The Young Shaman Perspective

an audiovisual ceremony for the coming singularity

As reality becomes augmented and the possibilities of our machines influence our desires, our global consciousness is expanding and our tastes growing more complex by the day, causing tremendous noise in the ways we express ourselves through art. The Young Shaman Perspective explores new ways of presenting visual arts and performing music, in an attempt to give new value to the melting pot of images and sounds. TYSP celebrate this complexity through a ceremony with which they aim to produce a contemplated physicality of our information society, to prompt all of the senses.

Gathered around an audiovisual installation, TYSP will explore and intertwine various musical and spiritual threads, from traditional folk to electro-acoustic instruments, from occultism to modern science. During a ceremony at STEIM they hope to find a spiritual presence between technology and the body.

A Witch House Fairytale

live ceremonial radio broadcast curated by DIYCHURCH, Berlin

Featuring DJ sets and performances by: Kristy Foom (Modern Witch, US), The Young Shaman Perspective (NL), dj sniff (JP/US)

Join us this monday for an informal night of music and witchery curated by DIYCHURCH, an eccentric duo of Berlin radio DJs who specialize in new underground music. DIYCHURCH has been traveling through Europe broadcasting from different locales, and this week they'll be in Amsterdam, broadcasting from deep within the murky magics of STEIM's sound studios. The theme for this show is Witch House, hosted by Kristy Foom of Modern Witch, and will feature DJ sets as well as live performances by Kristy, dj sniff, and the Young Shaman Perspective, who will also be performing at STEIM on December 20th.

Hotpot Lab #12 - Hyper-Instruments

Hyper-Instruments are typically instruments that keep the shape and functionality of traditional instruments but extend their sonic capacity through a combination of sensor technology and interactive sound systems. It's a field that STEIM has pioneered and now has become common place through international conferences and digital media programs in universities. We end our monthly series for 2010 with presentation of the most recent developments and artist pursuits in this area. Donna Hewitt and Julian Knowles from Australia have been working on an interactive mic / instrument to extend the vocalist's control over voice. Saxophonist Michael Straus has just returned from his residency at NOTAM in Norway where he built his Hypersaxophone. And local trumpeter, educator and instrument designer Hans Leeuw will present his Electrumpet which he has been extensively working on. (presentation by Beatrix*Jar which was originally planned has been cancelled)

First Amsterdam Max for Live Users Group Meetup

Attention Ableton and Max/MSP Users!
Max for Live brings all the control data routing, algorithmic composition, and live processing power of Max/MSP into the intuitive, clip-based environment of Live. It's a perfect match for those looking to do sophisticated live electronics within an elegant interface. On the 8th of December, STEIM is happy to be hosting the first meeting of Amsterdam's Max for Live Users Group, organized by local Max/MSP expert Danny de Graan and users like yourself. Max/MSP and Live users welcome!

Orientation workshop #107 featuring artist talks by Michael Straus and Thomas Mymel

The workshop is full for resident artists, but there are still places available for local artists to sit in on the sessions. Register by sending an email to workshops[at]steim.nl with a short bio and a link to online materials. You will be notified whether you are accepted. Registration is on first come first serve basis.

STEIM Orientation workshops are held roughly once every two months. These workshops are ment as an introduction into the STEIM way of working, and form an ideal first contact between artists and STEIM. Participants are selected to study and explore the possible technical and artistic means available at STEIM for a potential future project (f.e. a compositional work or a personal electronic instrument). This will be achieved partly through lectures by the STEIM staff, partly through collaboration between the participants, and partly through (informal) contact with the STEIM staff regarding specific requirements and wishes of each participant. The orientation will take place in a classroom setting, in STEIM`s studio 3.

Musiclab #4

Pakhuis De Zwijger organizes Musiclab: a bi-monthly talkshow about music and technology, in collaboration with STEIM, MCN, HKU and Interface Magazine. The events are ment for musicians, producers and music lovers.

Turntable Music Night 8

 For the 8th installment of our experimental turntable music series,  we are happy to present two new emerging artists as well as a veteran in field. Yann Leguay works with some of the most fundamental sounds of the medium, sometime carving the groove into the vinyl with a razor blade while the record is playing or other times setting the turntable on fire. Damian Marhulets' work crosses between turntablism, contemporary electro-accoustic music and 8 bit video games. His audio-visual sets are full of vinyl scratches and digital glitches created through hid custom software. Local veteran DJ x-0-x  created a wonderful CD made completely from the "un-sounds" of the record: the hisses, the hums and the clicks. He will be performing an experimental DJ set with materials from the CD. And we have a special addition of DJ L?K?O from Japan and DJ Elephantpower. L?K?O is one of the most inventive DJs in Japan, don't miss it!

