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1 | Country | Name of Ensemble | University / Other Affiliations | Year of Establishment | Contact Information | Guiding Principles of the Ensemble | Link to the Ensemble | Last Active | Added by | Say hello | |||||||||
2 | Argentina | ika gyacgis | 2015 | mauro@cyberdelia.xyz | live coding, laptops, samples, midi | http://ikag.github.io/ | 2015 | mauro@cyberdelia.xyz | Hola :-) | ||||||||||
3 | Australia | Griffith University's Electro-acoustic Ensemble | Griifith University (Brisbane, Australia) | Craig Parry (puzahki@gmail.com) | university course | https://app.griffith.edu.au/events/event/21584 | 2012 | ||||||||||||
4 | Austria | KULORK: Kunst Uni Graz Laptop Orchetsra | Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics at Univeristy of Music and Performing Arts Graz | 2013 | goudarzi@iem.at | university course. laptops, live coding, improv, interactive instruments | unknown | Visda Goudarzi | |||||||||||
5 | Austria | Low Frequency Orchestra | 2003 | info@lfo.at | free and structured electro-instrumental improvisation; interpretation of composed works for instruments and electronics | http://lfo.at | 2013 | ||||||||||||
6 | Basque Country | Dvoinoi | Freelance | 2013 | dvoinoi.official@gmail.com | Dvoinoi is a live duo performance. Experimentation with sequencing and live synthesis. | http://dvoinoi.com/ | 2018 | alex@tresorg.com | Hi! :) | |||||||||
7 | Brazil | 4Laps | Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel) | 2012 | james.correa@ufpel.edu.br | live performance using digital instruments create with Max and wiimotes, kinect, game controllers, and everithing else we can plug in a laptop and make it talk to Max | https://wp.ufpel.edu.br/labcomp/ | unknown | |||||||||||
8 | Brazil | Brasília Laptop Orchestra (BSBLork) | UnB-Universidade de Brasília | 2012 | Eufrasio Prates (eufrasioprates@gmail.com) | work with dance, cross-synthesis from image to sound. live free improvisations with fractals and webcam live images transduction interfaces (HTMI system). | https://www.facebook.com/BSBLOrk and https://orquestraabstrata.wordpress.com/laptop-ensemble/ | 2018 | |||||||||||
9 | Brazil | OLapSo (Orquestra de Laptops Sonatório UFRB) | UFRB - Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia | 2016 | sonatorio@gmail.com marinanimula@gmail.com | laptops, tablets, smartphones, samples, midi, live cinema, musical instruments, live performance, soundpainting, sound objects | www.sonatorio.org | 2018 | Marina Mapurunga | Hello! =D | |||||||||
10 | Brazil | The Dr. Porres' Patch Shop Orchestra | 2013 | porres@gmail.com | Mainly use of Pd, but also quite much any kind of gear/FX processors for happy patching. Guiding lines is to use many instruments and process them. | https://aguaforte.wixsite.com/musicaestranha/the-dr-porres-patch-shop-orch | 2013 | Alexandre Porres | |||||||||||
11 | Canada | A Series of Tubes | 2011 | dirty livetronic jass | unknown | ||||||||||||||
12 | Canada | Canadian Electronic Ensemble | 1971 | Paul Stillwell <paul@stillwell.cc> | old (and new) analog instruments, laptop computers, standard instruments, found sound, field recordings | http://www.canadianelectronicensemble.com/ | 2017 | ||||||||||||
13 | Canada | CKUT Circuit Workshop Ensemble | CKUT 90.3 FM Radio | 2006 | production@ckut.ca | all sounds produced by homemade electronic circuits | https://ckut.ca/en/node/485 | 2016 | |||||||||||
14 | Canada | Concordia Laptop Orchestra (CLOrk) | Concordia University, Montreal | 2011 | Director Eldad Tsabary | interdisciplinary, networked, a platform for educational research | http://laptoporchestra.ca | 2018 | |||||||||||
15 | Canada | Cybernetic Orchestra | McMaster University, Hamilton ON | 2010 | Director David Ogborn | live coding, networked | https://livelab.mcmaster.ca/past-events/cybernetic-orchestra/ | 2018 | |||||||||||
