 ALLMUSIC, Renick Bell. [online] Available at: https://www.allmusic.com/artist/renick-bell-mn0003691115#biography [Accessed 14 Nov. 2023].

[narizentupidocartazes]

[2023]

15 de Fevereiro | Rescaldo 2023 | Mariana Dionísio & João Carreiro | Bezbog | PolyVudanvum | ZDB - Lisboa

16 de Fevereiro | Rescaldo 2023 | Tiago Sousa & Joana de Sá | Algorave by Not Binary Code (quendera . Ndr0n . Violeta) | DAMAS - Lisboa

17 de Fevereiro | Rescaldo 2023 | Cândido Lima | André Gonçalves & Maria da Rocha & Violeta Azevedo & César Burago | TBA - Lisboa

18 de Fevereiro | Rescaldo 2023 | Shhhh… Bong! Piii, Zuuu! Vamos fazer música concreta! | maat - Lisboa | [Mediadoras | Inês Luzio e Beatriz Rola . Parceiro | Circuito – Serviço Educativo Braga Media Arts]

18 de Fevereiro | Rescaldo 2023 | Vasco Mendonça & Drumming Gp | Menino da Mãe & Coro | maat - Lisboa

19 de Fevereiro | Rescaldo 2023 | Raw Forest | Carlos Bica | Igeja St. George - Lisboa

Cartaz [Travassos]

Co-organização [Nariz Entupido]

[fuckyeahchiptune]

🇫🇷 Lyon 19/08/23 ft @rnbwtrsh #bobbysnaxx @ralt144mi @cyanidedansen #glafouk #secourscathodique .. #chiptune #chiptuneshows #digifu #lyonmusic #algorave #livecode #circuitbending https://instagr.am/p/Cu6ilultWTB/

[livecodingcreatorsnowplaying]

Listen/purchase: Live @ Algorave Brasil 2020 by Pietro Bapthysthe

[yellowmanula]

I am extremely pleased to inform you that I have been accepted as a PhD student at the Doctoral School of the University of Silesia in Katowice, as part of the international program "Life with Intelligent Machines. Robot Cultures in Hybrid Societies" (cultural sciences).

My research topic is "DJ as a Machine. Algorave Culture and the New Perspectives on Making Electronic Music (cultural studies approach)".

[supersupersounds]

William Fields - Antero

William continues his journey into the man/machine music-cyborg black hole, and Antero is 40+ minutes of pure, electronic head trip. ZUL is wetter and weirder than ever, while LEHOC is super melodic and gorgeous, almost Oval-like. Along the way there's no shortage of skittering future beats and textures, just how we like it. This is one of his strongest albums yet, and the icing on the cake it that it's a completely free release through bandcamp. Some info from the liner notes below:

"I could not have created this music on my own, in the "normal" way, through a series of conscious decisions. Both the music and the artwork were created via dialogue/performance between human and computer. I believe that this is a fruitful way forward, and that there is still great potential for new sounds. Hence the title "Antero" (the opposite of "Retro")."

[trashpandaqc]

they are 5 today! on April Fool's 2019 I released 2 last compilations of spare tracks as Peter Seligman before committing to the Trash Panda QC alias. this year... you gotta wait till Friday.

[laylaart]

Week 1 - Performance Lab

Tuesday 24th January

On Tuesday we began the full launch of the performance lab module. We were introduced to the idea of creative processes. We watched various videos on creative process. One that I particularly enjoyed was a TED Talk by Sir Ken Robinson on whether or not schools killed creativity. He discussed the creative process in regards to performance. We were then introduced various creative studios that work with performance such as Punchdrunk. We looked at some of the work they do, their immersive installations with actors and plots. They were a very interesting example of a kind of performance art and one I hadn't come across before.

After the launch we were then sent off into our new collaborative groups. We set up a communication method and communal work spaces like Miro and Google slides. We discussed our individual narrative objects and the personal story behind them. In our group we had, my teddy, Jess' charm bracelet, Meg's mannequin, Leila's diffuser and Mukki's headpiece. Between each of the objects we found the commonalities to be that they each hold sentimental value and all correlate to a sense of comfort. We began to further brainstorm the similarities, and the potential ideas from the similar themes between the objects.

