Ural Power

Yoichi Nagashima

Ural Power

Yoichi Nagashima

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

Year: 2011
Location: Oslo, Norway
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Abstract

Program notes: Live computer music (multimedia) work, composed in 2010 and premiered in Russia. For this work, the composer developed a new interface system for musical expression. The new interface has 8 channels of infrared-ray distance sensors. This instrument is set up with two mic-stands on the stage. The performer also wears the specially developed instrument called MiniBioMuse-III which is 16 channels EMG sensor of the performance. The graphic part of this work is real-time OpenGL 3D graphics, which is live-controlled by the performance. This work is programmed in Max/MSP/jitter environment. About the performer: Yoichi Nagashima: composer/researcher/PE, was born in 1958 in Japan. Since 1991 he has been the director of the Art & Science Laboratory in Hamamatsu, Japan. He is a professor of Shizouka University of Art and Culture, Faculty of Design, Department of Art and Science. He was the General Chair of NIME04.

Citation

Yoichi Nagashima. 2011. Ural Power. Music Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI:

BibTeX Entry

@inproceedings{nime2011-music-Nagashima2011,
 abstract = {Program notes: Live computer music (multimedia) work, composed in 2010 and premiered in Russia. For this work, the composer developed a new interface system for musical expression. The new interface has 8 channels of infrared-ray distance sensors. This instrument is set up with two mic-stands on the stage. The performer also wears the specially developed instrument called MiniBioMuse-III which is 16 channels EMG sensor of the performance. The graphic part of this work is real-time OpenGL 3D graphics, which is live-controlled by the performance. This work is programmed in Max/MSP/jitter environment.

About the performer: Yoichi Nagashima: composer/researcher/PE, was born in 1958 in Japan. Since 1991 he has been the director of the Art & Science Laboratory in Hamamatsu, Japan. He is a professor of Shizouka University of Art and Culture, Faculty of Design, Department of Art and Science. He was the General Chair of NIME04.},
 address = {Oslo, Norway},
 author = {Yoichi Nagashima},
 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 = {Ural Power},
 url = {https://vimeo.com/27731875},
 year = {2011}
}