16 | Canada | Donkey Lopez | 2014 | donkeylopez@bell.net | trio: percussion/handwired synths/voice/horns/toys: improvisational sound/noise explorations | 2014 | Stuart Ross | ||||||||||||
17 | Canada | hmbkr | VIVO Media Arts Centre, Vancouver | 2010 | us@panospria.com | improvisations are based on the fragmentation of pre-set parameters, textured abstractions, minimalist drones, non-linear narratives, and digital detritus | freemusicarchive.org/music/HMBKR/ | unknown | |||||||||||
18 | Canada | Instant Places | 2003 | ibirse@gmail.com | free improvisation, live sampling, purpose-built hardware/software systems | instantplaces.ca | 2018 | ||||||||||||
19 | Canada | Integra Contemporary & Electroacoustics | Digital Audio Arts, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta | 2011 | D. Andrew Stewart <andrew.stewart@uleth.ca> | integration of digital and acoustic instruments, building on traditional performance and compositional practices, experiment with new instrumentalities, new performance paradigms | ulethelectro.wordpress.com | 2018 | |||||||||||
20 | Canada | Interactive Electronica Ensemble | Guelph University | founder James Harley (email jharley@uoguelph.ca) | |||||||||||||||
21 | Canada | K.A.N.T.N.A.G.A.N.O. | Independent (Montreal) | 2006 | kantnagano@gmail.com | Live electronics improv: hyper-instruments, modular synthesizers, laptops, tablets and custom max patches. | http://kantnagano.bandcamp.com/album/blessure-narcissique and http://www.discogs.com/artist/1710853-kantnagano and http://www.mutek.org/en/archives/artists/875-k-a-n-t-n-a-g-a-n-o | 2015 | |||||||||||
22 | Canada | Marianopolis Laptop Orchestra (MLOrk) | Marianopolis College | 2009 | Cory McKay <cory.mckay@mail.mcgill.ca> | gestural controls | unknown, inactive | ||||||||||||
23 | Canada | The Digital Orchestra | McGill University | 2006 | director Sean Ferguson (email sean.ferguson@mcgill.ca // phone 514-398-4538) | 3-year project with distinct goals / stages for each year | http://www.cirmmt.org/research/projects/Digital_Orchestra | 2008 | |||||||||||
24 | Canada | Michael Palumbo Laptop Ensemble | 2013 | emailmichaelpalumbo@gmail.com | Participants have no prior experience in digital/music performance | 2013 | Michael Palumbo | Hello friends! .................................Schaeffer | |||||||||||
25 | Canada | New Music Ensemble Laptop Orchestra (NuMuLO) | University of Calgary | director Laurie Radford (email lradford@ucalgary.ca // phone (403) 210-7890) | university course. solo and ensemble performance of 20th and 21st century music, instrumental performance in combination with electronic processing, new instrumental and vocal resources and practices, and electronic/laptop performance, collaborative group improvisation | unknown, inactive | |||||||||||||
26 | Canada | Phillharmonia de Caelo Tactus | York University (Toronto) | http://www.yorku.ca/yfile/archive/index.asp?Article=4197 | unknown, inactive | ||||||||||||||
27 | Canada | Regina Electroacoustic Performance Orchestra (REAPOR) | University of Regina | 2008 | founder David Ogborn | heterogeneous audio and computer equipment brought forth by the members of the orchestra, sound-based structured improvisation, collaboration with non-laptop performers | http://cec.sonus.ca/econtact/11_4/ogborn_reapor.html | 2008 | |||||||||||
28 | Canada | School for the Contemporary Arts Laptop Ensemble (SCALE) | Simon Fraser University School for the Contemporary Arts | Arne Eigenfeldt (email arne_e@sfu.ca) | university course."FPA 347 Live Electroacoustic Music Performance", network music, group improvisation, visual scores, iPads and other alternative musical controllers; Net4Tet and Duet were tools created for the ensemble | https://www.facebook.com/events/152176038784170/ | 2018 | ||||||||||||
