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about
PLOrk Beat Science (PBS) is an electro-acoustic
structured improvisation for 1 flute, 2 humans, 5 laptops, 5
pressure-sensitve finger drum pads,
and 30 audio channels distributed among 5 hemispherical speakers. PBS was
first created and performed in 2006 as a Princeton Laptop Orchestra (PLOrk) chamber piece, by Rebecca Fiebrink and Ge Wang. Drawing from our
work with PLOrk and taking inspiration (and 2/3 of our name) from Tabla Beat
Science, PLOrk Beat Science reflects our interest in exploring
new hybrid performances involving live acoustic instruments (flute,
processed) in electronic chamber music settings (via laptops and
hemispherical speakers, which radiate sound outwards from each localized
instrument), creating crazy interactive beat machines, crafting new
performance software and expressive controller mappings, and simply making
music together.
audio / video
- full piece: download
(18 min, mp3, recorded 2007.1.13)
- full piece: stream
(m3u)
- video: normal
(18 min, quicktime, 720x480, 99 MB)
- video: bigger
(less lossy, 230 MB)
performances
- 2007.11.8
- PBS with PLOrk at Science Musuem of the National Academy
of Sciences, Washington D.C.
- 2007.6.1 -
PBS at electro-music 2007, Philadelphia, PA
- 2007.1.18
- PLOrk Winter Concert. Taplin Auditorium,
Princeton, NJ
- 2006.11.19 - ffmup:
PLOrktastic Chamber Music. Terrace Club
- stage plan (pdf)
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