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}
}