Music, Motion, Mind and Machines
Espanta Espíritos in an interactive, sonic installation presented in Future Places festival and TEI conference.
Paper here
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more info here
+ Read more…Happy to announce a download that I’m sure will please some 
“UDP Ableton Device Control” reads from a UDP port and mapps OSC messages to a device inside Ableton Live. It is unique in that it can accept any kind of OSC input and quickly assign it to parameters on the device attached to it. You can also have multiple versions of the same device on various tracks. All you have to do is drag “UDP Ableton Device Control” into a track and add any effect to it’s right. Works with any kind of interface that sends OSC, and mac or windows.
Download the device here:
http://bit.ly/kJFX9T
Might need LiveOSC to open UDP port:
http://bit.ly/jzwoSF
if u have any questions shoot me an email to:
yagostucky _ at _ gmail _dot _ com
or skype me at yagoquay
Cheers 
Dance Jockey – Mostra UP (2011)
Dance Jockey, the team composed by Yago and Ståle, presents a unique musical performance where sounds are controlled by sensors on the dancer’s body. These sensors acquire data about body actions and transmit the information to a software that manipulates a broad range of musical parameters. The result is an electrifying theatrical performance that re-contextualizes electronic dance music away from laptops towards an exciting live act.
Click here for a PDF with more details
Contact: Yago de Quay – 00351 966 089 603 – yagostucky@gmail.com
The performance has appeared in numerous magazines in Norway and Portugal and well as radio kiss.fm.
Nstyle – Dance Jockey
Dance Jockey at Verdikt Conference in Oslo – Nov. 2010
Music examples
Turn me On
Lost
I Want Something
Let’s go Party
+ Read more…Prepairing for our show on september 25, this is should be our first “movement” of the piece. It provides an easy introduction and metaphore for what I’m doing with my body.
After our successful go at making music with Xsense, Ståle and I are now working on lengthening the performance. Here are some new segments that were added today, September 8 and yesterday.
Today:
Yesterday:
On Satruday, September 4, I will showcase at the venue Gabler my latest Interactive Systems for dance clubs.
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This text will explain what is going to happen that night.
Gabler is a restaurant during the day and a discotheque on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. It is located on the downtown area and contrary to most clubs where the minimum age to enter is 22, in Gabler it’s 18.
There will be four systems at work that night, namely the wii-make-music, video jockey, DJ, and motion to music.
wii-make-music consists of two wii remotes with colorful ribbons attached that make music when handled. Using the objects acceleration, one of the wiis will trigger notes and the other control a band pass filter applied on chords. The wiis are connected by Osculator to a mac, but the data is analysed and the sound is produced on a PC. To decide what notes to play, audio from the main mixer will be fed into a music information retrieval patch which outputs a probability table of notes.
The video jockey system consists of a camera pointing toward the bar counter, where people dance most often, and projecting that image on a wall after having it pass through various video effects.
Music will be played using online sources through two computers. The main playlist is hosted at grooveshark.com and is open for any one to contribute. Some songs will also be stored on both computers in case the internet fails.
The last interactive system is a podium where a user can hear sounds responding to his/her movements. For a visual feedback, screens all over the club will also display the same user with visual effects. This will be done using an infrared Optitrack camera. Behind the podium, on the wall, there will be some reflective markers that will help with visual effects cues and sound manipulation. Quantity of motion and will also be used for the same purpose.
During the night, I also expect to showcase some of my own music compositions that I’ve been working on since I arrived at Oslo.
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