Timeshift - Live at Ars Electronica 2004

by Joe Paradiso

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4.	Lower Forms of Life 09:03	info	buy track

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In Sept of 2004, my synth rig was shipped to Linz, Austria, where it ran live in the Brucknerhaus at The Ars Electronica Festival as part of their 'Timeshift' exhibition, which celebrated the Festival's 25th anniversary. I decided to compose a new patch every day, starting with nothing, and finishing sometime in the evening with a complex soundscape. Festival attendees would wander through and listen as I worked on the patch-in-progress - as the modular renaissance hadn't taken hold yet, the sight of a large modular system generating autonomous music was quite unique then. Although a quadraphonic mix was presented in the Brucknerhaus, only stereo was recorded. These tracks represent each of the patches that I came up with - the first two have a tonal identity, and the last two are more sound art. For me, this was a transformative experience - although I'd made plenty of autonomous patches with my synth before this, I discovered new depth in the device that I had concocted while working intensively with it at Ars, and started to realize music with it at a new level.
These tracks are excerpts from live recordings of the autonomous patches that I composed - there is no 'playing' of instruments on them - all sounds are generated by what the patch 'instructs' the synth to do. More information can be found at at synth.media.mit.edu and paradiso.media.mit.edu/synth.html.

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released September 30, 2004

Photo of the synth installed at the Brucknerhaus and running at night by Joe Paradiso

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Joe Paradiso Cambridge, Massachusetts

Joe Paradiso has been designing, building, and using his own music synthesizers and systems since 1975. Joe is a professor at the MIT Media Lab, where he has designed many kinds of electronic musical instruments and controllers that have been used in performance worldwide. He has composed synth patches for live soundscape performances at several public venues, including Ars Electronica 2004. ... more

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