For the afternoon of this session we had another guest in, Antonio Roberts, who came to discuss his work and current practices. He introduced us to glitch art, Installation art and live programming performances such as live visuals and music at algoraves. Programming performances were completely new to me and so particularly interesting to learn about. Using programming to create sounds and eventually music was very impressive. After discussing his journey he actually demonstrated live programming and used a series of coding that he'd created previously. He also did a completely spontaneous live performance of random coding sequences that again came together to create a piece of music. This being the kind of techniques that he uses at algoraves. He also stated that he creates visuals that he pairs with the music, varying colours and movement patterns to coincide with the tone of the music. It was a very insightful presentation and an interesting style of performance art, especially because it was one I had never previously heard of.

Friday 27th January-

In todays session we began by discussing the two selected texts that were about performance and devising. This lead nicely into the powerpoint that we were spoken through, again discussing performing and devising. The texts suggested 'Devising is a method of making performance that is often non-text based and includes the collaborative participation of the whole creative company'. This quote was referenced again in todays powerpoint and I think it was a particularly important quote, especially because I had never previously looked into the method of devising. We looked at different studios and projects that people carried out, that exemplify devising and performance. We looked at Cage and Cunningham, a duo that each collaborated on music and dance pieces that were prepared and created together but conceived independently. I liked this example because their work was heavily inspired by everyday sounds, actions and movements. I like that their work was inspired by simple everyday activities.

After looking through a variety of of studios and projects we went off into our groups and began devising as a group. We were given prompts such as maybe writing a storyboard, drawing a visual storyboard, a sound storyboard and a movement storyboard. We each began to discuss potential narratives and methods of combining that with performance. In our group we mind mapped a lot of our thoughts and the ideas that we had. We had an interactive live miro page, however, we found that we worked better when all working physically on the same documents together so that we ca talk through our thought processes and the reasoning for our ideas. This was a useful session in terms of debating performance and continuing collecting our thoughts.

[niamhsperformancelab]

Week 1~ Performance Lab

(Tuesday)

The official launch of the performance lab commenced on the Tuesday morning by Lara. We went through the module's brief and how we were going to be assessed this semester. It is a similar assessment style to the one that we have just completed however it will be across 9 weeks and we won't start the nature lab until week 4 which means there could be a redirection depending on if we want to combine our projects into one outcome or keep them separate. This will allow the feedback received from my last group presentation to be acted upon. As an example of performance, Lara explained to us how the punchdrunk production works and showed us one of their trailers to give us a better understanding of performance and the possibilities available to us. It was interesting to see how they create immersive experiences for different types of audience from children to adults. It was also interesting to see their creative process diagram that Lara created for the company's use to show how each project comes to life. I think it would be a good idea to use this within our project for guidance and a rough outline.

Our groups for this semester's project were revealed to us before our lunch break and I have been placed in a group with Zoe, Hemza, Liz and Ash. I feel as this group may be slightly more difficult to work with in comparison to my last project as there are bigger personalities and characters. This will be a challenge to see how I am able to work within a group such as this while still maintaining the standard achieved last term. I think to manage this, a plan or schedule will need to be devised in order to ensure everything gets done on time and to the best standard. This can be done in our next meeting together as a group.

During the afternoon, Antonio Roberts gave a presentation on his creative career that had BCU in its early stages. In my opinion, it was aimed at the creative technology pathway, none the less, it was extremely interesting and engaging. His current work started as data bending in Audacity (an audio editing software) and some basic glitch art. Just after he finished his studies, he decided to go to Chicago IL, to attend the Glitch festival. this was a huge moment for him as he discovered a community that had similar interests, motivating him to create art that he wanted to. After this festival, he began taking part in exhibitions across the country, exploring glitch art and its potential as a medium. This eventually lead to his work with MTV creating video/moving glitches and then to his involvement with the Algorave scene where Antonio found his love for VJing (Visual jockeying) where he would perform either improv or prewritten coded music. This is often paired with visuals that match the song. It was great to see code being used for something that isn't just visual and can create a whole other use for it. especially when AI is becoming so popular, it can be another way of cresting new media and can be linked back to Nathan Tromans idea of "chance and spontaneity".