First Amsterdam SuperCollider Users Group Meeting

Calling all SuperCollider users!  
Ever wonder if there was a more elegant approach to a piece of code you wrote? Or looking for a new UGen to give you that unique sound you're searching for? Maybe you just want to get some constructive criticism on a piece you've been working on. Coming up on 22 November STEIM is very excited to be hosting the first meeting of the Amsterdam SuperCollider Users Group, organized by local SuperCollider expert Marije Baalman and users like yourself.

Klank voor Cultuur!
Nov 20: Bring your electronic sound gadgets and parade with us through the Leidseplein

Noise for culture!
Nederland schreeuwt om cultuur (The Netherlands screams for culture) is a community movement by cultural organizations and the people who enjoy them. On November 20th people all over the Netherlands will be taking to the streets with events and demonstrations to make it known how much we value arts and culture.  

Of course we want to make sure that the noise and experimental electronic music community is heard. So this Saturday we're organizing a gathering of crackleboxes and other sound-making electro-creations to march through the Leidseplein. Bring your circuits and some fresh batteries and join us!

OPTICKS

A live radio transmission performance between the earth and the moon

A project by Daniela de Paulis

At the Artis Planetarium, Amsterdam

MLB

curated by Jamie Allen in collaboration with STEIM & OT301

 “In a world of ever more powerful technology, it [is] downright inspiring to experience the sort of communication that [can] be accomplished with a simple on-off switch.” – Marc Weidenbaum, disquiet.com

Hotpot Lab #11

Niche Music Talk 2

Niche Music Talk is about learning the deepest corners in music. There are just too many songs on iTunes and too many sub-genres to explore, so we have invited some expert listeners to help us navigate through this mess. Come along with a USB stick, there might be something to plug into. Video link of Niche Music Talk #1: http://vimeo.com/12012223

STEIM at Museum N8 2010

Two installations at NEMO, Piet Jan Blauw and Optofonica

Featuring:
MobileTouch Exhibition and Yes, Wii Can installation at NEMO
Sound Machine by Piet Jan Blauw at NEMO
Sound support for Optofonica program

STEIM Concert
Concern, Freida Abtan, Byungjun Kwon

New instruments don't necessarily make new music, and we've all seen cool instruments make bad music. So for musicians who decide to use unconventional or hand-made instruments, the real challenge is to develop an unique voice beyond the gadgetry, which usually takes longer than the time it took to make the instrument itself.
Gordon Ashworth's solo project Concern builds beautiful drones based on cassette tape loop system and STEIM's Byungjun Kwon has a whole new set of handmade instruments based on familar objects doing unfamiliar things. Frieda Abtan from Canada will join in with an illusionary and seductive audio visual set.

Orientation workshop #106 featuring artist talks by Jon Rose, Juan Parra and Alison Isadora

STEIM Orientation workshops are held roughly once every two months. These workshops are ment as an introduction into the STEIM way of working, and form an ideal first contact between artists and STEIM. Participants are selected to study and explore the possible technical and artistic means available at STEIM for a potential future project (f.e. a compositional work or a personal electronic instrument). This will be achieved partly through lectures by the STEIM staff, partly through collaboration between the participants, and partly through (informal) contact with the STEIM staff regarding specific requirements and wishes of each participant. The orientation will take place in a classroom setting, in STEIM`s studio 3.

Colliding Realities - Performance, Controllers, Code

A SuperCollider workshop by Alberto de Campo and Hannes Hoelzl

This workshop explores the possibility space of Just In Time programming with SuperCollider and its manifold uses for performance-oriented approaches to computer sound/music. We will study flexible, extensible and reliable integration of JITLib-based instruments with a wide variety of controllers. Each coding session is complemented by a practice session to evaluate the performance of our programs under live conditions in solo or ensemble constellations.

