workflow – TTOPOLOGY

By : ttopology January 6, 2018January 7, 2018

daxa

IN CONCERT Rainfear Meets DAXA Uptown at the Douglas Hyde Gallery in January 2017. A gig accompanied by a video screening programme and a zine. PRESENTATION Presentation at D.A.T.A. in December 2016. I described the system’s roots in various earlier electronic musical performance and editing systems and my ideas for its architecture. I also

By : ttopology January 6, 2018January 6, 2018

flow

“You are in an ecstatic state to such a point that you feel as though you almost don’t exist. I have experienced this time and again. My hand seems devoid of myself, and I have nothing to do with what is happening. I just sit there watching it in a state of awe and wonderment.

By : ttopology January 4, 2018

manual

By : ttopology December 11, 2017January 6, 2018

authoring

Over the last year or two I have programmed several pieces of software dedicated to authoring different kinds of media. Each is a sort of sketch which incorporates a set of features by which the media in question can be generated or manipulated. These programmes (or apps) often embody segments of bespoke workflows, the virtual

By : ttopology November 26, 2017November 26, 2017

coupling

“This difference – between technology as a means of construction and as a means of expression – is important when considering the relationship between musicians, technical systems and music. It means we can redefine technology, not as a tool subservient to creativity or an obstacle to it, but as part of a wider context within

By : ttopology October 9, 2017November 16, 2017

workout

Detroit DJ and producer Jeff Mills makes a track live on the Roland TR-909 drum-machine.