Music

Algorave

The algorave concept kicked off last month, with events in Brighton and London, and then a 100% live coded algorave in Karlsruhe. The tour then span out further into Germany, with events in Cologne and Duesseldorf. Algoraves are all about dancing

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Algorave

The algorave concept kicked off last month, with events in Brighton and London, and then a 100% live coded algorave in Karlsruhe. The tour then span out further into Germany, with events in Cologne and Duesseldorf. Algoraves are all about dancing

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Video roundup

Some recent live coding related videos from the tubes. Firstly, super impressive try out of live coding GLSL fragment shader code. Next, Zen and the Art of Live Programming, an inspiring talk by Sam Aaron at FP days in Cambridge: Finally,

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Video roundup

Some recent live coding related videos from the tubes. Firstly, super impressive try out of live coding GLSL fragment shader code. Next, Zen and the Art of Live Programming, an inspiring talk by Sam Aaron at FP days in Cambridge: Finally,

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Seasons greetings

It turns out that the festive season is here. To mark this occasion the Cybernetic Orchestra have live coded something for us all in ChucK. Probably best enjoyed with a Brandy in hand. Happy holidays!  

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Seasons greetings

It turns out that the festive season is here. To mark this occasion the Cybernetic Orchestra have live coded something for us all in ChucK. Probably best enjoyed with a Brandy in hand. Happy holidays!  

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Six Live Coding Works for Ensemble by Click Nilson

There are surprisingly few precedents for live coding in experimental music literature. By this we mean that before computers and programming languages came along, there was little in the way of explicit changing of rules while following. There is of course

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Six Live Coding Works for Ensemble by Click Nilson

There are surprisingly few precedents for live coding in experimental music literature. By this we mean that before computers and programming languages came along, there was little in the way of explicit changing of rules while following. There is of course

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Holly Herndon interview on Dummy

Holly Herndon is an artist based in San Franciso, known for pretty incredible performances with her voice and laptop. Pitchfork describe her as “one of the year’s most exciting new voices, producers, and composers”, so it’s good to read an

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Holly Herndon interview on Dummy

Holly Herndon is an artist based in San Franciso, known for pretty incredible performances with her voice and laptop. Pitchfork describe her as “one of the year’s most exciting new voices, producers, and composers”, so it’s good to read an

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TOPLAPapp in the browser

Continuing the rush to browser-based live coding, the sonic, abstract live coding puzzle TOPLAPapp by the mysterious Click Nilson now runs in Chrome and similar modern browsers.  You can play it here, click the question mark for a quick start, and to

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TOPLAPapp in the browser

Continuing the rush to browser-based live coding, the sonic, abstract live coding puzzle TOPLAPapp by the mysterious Click Nilson now runs in Chrome and similar modern browsers.  You can play it here, click the question mark for a quick start, and to

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Otomata – Online Generative Musical Sequencer by Batuhan Bozkurt

I think “Otomata” by Batuhan Bozkurt is lovely and it sounds lovely. It works a tiny bit like AlJazari in that there are independent cursors that interact with each other and the walls. You could watch the video here, but come on, play

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Otomata – Online Generative Musical Sequencer by Batuhan Bozkurt

I think “Otomata” by Batuhan Bozkurt is lovely and it sounds lovely. It works a tiny bit like AlJazari in that there are independent cursors that interact with each other and the walls. You could watch the video here, but come on, play

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Digital natives – the next generation of live coders?

Live coding can feel like a practice in a perpetual state of becoming, sometimes unsure of where it is going. Watch this video for a glimpse of the future – a roomful of children going nuts to music that they

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Digital natives – the next generation of live coders?

Live coding can feel like a practice in a perpetual state of becoming, sometimes unsure of where it is going. Watch this video for a glimpse of the future – a roomful of children going nuts to music that they

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Kid Algorithm

A live coded cover version of Radiohead’s Everything in its right place, by Arthur Carabott. If you want to have a look at the code, be sure to click the ‘HD’ button. This is a neat demonstration of how live

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Kid Algorithm

A live coded cover version of Radiohead’s Everything in its right place, by Arthur Carabott. If you want to have a look at the code, be sure to click the ‘HD’ button. This is a neat demonstration of how live

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The disklavier sessions

Andrew Sorensen first shook the live coding scene with his Study in Keith, a beautiful (synthesised) piano piece made with impromptu, which was later deconstructed by Stephen Ramsey.  Now Andrew Sorensen and Ben Swift have got their hands on a Disclavier,

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The disklavier sessions

Andrew Sorensen first shook the live coding scene with his Study in Keith, a beautiful (synthesised) piano piece made with impromptu, which was later deconstructed by Stephen Ramsey.  Now Andrew Sorensen and Ben Swift have got their hands on a Disclavier,

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