The mad scientists at CalArts premiere their KarmetiK Machine Orchestra at REDCAT tonight. Basically, imagine looking inside a machine that made music, and finding that there were actually instruments in it. Or something. All we really know is that the musicians communicate with the robot by gestures.
From REDCAT:
SCREAM Festival
Co-presented with the Southern California Resource for Electro-Acoustic Music
Global music forms meet the digital surge of the 21st century as the KarmetiK Machine Orchestra, directed by Ajay Kapur, convenes an international lineup of musicmakers, 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.
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