The last few weeks have been spent creating interfaces for live performance and control of the bots. Things happening full steam now as the bots fly to Europe in less [...]]]> Found on youtube… a little flavor of what the Orchestrion tour will look like. This is what the setup looked like in the studio.

The last few weeks have been spent creating interfaces for live performance and control of the bots. Things happening full steam now as the bots fly to Europe in less than two weeks, us following a few days after. The record comes out January 26th, our first show is scheduled (this and the next day’s gig, on the 31st, same location, are not listed on the site…) for January 30th, in Coutances Theater, Coutances, France.

Currently, we’re working [...]]]> Prepping up for the Orchestrion tour, Pat practicing one of the pieces from his new album. Surrounding him are the robots, all except two Disklaviers are custom built by Eric Singer and LEMUR (League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots), Ken Caulkins and everyone at Ragtime, Mark Herbert, Cyril Vance, and The Peterson Company.

Currently, we’re working out a method for simple and effective navigation of Ableton Live for live improvisation and composition. Our friends are the faithful keystrokes and Max/MSP patches.

For more info about the tour (and album details) check this out.