STEIM Hotpot Lab #10
Tom Bugs, Edward Shanken and others

Presentations by
Tom Bugs and Oscillator Machine workshop

Edward Shanken
"Morphing musical instrument sounds guided by sound descriptors"  by Marcelo Caetano

and more

Workshop Oscillator Machine by Tom Bugs (#2)

Come and build the Workshop Oscillator Machine with Tom Bugs of BugBrand. The W.O.M. is a simple electronic noise synth kit that has been designed both to be a fun experimental instrument and to provide an interesting introduction to lofi audio electronics. The workshops are open to all, even people with no prior electronic experience - we'll look at components and schematics, learn how to solder and put together a circuit. Once everyone has built their own WOM kit (yours to keep at the end) we'll have a play and then investigate how the different parts of the circuit behave and how ideas can be re-used in your own projects. A quick but comprehensive event that will give you the confidence to begin building your own electronic devices.
All materials and tools are provided. http://www.bugbrand.co.uk

Workshop Oscillator Machine by Tom Bugs (#1)

Come and build the Workshop Oscillator Machine with Tom Bugs of BugBrand. The W.O.M. is a simple electronic noise synth kit that has been designed both to be a fun experimental instrument and to provide an interesting introduction to lofi audio electronics. The workshops are open to all, even people with no prior electronic experience - we'll look at components and schematics, learn how to solder and put together a circuit. Once everyone has built their own WOM kit (yours to keep at the end) we'll have a play and then investigate how the different parts of the circuit behave and how ideas can be re-used in your own projects. A quick but comprehensive event that will give you the confidence to begin building your own electronic devices.
All materials and tools are provided. http://www.bugbrand.co.uk

CALARTS at STEIM

4th edition of CalArts exchange program at STEIM

Featuring:
Stephanie Smith, Carmina Escobar, Stina Haraldsdottir, Dan Eaton and Clay Chaplin

Located in Valencia California, CalArts has been one of the traditional hubs for music and art experimentation on West Coast. Since 2007, STEIM and their Experimental Sound Practices program have established an exchange program where they send a group of promising students to work intensively on projects in our studios. For each edition we have experimented with Professor Clay Chaplin in different methods of working with the students, and have seen fruitful results ranging from interactive circuit sculptures to a multi-media ensemble performance. They return this year again with a new group of students with a variety of backgrounds and interests. Come check out what they come up with this time!

Orientation workshop #105 by Frank Baldé, Takuro Mizuta Lippit, Daniel Schorno, Robert van Heumen, Kristina Andersen, Jonathan Reus, Wouter Jaspers, Laura Carmichel

The workshop is full for resident artists, but there are still 4 places available for local artists to sit in on the sessions.

Register by sending an email to workshops[at]steim.nl with a short bio and a link to online materials. You will be notified whether you are accepted. Registration is on first come first serve basis.

STEIM Orientation workshops are held roughly once every two months. These workshops are ment as an introduction into the STEIM way of working, and form an ideal first contact between artists and STEIM. Participants are selected to study and explore the possible technical and artistic means available at STEIM for a potential future project (f.e. a compositional work or a personal electronic instrument). This will be achieved partly through lectures by the STEIM staff, partly through collaboration between the participants, and partly through (informal) contact with the STEIM staff regarding specific requirements and wishes of each participant. The orientation will take place in a classroom setting, in STEIM`s studio 3.

Musiclab #3

Pakhuis De Zwijger organizes Musiclab: a bi-monthly talkshow about music and technology, in collaboration with STEIM, MCN, HKU and Interface Magazine. The events are ment for musicians, producers and music lovers.

STEIM Concert
Astro Twin (Ami Yoshida & Utah Kawasaki), Gail Priest, dj sniff

Ami Yoshida and Utah Kawasaki are the tail end of a generation of experimental musicians that defined the minimalistic "onkyo" movement out of Tokyo since the mid 90's. Through numerous collaborations they both established an unique instrumentalism early on in their careers; Yoshida's faint but electric "howling" voice and Kawasaki's ever-evolving analog synth structures. Today they continue to be influential in Tokyo's subculture scene not only through their musical activities but also through writings and installation based work. This will be a rare European appearance of the duo in their third collaboration with dj sniff. Also performing on the bill is Sydney based sound artist and writer Gail Priest. Her sound work delicately weaves together processed voices with electronic textures creating sometimes eerie sometimes soothing soundscapes.

