Movement Experiment from Deprogram on Vimeo.
Here is a video of the latest experiments detecting motion with the Kinect, Ableton Live and Max for Live. This is an early attempt at physically controlling the tempo of a composition, coupled with a grain delay.
The visuals are generated by a custom program called Smokescreen.
Deprogram will be performing an ambient set at the Flight Lounge as part of the annual Festival of Flight in Stanwell Park on Sunday November 13. The bill also features Luke O’Neill and Ion Pierce, Jodi Martin and Nick Southcott.
The event runs from 4 – 7pm at the CWA Hall, topping off a busy day at the festival which celebrates the Father of Flight, Lawrence Hargrave, the first person to become airborne using four box kites off Stanwell Park beach in 1894. One of the highlights of the day will include a fly-over by the super constellation Connie, courtesy of the Historic Aircraft Restoration Society.
Gestural Controller
Deprogram have added customised open source software and DIY controllers to their performances, moving beyond ready-made hardware and laptops to DIY controllers to allow for more expression and interaction. They’ve devised an audiovisual program that uses sensor gloves to mix and alter sounds and projections.
All processing is done through digital workstation, Ardour, which is controlled by ReacTIVision using TUIO protocol. Ardour then sends feedback to the control surface – commands like gain, pan and metering. This is sent to Smokescreen, a visualisation application, via OSC.
The controller was initially developed and premiered at the Underbelly Festival and Public Arts Lab, Sydney in August 2008. It has also been incorporated into a performance inside the Regenr8 geodesic dome featuring 360 degree projections at the Peats Ridge Festival.
We dusted out the cobwebs and performed some new music and visuals at Salmagundi Studios, sharing the lineup with Cherry2000 and Fabels.
The warehouse, crouched in the shadows of the latest Meriton Wolli Creek developments, was decked out with amazing artwork as part of the Return Flight exhibition.
Here are some photos of the gig kindly taken by Amanda Nast.
We are performing a very laidback set of visuals and a selection of the latest Deprogram mixes at the Return Flight Exhibition this Saturday 9 July. The night features artists from Salmagundi Studios, near Wolli Creek. We’ll be on from 8:30pm. For more information, check out:
Aspiring and emerging producers can attend a production workshop with Nick Mainsbridge, who has produced
multiple gold and platinum albums throughout his extensive recording career. Participants will gain hands-on experience at Bondi Pavilion Music Studios, learning about traditional and cutting-edge recording technologies.
The workshop runs on the weekend of June 18 – 19.
For more information contact the Bondi Community Cultural Centre on 8362 3400.
Talented video artist and longtime Deprogram collaborator, J D Young is involved in a joint art show where traditional form meets new media. The exhibition, called Work Together, features paintings and drawings by Paris Munro and video and prints by Young.
The launch is on this Thursday 3 March from 6 – 9pm at the Kaleidoscope Gallery, 84 William Street, Paddington, an artist run space that also promotes emerging artists. The exhibition runs until March 17.
If you miss the launch, there will also be a stall by the two artists at Kaleidoscope’s quarterly art markets on Friday 5 – 8pm, Saturday 10 – 6pm, Sunday 12 – 6pm and Monday 5 – 8pm.
This track has morphed into many different forms through rehearsals and performances. The version below doesn’t contain the original drum track by Robbie Mudrazija, focusing instead on the vocal and Nord synth pad sounds.
Many thanks to Stuart Spaans, AKA Nothinggod, for contributing bass to this track.
Up for Air
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The past 2 years have been ones of review and consolidation. We have relocated Beat-Route studios from Coogee to a much quieter bush setting on the South Coast. Drawing inspiration from towering escarpment views and the coastline, I have been wandering around with my Zoom recorder doing field recordings of native insects and birds. The handy little device has also allowed me to quickly record piano and vocal improvisations on the fly, without having to fiddle around on the computer first.
Deprogram use a Mackie MTE Series 250 mixing console, Dynaudio Acoustics for monitoring and customised Peach preamps. Nick has been mixing a wide range of projects here and recording larger and community-based projects at the Bondi Pavilion Studios.