(Wednesday)

This was the first week that we were required to attend a session on a Wednesday, we had a workshop with Lee from the casting department down in the basement. Our aim for the day was to create a 3D 1:25 scale model of the performance area in our classroom. This is to aid or future projects if we need to prototype or explore ideas without needing access to the room. As I had done a Paper and board: product design course for GCSE, my skills using a craft knife and steel ruler were already at a level where I could confidently create the model without help. I was successful In creating the larger room out of foam board and composing the studio's frame with MDF however once I had gotten to the roof, my attention to detail had reduced as I had been working for a few hours straight and had grown impatient with the task at hand.

Between the Wednesday and Friday session I read the key texts on performance and devising. The performing extract was based on definitions of "performance" in different contexts. While I was familiar with the first three terms, the last two caused me to struggle grasping their concepts. Performance art, body art as well as deconstructive performance are types of performance that I'm not so familiar with and I couldn't relate their descriptions with any scenarios within my own knowledge. Therefore, I had a look online for visual examples and I now am able to relate the text back to those examples and understand what each definition means.

The devising extract focused on the making process of a whole outcome. It was very interesting to see that the process we used for semester 1's final outcome was very similar to this process where a group of people of interdisciplinary practices come together to create an outcome from different stimulus that may not have obvious correlation. The removal of a director role creates a "democratic theatre" which is similar to that of Lara's theatre project in Chicago where if one person voted against an idea, it would be overturned.

(Friday)

Our morning began with the usual discussion of the texts set to read for the week. Having been the only person who had read the text, it was less of a discussion and Lara read key points to the group so that there was an overview of what they had missed. After this, we had a lecture on significant people within the theatre industry that might be of interest to research and take inspiration from to include in our own projects. I hadn't heard of any of the artists mentioned as theatre is not an area that I am familiar with or have pursued in the past. It was very interesting to hear about some of Lara's early work in Chicago and some of the processes she went through to create an experimental piece of theatre.

We then had a talk from Lee about use of MIDI keyboards in a lighting context and from this I have decided that It is something I would like to explore further within this project even if it isn't used in the final outcome or is used in terms of sound. Some key information learnt was that the software used is called Light Key, you can have up to 20 channels max (meaning up to 20 outputs can be used), the MIDI keyboard can trigger notes or lights as it can be programmed in many ways.

After this talk, we got into our project groups and our task for the day was to create a narrative for our performance and to present this to the wider group at the end of the day. We made lots of progress, starting with how each object links to other ideas that may not be obvious but could still be relevant. This was a great way to start brainstorming ideas as we didn't have an end goal in mind and we wouldn't know if and how we were going to use each idea in our final project. Below are the physical brainstorming sheet that we had put together as well as the notes I had taken individually as there might be some slight variations (things I may have picked up and others hadn't and visa versa). After discussing these points we then thought about what elements are put together to create a performance and narrative. We settled on three different areas of environment, character and sound.

Points that we selected for environment were set design (this is an important point to utilise as it can contribute to so many affects needed for our performance). From set design, we chose to make Dublin our location, bringing in traditional settings and culture into the environment. The way that we decided to do this was to have our main scene in a traditional catholic church circa early 1800s. From that we could include church bells which would link to Hemza's object as well as mine. While we were going through this list, we were finding it somewhat difficult to create a set plot so we decided to focus on creating characters for the narrative. My object proved quite difficult to come up with a character which is why it is used more-so in the environment section rather than the character generation.

The character section originated from Zoe's object of dice as it can be linked to a game called dungeons and dragons where character customisation is essential. As a group we decided to create our own characters from our own objects, Zoe shared some book pages on how to create characters in dungeons and dragons to help give us inspiration on what a character could be. Next Tuesday we will come back together and share each of our characters, do some research on Irish mythology and create a plot to our story.

Next was sound. Our initial idea was to take samples of the sound each object makes and remix them to create a soundtrack for our performance. We are going to experiment further on in our project with this by using garage band and audacity and maybe even iMovie as I have some previous experience using this software.

In order to communicate to each other and keep a record of what we are doing when together in class as well as out of class, we set up a WhatsApp group chat, a Miro page and a Pinterest board so that we can generate ideas and more.