The Night of the Unexpected

During the Night of the Unexpected one thing is guaranteed: you will be pleasantly surprised! The Night is a one night festival, highlighting the diversity and dynamics of contemporary music practice. That is to say: a night full of musical surprises leading you right through different styles and genres, from modest chamber music, via Indonesian Gamelan sounds to booming noise.

Conlon Music Prize for Disklavier Plus: Kickoff concert and presentation

The Conlon Foundation is announcing the first Conlon Music Prize for Disklavier Plus for a new work for Yamaha Disklavier. The prize of the competition will consist of a performance in the prestigious 2011 Gaudeamus Music Week in the Netherlands.

The kickoff of the Competition will take place at STEIM as a part  part of the Gaudeamus Muziekweek 2010. During this event a new work by Hugo Morales Murguía for Disklavier, pianist and electronics will be performed by Sarah Nicolls and the composer. There will be presentations by Christina Oorebeek on the history of the player piano and her own work for the Disklavier, by Frank Baldé (software programmer STEIM) on using alternative controllers with STEIM's junXion software in combination with the Disklavier, and by Luc Houtkamp on pitch recognition and its use with the Disklavier. Afterwards there will be drinks and opportunities to talk about the competition in an informal fashion.

Max for Live Masterclass by Robert Henke

Robert Henke is a Max user since 1992, and one of the authors of the Ableton Live software. In his workshop at STEIM he'll discuss the usage of MAX / MAX4Live in his own  projects and will provide insights into the concept of MAX4Live and strategies for building own devices with it. He will question if and when it can make sense to spend time writing own patches in Max, and when it will be better to simply use what is already there. The workshop will also contain a critical review of own projects in the light of these questions. Since Robert Henke is an enthousiastic live performer, he'll also will discuss questions of control and interaction using Live and Max in conjunction with hardware controllers, and concepts of how to manage and create complexity in a performance situation, and how and why this can also be useful in a more general music creation process.

STEIM Hotpot Lab #9
Intersections and Just Noticeable Difference

Featuring:
Multi-channel concert "Intersections" by Robert Henke (aka Monolake)
Presentation of "Just Noticeable Difference" by Marije Baalman

Reservation only, limited 70 seats!

SORRY, THIS EVENT IS FULL!

Ableton Max for Live by Danny de Graan & Robert Henke

Have you ever missed that special feature in Ableton Live? Always wanted to build a random drum manipulator tool? Always dreamed of a unique live processing effect in your DAW? Do you want to control Live as a musical instrument? Learn to do this with Max for Live!

STEIM Hotpot Lab #8

Jamie Griffiths, Tom Mudd, David Schwarz

STEIM's monthly experimental cooking show is back in session! For this edition we have multi-dimentional artist Jamie Griffiths finishing up a 4-day Isadora workshop and she will talk about some of the results of the workshop as well as her own work. Current STEIM resident Tom Mudd will present and demonstrate his feedback joypad instrument and post-Lacanian music theorist David Schwarz will talk about his new chapter in his upcoming book.

4-day Interactive Software Intensive Workshop with visual artist, performer & designer Jamie Griffiths

Setting up an interactive performance system with Isadora & JunXion software, handheld wireless controllers, video, sound and responsive lighting

This four day intensive workshop with Jamie Griffiths is a fast-track entry into interactive performance design. Whether you are a visual artist creating museum installations, vj, dj, singer, musician, lighting designer, performance artist, choreographer or film-maker, the workshop frees you up from perceived programming limitations and gives you the skills you need to start experimenting with interactive live performance designs using Isadora software to harness the power of simple tools for design and control of your new media and interdisciplinary ideas.

Local Stop concert with Sabine Vogel & Kathy Hinde and Anne LaBerge / Sam Pluta / Yedo Gibson / Daniel Schorno / Oscar Jan Hoogland

"… and the walls threw back echoes..." This performance and installation by ORNIS  is concerned with memory, resonance, and the changing states of matter.  Barely audible sounds become audible, and fragments of small objects from barely visible environments are projected at a large scale.   Images influence sound and sounds influence image within a constantly changing installation. A live performance leaves traces that become part of the evolving installation.  Project is supported by STEIM, Amsterdam.

