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Artissimo.gr record entry date : Tue 17/08/2010
The announcement is repeated below in simple text format : barryschrader.com
January 2010 Newsletter
January 11, 2010
First of all, allow me to wish you a wonderful 2010.
I'll have some news about my own work later this year, but at the moment, I want to tell you about the upcoming SCREAM (Southern California Resource for Electro-Acoustic Music) at REDCAT in Los Angeles. This is a very special concert with Ajay Kapur directing the KarmetiK Machine Orchestra featuring live and robotic musicians.
SCREAM presents Dr. Ajay Kapur directing the KarmetiK Machine Orchestra at REDCAT. This exciting and innovative program presents an international lineup of musicians, engineers and digital artists who use custom-built robotic instruments and new and expressive interfaces in live music performance. The KarmetiK Machine Orchestra features appearances by North Indian sarodist Ustad Aashish Khan, electronic artist Curtis Bahn, Balinese gamelan master I Nyoman Wenten, vocal synthesizer Perry Cook, and innovators from the CalArts Music Technology Program, with a theatrical set designed by Michael Darling.
Embracing the age of human computer interactivity, Ajay Kapur blends classical Indian music theory with a modern electronic and experimental groove. Ajay's custom electronics are used to bring melody, harmony, dance and tribal beats into the 21st century. Ajay's work revolves around one question: "How do you make a computer improvise with a human?" Using the rules set forth by Indian classical tradition, Ajay has striven to build new interfaces for musical expression by modifying the classical tabla, dholak and sitar with added microchips and sensor systems, while designing & building robotic musical instruments that can be programmed to perform along with any human performer.
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