A 5-piece ensemble rooted in jazz foundations and built on custom live performance technology, including the new Organum Engine - a system that listens to live acoustic input and generates harmonies in real time, designed to lift up musicianship instead of replacing it.
Design philosophy and live performance excerpts.
Hymnus is a 45-minute composition for 5-piece ensemble — trumpet, second horn, piano or guitar, bass, and drums — featuring the Organum Engine.
The performance engine extends acoustic improvisation while keeping timing and direction with the musicians.
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"This is the idea of automating creativity as dependent upon human input and human creativity specifically."
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"The heart of this performance is live music — live musicians, live sound."
UNCANNI: Creative Acts of Neo-Intelligence at The Momentary, using this performance system in a contemporary arts context.
Solo deployment of the live system accompanying traveling artwork at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. This setup is separate from the TechTet ensemble format.
For technical and production materials, use the presenter page.