STEIM Residency Concert:
The Desert Fathers, PIRX, Lesley Flanigan

We return from our summer break with concerts by two residency projects and one touring artist. Electro acoustic trumpeter Jeff Kaiser returns for a 2 week residency with Max/MSP guru Gregory Taylor. Also returning is our favorite group and organizers from Cologne; PIRX locking themselves up in our studios to work on new album material like last time. We are also very happy to have New York based artist Lesley Flanigan who is currently a resident artist at Worm Rotterdam and will show her work Amplifications for voice and handmade instrument.  Hope to see you there!

OpenStudio: BOTCH STUDIES - a project presentation of a new sound-theatre work for two performers and electronics

A work in progress by Joe Diebes & Christina Campanella

Over the course of two weeks Joe Diebes & Christina Campanella will be developing material and technologies for a new sound-theatre work called BOTCH. The work explores the behavioral difference between people and machines by asking: what’s in a mistake? A performer interacts with audio and video recordings according to the rules of a composed score.  She engages in vocal, movement, and drawing tasks that demand more speed than they can handle, inevitably leading to information loss, flubs, and missed notes.  The relation between machine exactitude and human error evolves (or devolves) over the course of the piece.  BOTCH will be presented at HERE Arts Center in New York City in 2012.

Noisefold: David Stout and Cory Metcalf

OT 301 and STEIM present Noisefold (David Stout and Cory Metcalf); a live cinema and electronic music ensemble from New Mexico, USA.

Noisefold is a live cinema and electronic music ensemble founded by artist-performers, David Stout and Cory Metcalf. The group utilizes sensor activated computer systems and complex audio-visual feedback circuitry to synthesize a mesmerizing array of bio-mimetic visual forms that generate sound.
http://www.noisefold.com

OpenStudio:
Orpheus2010 - Live Cinema by Sean Winters

Sean Winters and his crew will be ending their 5 day residency with a presentation / performance of their on-going project Orpheus2010.

 
Orpheus2010 is a 'happening' that includes Trumpet, Nord, Saxophones, Synthophone, Drum Set, Ableton, MaxMSP, Flowmotion, DVD players, Projector(s), 5.1 Surround Sound, Micro-Narrative Visual Poems, Audience Participation, Costumes, Props and Lights.

STEIM Hotpot Lab #7
Bob Ostertag and SRG (STEIM Research Group)

There are very few whose work has been as diverse but as consistent as Bob Ostertag's. Whether working as a free improvisor or a social justice activist, exploring multi-media performances or conspiring with the Yes Men, teaching kayaking or Cultural Studies, there is a strong will and commitment that as musicians and artists we all aspire for. His approach to instrument building and technology has always been through performing and musical needs, and his comments towards today's computer based music are insightful. We are extremely happy to have Bob back at STEIM to talk about his new book and also be involved in a dialogue with our new research group.

STEIM Summer Party 2010

Since last year, June 18th is the official STEIM summer party day. It's a day to celebrate the (hopefully near) summer days with concerts by some of the most innovative and creative musicians in live music making. This year we will have the wonderfully playful and danceable turntablist - DJ Elephant Power, one of the music hacking originators Mark Trayle, the amazing "tuba traveller" Daysuke Takaoka and the next generation crackle performer Ben Terwel.
Expect beat scratching, credit card music making, circular breathing, circuit touching music!

Dj Elephant Power

Daysuke Takaoka

Retina by Kasia Glowicka & Emmanuel Flores +

Jos Zwaanenburg's English Program

Retina is a performance that includes piano in a setting that immerse it with live video and electronics and putting the classical idiom into modern context. It is an artistic study in the kinetic relationships between sound, image, motion and space. It takes its inspiration from the early cinematic practices of Étienne-Jules Marey, whose work in studying and photographing movement revolutionized the way we visualize time and motion, and puts them in the contemporary perspective.

Flautist Jos Zwaanenburg presents pieces for flutes and live electronics by composers of The Sonic Arts Research Unit of Oxford Brookes University UK. As an International Visiting Research Fellow at that institution, he invited the composers to write pieces, taking his ideas about a standardised application of contact mics for traditional instruments. Next to the three pieces of the "Research Unit", Zwaanenburg will perform a piece by Dutch composer Jorrit Tamminga who dug into the same subject.

Retina by Kasia Glowicka and Emmanuel Flores

Jos Zwaanenburg

Making music with game controllers

Sampling / music workshop at OT301 by Ivo Bol

Sampling / music workshop by Ivo Bol. In this sampling / music workshop we will discover how to record all sorts of crazy, exciting and beautiful sounds and make music with it, using game controllers such as joysticks, race wheels and the Wii remote.

