ToplapUKRelease

Things to mention

• Transfer event w/ myk and slub
• Thor's new language
• slub wired article
• planetarium trial
• bbc report
• livecoding game 'JamCity' in development: http://www.pawfal.org/dave/index.cgi?Projects/JamCity

infoburst

TOPLAP UK INFOBURST

Live coding is a new direction in electronic music and video, and is starting to get somewhere interesting. Live coders expose and rewire the innards of software while it generates improvised music and/or visuals. All code manipulation is projected for your pleasure. http://toplap.org/uk/about/

 MEDIA APPEARANCES
 * Livecoding on the bbc: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8244003.stm
 * slub article in wired: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2009-09/25/making-music-with-live-computer-code-.aspx
 
 UPCOMING EVENTS
 
 ++ transfer
 7pm - 10pm, Friday 16th October 2009
 Goldsmiths Great Hall, New Cross, London
 An evening of beautiful experiments in music from humans and computers, 
 featuring live coding from Slub and Yee-King alongside eminent non-
 livecoders Leafcutter John, Finn Peters and Spacedog.  More info on the
 website:
   http://slab.org/transfer/
 
 IN DEVELOPMENT
 
 ++ ixicode
 Thor Magnusson previewed his new ixi language in a recent toplap uk 
 session at shunt lounge, London.  Here's a rerun of his live set as
 a screencast: 
   http://www.vimeo.com/6895068
 To be released soon as part of ixi:
   http://www.ixi-software.net/
 
 ++ petrol
 Alex McLean's haskell based livecoding software is taking shape.  Here's 
 some extra slow acid from the development screencasts:
   http://vimeo.com/6448819
 You can follow along with the development on his blog:
   http://yaxu.org/
 
 ++ jam city
 On the graphical live coding front, Dave Griffiths is working on a 
 programming language based on traffic simulation, where cars and traffic 
 lights are given little programs to follow, triggering sounds placed on 
 the roads.
   http://www.pawfal.org/dave/index.cgi?Projects/JamCity
 
 ++ Planetarium coding
 Jam city featured as part of a recent planetarium gig at the immersive
 vision centre in Plymouth, where wrong headed (Matthew Yee-King and
 Nick Collins) and slub (Dave Griffiths, Adrian Ward and Alex McLean)
 trialled surround sound and video.  This was a great success and we're
 now planning a national tour for them.