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Daniel Scheidt
Action/Reaction
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.date Nov-06-2004
.style Avantgarde
.label empreintes DIGITALes
.cat.no. IMED-9105 CD
.source CDDA
.type Album
.quality VBRkbps 44.1hz Joint-Stereo
.size 114,4 MB
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www.electrocd.com is a great resource for this sort of music.
biography:
Following studies in percussion and composition at the University of
Victoria and computer science at QueenÆs University (Kingston, Ontario),
Daniel Scheidt pursues an active interest in software as a compositional
medium. A respect for improvisation and live performance has led to the
development of several personalized, computer-based instruments. Recent
work focuses on interactive systems which respond to acoustic input. An
associate composer of the Canadian Music Centre (CMC), and member of the
Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC), Daniel ScheidtÆs work has been
broadcast by the CBC and Radio-Canada and presented in concerts,
festivals, and conferences throughout Canada and Europe. He now lives in
Banff (Alberta) and performed during the ICMCÆ95 (International Computer
Music Confenrence) at The Banff Centre for the Arts.
Liner Notes:
A number of factors combine to inuence the nature of the work
represented by this disc. An interest in process, a respect for
improvisation, and a fascination with systems realized in software have
led me to the development of computer programs designed to interact with
performers in real time.
Each piece presented here involves an instrumental soloist performing
with an interactive computer system. The software that defines each
composition is designed to accept acoustic input from the performer and
produce electronic responses. The compositions included in this
collection evolved during extensive rehearsals with the individual
musicians and would not exist without their contributions. Each
recording represents the documentation of a studio æperformanceÆùthere
has been very little studio editing.
The improvisational nature of the performerÆs role is an important
aspect of this music. In making the decision to allow the performer to
improvise, I have relinquished aspects of compositional control in
exchange for a more personal contribution by each musician. An
improvising performer works within his or her own set of skills and
abilities (rather than those defined by a score), and is able to offer
the best of his or her musicianship. Once having become familiar with a
systemÆs behavior, the performer is free to investigate its musical
capabilities from a uniquely personal perspective.
Another feature of this work is the performerÆs relationship to the
musical feedback loop created in conjunction with the computer. The
performer provides source material used by the computer system, while at
the same time responding to the systemÆs ongoing audio output. Any
gesture made by the performer in response to the computer immediately
becomes new source material for the computer to use and can inuence
subsequent output. One performer has referred to this model as an ôidea
expander.ö
Part of my attraction to this work is an interest in software as a
compositional medium. Working with software offers extreme exibility
while at the same time requiring the articulation of creative intent in
precise and unambiguous terms. The ability to develop, test, revise, and
extend a computer program makes software a remarkably malleable medium
for experimental artistic creation.
I find the design of compositional structures intended for interactive
exploration during performance to be an extremely intriguing approach to
music makingùone in which I am able (perhaps forced) to investigate new
relationships between composition and performance.
ùDaniel Scheidt, January 1991
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01 Obeying the Laws of Physics 16:20
02 A Digital Eclogue 12:47
03 Stories Told 12:30
04 Norm 'n George 20:18
05 Squeeze 10:51
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