Orientation workshop #104 by Frank Baldé, Takuro Mizuta Lippit, Robert van Heumen, Kristina Andersen and invited artists Alex Nowitz and Dave Krooshof

STEIM Orientation workshops are held roughly once every two months. These workshops are ment as an introduction into the STEIM way of working, and form an ideal first contact between artists and STEIM. Participants are selected to study and explore the possible technical and artistic means available at STEIM for a potential future project (f.e. a compositional work or a personal electronic instrument). This will be achieved partly through lectures by the STEIM staff, partly through collaboration between the participants, and partly through (informal) contact with the STEIM staff regarding specific requirements and wishes of each participant. The orientation will take place in a classroom setting, in STEIM`s studio 3.

STEIM Hotpot Lab #6
Dirty, Throbbing, Bowing and Golden

Chris Carter from the legendary Throbbing Gristle is teaming-up with the Dirty Electronics Ensemble led by noise doctor John Richards to perform a piece for a specially designed DIY electronic instrument. The instrument will feature an original copper etching artwork designed by Carter that will become part of a dirty electronics instrument. Random sequences, distortion and noise coalesce in a unique hand-held instrument the size of a postcard. Social noise for all!

Jon Rose

Dirty Electronics Ensemble

Pakhuis De Zwijger organizes Musiclab: a bi-monthly talkshow about music and technology, in collaboration with STEIM, MCN, HKU and Interface Magazine. The events are ment for musicians, producers and music lovers.

Local Stop concert with:

Kenneth Atchley & John Bischoff,

Shackle (Anne LaBerge & Robert van Heumen),

Bill Hsu,

Aki Onda & Gareth Davis

Bischoff will perform two recent pieces that project sound into a framed space where details are highlighted and recycled as a context for further contemplation. K. Atchley presents laptop interpretations of digitally generated sound waves and legacy field recordings that reflect and maintain the current of absorbed thought and empirical romanticist leanings. Hsu's Flay/Flock is an audio-reactive audiovisual improvisation for 1-3 musicians, who interact with a particle system that evolves amongst a variety of structures, including point clouds and linear forms. Shackle's aim is to explicity and subtly exploit shackling in both concept and material.

Kenneth Atchley: 233.08

John Bischoff: Audio Combine

Aki Onda / Gareth Davis

Shackle (La Berge and Van Heumen): LIMIT / EYE

Bill Hsu: Flay Flock

Turntable Music Night 7

It's great that DJing is recognized as something more than talking on the radio and introducing songs, but it still comes with a strong stereotype; that it's an act that is essentially different from playing an instrument or composing music. But what if the DJ composed or recorded all the music and sounds that are being played, or if sounds are manipulated and layered to a degree that the original source is unrecognizable, or simply if it's just not music to dance to? The tools, the gesture and the medium are still the same but the music is drastically different from what people would associate with a DJ. So are these people musicians or DJs? The blurring of this notion is exactly what's at stake at the Turntable Music Night series. For the 7th edition, we are proud to have modern composer / dub producer Raz Mesinai and the versatile JD Zazie, as well as a new duo with Tokyo's busiest drummer Tatsuhisa Yamamoto and dj sniff.

Yamamoto Tatsuhisa / dj sniff

2

Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble

STEIM's very own Joel Ryan is part of this great group, and many members of Evan Parker's Electro-acoustic ensemble were once STEIM residents themselves. Especially for our dedicated audience we can offer a discount to be part of one of these what promises to be very energetic nights. Bring a printout of the flyer to be eligible for a discount.

Monday May 17 Location Bimhuis (20:30h): Breakups
Tuesday May 18 Location Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ (20:15h): The moment's energy

STEIM Hotpot Lab #5

Things you always wanted to know about

You know all the things that you just wanted to know but never had the chance to look it up, like what really goes on at IRCAM in Paris or how to bounce images off the moon? Well, we have some answers for you.

STEIM CONCERT in New York City

In collaboration with Japan Society New York, STEIM will be showcasing some of the best projects that have passed through in recent years. We have chosen 4 acts that represent STEIM's on going support for collaboration and innovation in live electronic music. Through our residency program, these artists have examined and explored the ideas of improvisation, composition and the "instrument" in contemporary electronic music.  Additionally we will be exhibiting our Mobile Touch Exhibition and hosting a number of workshops and lectures. We hope this will be a chance to connect with our US community, hope to see you there!

