Floating Points II

Matthias Schneiderbanger, and Michael Vierling

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

• Year: 2012
• Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.

Abstract:

Program notes: The piece Floating Points II is the result of the continued work of the instrument makers and performers Michael Vierling and Matthias Schneiderbanger within their self-developed system for collaborative performance including the digital musical instruments Sensor-table and Chirotron. These instruments use several sensors to transform the movements and gestures of their players into data for sound generation, placement and movement of the sound in the room. The performances with Sensor-table and Chirotron emphasize the connection between the performer and the digital musical instruments by using the basic noise of the sensors as a notable characteristic in the sound synthesis to accentuate the technical boundaries in an aesthetic way. The network is the core of the common setup: It offers the ability to connect two physically separated instruments into one common signal chain for sound processing and spatialisation. Composer(s) Credits: Instrumentalist(s) Credits: Matthias Schneiderbanger (Chirotron), Michael Vierling (Sensor-table) Artist(s) Biography: Matthias Schneiderbanger (*1987) musician and sonic artist, studies since 2007 at the Karlsruhe University of Music, Germany. Currently master student in music informatics with emphasis in composition and sonic arts. Main foucs on development of digital musical instruments, sound installations, contemporary music and live coding. Since 2010, there is also an artistic collaboration with M. Vierling in the development of digital musical instruments. Their instruments were presented 2011 at the Music and Sonic Arts Symposium in Baden-Baden, performances include the Network Music Festival in Birmingham and the ZKM in Karlsruhe. He is a member of the laptop ensemble Beno\^it and the Mandelbrots, performances along with numerous other concerts at the BEAM Festival in Uxbridge, the SuperCollider Symposium 2012 in London, the Laptops Meet Musicians Festival 2011 in Venice and the next-generation 4.0 Festival at the ZKM in Karlsruhe. He is a member of Karlsruhe artist collective nil. Michael Vierling studies music informatics master at the Karlsruhe University of Music, Germany. He is drummer in several band projects and teaches a drumclass at School for Music and Performing Arts in Bühl, Germany. His main interests besides producing and performing music are sonic arts especially live- electronics, creating digital music instruments and sound installations with use of sensor technologies. Since 2010, there is an artistic collaboration with M. Schneiderbanger in the development of digital musical instruments. Their instruments were presented 2011 at the Music and Sonic Arts Symposium in Baden-Baden, performances include, the NIME 2012 in Michigan and the Network Music Festival 2012 in Birmingham. His works have been exhibited at various Festivals e.g. ton:art 2010/11, UND 6/7, Sommerloch 2011, Beyond 3D-Festival in Karlsruhe and the Next Level Conference in Cologne. He is a member of Karlsruhe artist collective nil. Concert Venue and Time: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, Monday May 21, 9:00pm

Citation:

BibTeX Entry:

  @incollection{nime2012-music-SchneiderbangerVierling2012,
 abstract = {Program notes:

The piece \emph{Floating Points II} is the result of the continued work of the instrument makers and performers Michael Vierling and Matthias Schneiderbanger within their self-developed system for collaborative performance including the digital musical instruments Sensor-table and Chirotron. These instruments use several sensors to transform the movements and gestures of their players into data for sound generation, placement and movement of the sound in the room.

The performances with \emph{Sensor-table} and \emph{Chirotron} emphasize the connection between the performer and the digital musical instruments by using the basic noise of the sensors as a notable characteristic in the sound synthesis to accentuate the technical boundaries in an aesthetic way. The network is the core of the common setup: It offers the ability to connect two physically separated instruments into one common signal chain for sound processing and spatialisation.

Composer(s) Credits:

Instrumentalist(s) Credits:

Matthias Schneiderbanger (Chirotron), Michael Vierling (Sensor-table)

Artist(s) Biography:

Matthias Schneiderbanger (*1987) musician and sonic artist, studies since 2007 at the Karlsruhe University of Music, Germany. Currently master student in music informatics with emphasis in composition and sonic arts. Main foucs on development of digital musical instruments, sound installations, contemporary music and live coding. Since 2010, there is also an artistic collaboration with M. Vierling in the development of digital musical instruments. Their instruments were presented 2011 at the Music and Sonic Arts Symposium in Baden-Baden, performances include the Network Music Festival in Birmingham and the ZKM in Karlsruhe. He is a member of the laptop ensemble Beno\^{i}t and the Mandelbrots, performances along with numerous other concerts at the BEAM Festival in Uxbridge, the SuperCollider Symposium 2012 in London, the Laptops Meet Musicians Festival 2011 in Venice and the next-generation 4.0 Festival at the ZKM in Karlsruhe. He is a member of Karlsruhe artist collective nil.

Michael Vierling studies music informatics master at the Karlsruhe University of Music, Germany. He is drummer in several band projects and teaches a drumclass at School for Music and Performing Arts in B\"{u}hl, Germany. His main interests besides producing and performing music are sonic arts especially live- electronics, creating digital music instruments and sound installations with use of sensor technologies. Since 2010, there is an artistic collaboration with M. Schneiderbanger in the development of digital musical instruments. Their instruments were presented 2011 at the Music and Sonic Arts Symposium in Baden-Baden, performances include, the NIME 2012 in Michigan and the Network Music Festival 2012 in Birmingham. His works have been exhibited at various Festivals e.g. ton:art 2010/11, UND 6/7, Sommerloch 2011, Beyond 3D-Festival in Karlsruhe and the Next Level Conference in Cologne. He is a member of Karlsruhe artist collective nil.

Concert Venue and Time: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, Monday May 21, 9:00pm},
 address = {Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.},
 author = {Matthias Schneiderbanger and Michael Vierling},
 booktitle = {Music Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 day = {21-23},
 editor = {Georg Essl and Brent Gillespie and Michael Gurevich and Sile O'Modhrain},
 month = {May},
 publisher = {Electrical Engineering \& Computer Science and Performing Arts Technology, University of Michigan},
 title = {Floating Points II},
 year = {2012}
}