REMI Sings

Christopher Alden

Music Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

• Year: 2011
• Location: Oslo, Norway
• PDF link

Abstract:

Program notes: REMI Sings is an electroacoustic performance for the bio-inspired Rhizomatic Experimental Musical Interface (REMI) and accordion. REMI is an interactive networked musical organism that receives sonic input from its environment, processes it based on the ever changing structure of its interior network, and generates a unique musical output. This rhizomatic network is a software structure modelled after the functioning and growth patterns of biological rhizomes, specifically the mycorrhizal association that form vital nutrient pathways for the majority of the planet's land-plant ecosystems. The performance REMI Sings highlights this interface's interactive nature, creating a dialogue between human performer and non-human musical intelligence. About the performer: Christopher Alden: Composer, programmer, and instrumentalist currently studying at New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program, where his research focuses on interactive music systems for composition and performance. Before ITP, he received his undergraduate degree in Music Theory and Composition at NYU where he studied composition under Marc Antonio-Consoli

Citation:

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{nime2011-music-Alden2011,
 abstract = {Program notes:
REMI Sings is an electroacoustic performance for the bio-inspired Rhizomatic Experimental Musical Interface (REMI) and accordion. REMI is an interactive networked musical organism that receives sonic input from its environment, processes it based on the ever changing structure of its interior network, and generates a unique musical output. This rhizomatic network is a software structure modelled after the functioning and growth patterns of biological rhizomes, specifically the mycorrhizal association that form vital nutrient pathways for the majority of the planet's land-plant ecosystems. The performance REMI Sings highlights this interface's interactive nature, creating a dialogue between human performer and non-human musical intelligence.

About the performer:

Christopher Alden: Composer, programmer, and instrumentalist currently studying at New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program, where his research focuses on interactive music systems for composition and performance. Before ITP, he received his undergraduate degree in Music Theory and Composition at NYU where he studied composition under Marc Antonio-Consoli},
 address = {Oslo, Norway},
 author = {Christopher Alden},
 booktitle = {Music Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 editor = {Kjell Tore Innervik and Ivar Frounberg},
 month = {June},
 publisher = {Norwegian Academy of Music},
 title = {REMI Sings},
 url = {https://vimeo.com/26619152},
 year = {2011}
}