Collaborative live streaming concert between Conservatory of Amsterdam and Kingston University with Walter Fabeck and Nina Silvert

STEIM is collaborating with Kingston University, Conservatory of Amsterdam and composer/musician Walter Fabeck on a live streamed concert. Composer Walter Fabeck and performance artist Nina Silvert perform recently devised collaborative work at The Amsterdam Conservatorium’s Blue Room.  The event, connected via live internet link-up with Kingston University in London, will provide interpolated episodes within Kingston’s multi-media opera A Hero’s Journey.

This concert can be viewed online: http://staffnet.kingston.ac.uk/multimedia/twin-cities/

Date: Friday May 7 at 20:30h

Location: Conservatory of Amsterdam, Blue Note Hall

Entrance: free

At EMF New York: Looking back at the evolution of real-time musical systems by Frank Baldé, Joel Chadabe, Ben Neill, Takuro Mizuta Lippit

More info: http://www.emfproductions.org/crc/schedule.html

At Harvestworks New York: Using junXion to create an instrument with what you have

This workshop will be using STEIM's mapping software junXion to cover various concepts like data analysis, conditioning, storing values, and mapping. Participants are encouraged to bring a physical controller like a Wii remote, a joystick, a custom build Arduino, an OSC controller, or any other device that is supported by junXion. They will be challenged to create a full fledged instrument with this device in only a couple of hours.

STEIM concert curated by John Dikeman: MISSING DOG HEAD & KRK

MISSING DOG HEAD: Their music is made out of noisy bitcrushed skylines, subversive feedbacks, distorted sax tornados and indefinable metallic sounds. The general chaos and disorder resulting from the collapsing above-mentioned languages creates the aesthetics of the music itself...
::: Could be punctuated by moments of peace ::: music is non-contractual ::: improvisations may vary in length and style :::

KRK: Drawing on their more than 40 years of combined experience working in a variety of genres with such artists as Evan Parker, John Zorn, and Nicolas Collins, KRK is a collaborative project which aims to synthesize and interpret the neo-postmodern musical landscape. Ghosts of reductionism, noise music, free jazz, and the classical tradition all may or may not appear in any given performance. To date, KRK has performed in Austria, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Netherlands, France, Spain, Portugal and the US.

Missing Dog Head

KRK

STEIM CrackleHack workshop at MusicHackDay: Make/Hack the Cracklebox!

STEIM's 2-day CrackleHack workshop will take place during MusicHackDay. Daniel Schorno and Byungjun Kwon will assist participants in assembling and hacking the original Cracklebox or use Arduino to turn the analog Cracklebox into a digital soundmachine, using the touch pads of old crackle PCBs to control sounds programmed and generated in Arduino.

Conservatory Amsterdam Live Electronics workshop

STEIM hosts an introductory course of the Conservatory of Amsterdam. This short course, taught by Jos Zwaanenburg, will take nine days (per group one 3-hour session a day) and makes use of STEIM's LiSa and JunXion to work on "traditional instrument plus live electronic extension".

Inside Mount Lu by Johannes Westendorp

Invitation only.

Inside Mount Lu is a sound installation in which each time eight people are invited to explore a sonorous world. They are guided into a “Node” and they get to wear frosted glasses reducing visibility. The Node is a frame on wheels, equipped with sensors, a computer and a sound system in direct contact with the other seven Nodes. On the moment a participant moves, sounds will start to arise from his Node. At first acoustic, from a "gong" hanging on every Node. But, as time goes by, the sounds enter into new relationships with each other and they transform into a diverse and interdependent sound world.

ABATTOIR, Büyükberber/Klein, Davis/VanHeumen: STEIM residents performing at OT301

Three studio projects supported by STEIM will be performing at OT301. DJ Phey will spin some music around the performances.

ABATTOIR is Audrey Chen (cello & voice) and Robert van Heumen (laptop & controllers), Büyükberber/Klein is Oguz Büyükberber on clarinet / bass clarinet / live electronics and Tobias Klein on bass clarinet / contrabass clarinet / live electronics and Davis/VanHeumen is Gareth Davis (clarinet and bass clarinet) and Robert van Heumen (laptop & controllers).

