Dendriet, Haags netwerk voor electronische muziek

We're most probably going to print black cd's (like some playstation one cd's) with a writable top. I've been designing that in Pheauteaushop. I took the scan of the stone that is everywhere on this site, and made a bitcrushed two coloured variant. Also, the 'crack' is supposed to be left open, allowing the reflective layer of the cd to shine through. There will be two layers of ink: first the black, on top of that the 'oker'. Here are the results. Black layer, oker layer, result. Do you like it?
UPDATE: for printing: The visual black parts only
For human viewing: (click this is you are one) the virtual test print, screen resolution

Having mentioned Max/MSP externals earlier, I came to think of this site again. So you were looking for that external you were using last year and forgot where you got it??? This is the ultimate solution! While you're there also check for the excellent Lobjects collection, nice objects to work on lists.

I just planned to put some serious music on Dendriet like I put puberty music on retecool.com, and by sheer accident I just noticed Ernst logged cage as well. Well then... here's some more. Nice recordings, bad mic positions, though, way to close to the unimportant percussion tools. Neuhaus Electronics.

Austrian composer Karlheinz Essl was asked to make a new incarnation of John Cage's "Fontana Mix" (1958). He did so with the help of the Max/MSP programming environment. The result can be downloaded here. Unfortunately it is a selfcontained application, so a peek into the actual patch is not possible....
Essl is also the creator of the very useful set of Max/MSP externals called the RTC lib (highly recommended!). Of course this set of externals has been used extensively for the "Fontana Mixer".

Oh yes, while I'm at it: Dendriet will be having a performance at the Garage, Zuidwal in the Hague on the 8th of January 2005.
More info later...

I do realise that some visitors here think that we do strange stuff. For them I have this. Ha! we seem to be quite normal compared to these people! Anyway, they make and use some interesting instruments for unconventional use! They also sell two kits with an excellent description on how to build them. The site's navigation is quite confusing but has loads of freaky mp3s and photos. So check it out.

Keir Neuringer will be curating a Thursday night series for tag starting 2005. There will be preview 16.12.2004 presenting several artists including:
Yutaka Makino, Jamie Hodge, Marcel Kaars, Gloribel Hernández, Brice Soniano, Greg Altman and Keir Neuringer.

Stille Veerkade 19
Doors open: 20.00
Concert starts: 20.30
5 euro

I made a max/msp patch for using the cheap Piranha PC33 USB gamecontroller with max/msp. I decided to share it. You'll find it here.

Schematic! It's fairly straight forward schematic, except it has two antiparalel diodes that clip the signal should it become to loud. The choice of diodes will matter a lot for the sound.
Clipping as an ultra fast brick wall limiter... I like Buchla's rough style!

Upside: Musicians that are not the writers of the music can enforce ISPs to take their music of off the internet.
Downside: It doesn't sound to clear who has the right to have a site taken down. Translated to the Dutch law, it can mean that the BUMA (owns the exploitation rights) can force a ISP to take down a site, eventhough the musicians (the copyright owners) are totally OK with the site being online.
And oh, the copyright is extended by 20 years, which means they have to wait another 20 years for first ELvis-recordings to become public domain. (For us, this happens next month.)
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Friday 17 December 2004 20.30h, Korzo Theatre, The Hague, The Netherlands

Music:
L***s A********n, Michel van der Aa, Donnacha Dennehy, Chiel Meijering, Belinda Reynolds.
Films & Images:
Hal Hartley, Mark Linnane, AKI en Colm Tobin

Monica Germino - violin/electric violin
Tatiana Koleva - percussion/marimba
Marijje van Stralen - soprano
Susanna Borsch - recorder

With the show 'CODENAME NY' ELECTRA made its New York debut in the Great Performers Series in Lincoln Center during the Louis Andriessen Festival 'Sonic Evolutions' in May 2004. This program was created in close collaboration with the composer, and was performed for sold out hall. The show was highly reviewed in the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant & The New York Times. Now ELECTRA gives one more show in The Hague, The Netherlands!!!

http://www.korzo.nl http://www.electranewmusic.com

Available from 21.30 (do not start this download earlier, as the file will not be uploaded completely then): last nights recording