stutter | self-playing piano and live electronics (teaser)

stutter is a semi-improvised piece for self-playing piano and live electronics. The piano improvises by recombining the score of Miroirs by Maurice Ravel, while listening to a version of itself distorted by the live electronics. The sound evolution of the work is based on a dialogue between two different algorithms, one of which controls the live generation of a piano score and another one controlling the live electronic processing of it. The two systems are coupled in a feedback loop, where the live electronics processes the sound of the piano in real-time, and the score generation is conditioned on listening to the altered electronic version of the piano, instead of the clean sound of it. This technique generates a complex evolving process with which a live musician interacts during the piece. Music programming and live electronics - Vincenzo Madaghiele www.vmad.me