ABATTOIR (Audrey Chen / Robert van Heumen)

Gareth Davis / Robert van Heumen

Oguz Büyükberber / Tobias Klein

Hotpot Lab #4:  Niche Music Talk

Niching by Walter Fabeck, Thesis, Emile Zile, Rosa Menkman, Kassen, dj sniff and more!

For HPL#4, we have invited some expert listeners to share some of their niche interests in music. In a time when we can access more music than we can possibly listen to in a life time, it becomes even harder to dive deep into a particular style or sub-genre of music. Since STEIM is a place where very specific but diverse music tastes pass through, we thought it would be fun to facilitate the exchange of these. During the evening there will be mini presentations on musical styles that you may have heard of but don't know much about. It might be handy to bring a USB stick along, if you know what I mean.

Ensemble MAE - Dissolve

With new works by Jasna Velickovic, Teodora Stepancic, Tao G. Vrhovec Sambolec, Hugo Morales, Ezequiel Menalled and Matt Wright.

STEIM has been collaborating with Ensemble MAE on this program, especially in the development of Jasna Velickovic's composition. For this composition STEIM has built a custom interface that interactively triggers various objects throughout the performance space.

The Sense of Contact 12

Frank Baldé and Dick Rijken will give a lecture/demonstration at the Sensor of Contact conference/workshop.

The possibilities of sensors and their applications are enormous. Nowadays sensors are used in many applications in our daily lives. The Sense of Contact 12 shows several possibilities of sensor applications in our society. And the potential of sensors to solve social issues and challenges.

STEIM Hotpot Lab #3
BIO-MANTA-BENJOLIN

Presentations by Jeff Snyder / Snyderphonics Alan Macy / BIOPAC Performances by Jan Trützschler von Falkenstein Benjolin workshop after-party Saturday, March 27 2010 Venue: STEIM, Utrechtsedwarsstraat 134, Amsterdam Time: 20.30 hrs. Door open: 20:00 hrs. Charge: Free Volume 3 of our ...

Musiclab at Pakhuis De Zwijger

Monday, March 8, 2010 Venue: Pakhuis de Zwijger, Piet Heinkade 179, Amsterdam Time: 20:00-22:00 hrs Entrance: free Register at http://www.dezwijger.nl/musiclab Starting on March 8, Pakhuis De Zwijger organizes Musiclab: a bi-monthly talkshow about music and technology, in collaboration with ...

Sonic Acts XIII: The Poetics of Space and STEIM Programs
STEVEN CONNOR AND PANEL DISCUSSION

Presentation: Steven Connor “Auscultations (Listening In)” Panel Discussion: “The hot space in music”: Steve Connor, Yutaka Makino, Hans W. Koch and Takuro Mizuta Lippit     Professor of Modern Literature and Theory at Birkbeck College London, Steven Connor ...

Sonic Acts XIII: The Poetics of Space and STEIM Programs
STEIM POETICS OF SPACE RESIDENCY

FEB 26, 27, 28 Two Rooms Flipped – sound installation for two spaces by Hans W. Koch Conflux – live performance for sound, light and fog by Yutaka Makino     STEIM has selected 2 artists to work towards a unique sound/space performance that will be premiered during the ...

Sonic Acts XIII: The Poetics of Space and STEIM Programs
 JAMBOREE SESSIONS “CREATIVE DIMENSIONS OF SPACE”

SORRY, THE JAMBOREE SESSIONS ARE FULL!

    Sonic Acts XIII: Poetics of Space will take place February 25-28 in Paradiso, STEIM, Melkweg, De Balie, NIMk and the Planetarium. For this edition of Sonic Acts, STEIM has collaborated on several programs that tackle the festival theme of “space.”   The STEIM ...

Music for Angels and Djin: Joel Ryan & Peter Evans

STEIM Hotpot Lab #2: Handmade Music Amsterdam
Peter Kirn (createdigitalmusic.com)
Dan Wilcox (Robot Cowboy)
Yuri Landman
Dave Krooshof
Luc van Weelden
Ben Terwel
Pasquale Direse
and more!

Wednesday, Feb 17 2009 Venue: STEIM, Utrechtsedwarsstraat 134, Amsterdam Time: 20.30 hrs. Door open: 20:00 hrs. Charge: Free Hotpot Lab #2 will host Handmade Music Amsterdam with Peter Kirn from createdigitalmusic.com and an array of local instrument builders / hackers / designers and tinkerers. ...