29 | Canada | Sonic UBC Laptop Sounds and Sensors (SUBCLASS) | University of British Columbia | 2010 | runs every year with Profs. Bob Pritchard and Keith Hamel co-directing it. MUSC403C is the cours. contact: bob@mail.ubc.ca | university course. gesture tracking and motion capture in performance, Max/MSP/Jitter coding and composition with smartphones, webcams, sport sensors, game controllers, Arduinos; realtime processing of acoustic instruments; engineering students integrated with the orchestra through 4th year capstone projects | https://music.ubc.ca/laptop-orchestra/ and http://ubcimpart.wordpress.com | 2017 | |||||||||||
30 | Canada | Theresa Transistor | 2005 | mjean000@sympatico.ca | electro-acoustic improvisers, with an expanded range of devices : microphones, homemade percussive instruments, radio and CD reader, analog and digital synthesizer, and computer-generated devices | www.avatarquebec.org/fr/#!/fr/projets/theresa-transistor/?t=publication | 2018 | mjean000@sympatico.ca | hé! | ||||||||||
31 | Canada | Toronto Laptop Orchestra (TOLOrk) | 2015 | torontolork@gmail.com | interdisciplinary performance-art collective that melds computer generated music with acoustic instruments, drama, hacked hardware, robotics, Arduino, circuit bent toys, dance, inventions, coding; engaging the audience beyond the aural senses | www.tolork.com | 2015 | Robert Taylor | Hello World! | ||||||||||
32 | Canada | University of Regina Tablet Orchestra | University of Regina | David Gerhard: David.Gerhard@uregina.ca; 306 585 5227 Rebecca Caines: Rebecca.Caines@uregina.ca; 306 585 5520 Pauline Minevich: Pauline.Minevich@uregina.ca; 306 585 5525 | university course. tablets and mobile phones, integrated with other media such as visual scores, arduino-based instruments and traditional instruments; studens can focus on technical, artistic or studies-based work, writing code or compositions | https://www.uregina.ca/events/tablet-orchestra-and-opera-workshop-concert | 2017 | ||||||||||||
33 | Europe | European Bridges Ensemble (EBE) | 2005 | director Georg Hajdu (email georg.hajdu@hfmt-hamburg.de) | telematic / networked performance, bridging cultures, regions, locations and individuals, each with their particular history | http://e-b-e.eu/ | 2014 | ||||||||||||
34 | Europe | Music in Movement Electronic Orchestra (MIMEO) | 1997 | powerbook quartet; "post techno Duchampianism"; choice and juxtaposition | http://www.gjp.info/cdmimeoperdition.htm | 1997 | |||||||||||||
35 | Finland | Aalto University Laptop Orchestra (AULO) | Aalto University | 2009 | helsinki@ptarmigan.fi // https://www.facebook.com/events/194719478878/ | experimental, collaborative, academic and free contexts | http://soundcloud.com/aulo#sthash.j32peVVm.dpuf | 2009 | |||||||||||
36 | Finland | Helsinki Computer Orchestra | 2003 | director Tommi Keränen (email tommik@iki.fi) | heterogeneous group of experimental electronic musicians, free improvisers, and noise musicians; variety of instruments (80's game consoles to powerbooks); 20th and 21st century repertoire | http://www.avantofestival.com/2003/en/live_hco.html | 2004 | ||||||||||||
37 | Finland / Sweden | ImproMasters | Sibelius Academy / ECMCT (European Cause for Music Composition and Technology) / Nordic Sound Art workshop in Mälmö) | 2004 | director Shinji Kanki (email skanki@siba.fi) | continuing education workshop / seminar; free group improvisation practice in order to find out, develop and discuss new possibilities of live music making with technology; occasional guest improvisers | http://silakka.fi/ImproMasters/ | 2006 | |||||||||||
38 | International (FR/UK/USA/CAN/CHILE/GERMANY/BE/AT/GR) | Great Internet Audio Streaming Orchestra (GIASO) | APO-33 | 2005 | info@apo33.org | international online orchestra ; creating a place for networked performance; using a bidirectional multiplex platform to perform and mix different audio sources via streaming | https://vimeo.com/78420038 | 2013 | |||||||||||
39 | France | Electrologues | Université Paris 8 | 2011 | electrologues@gmail.com | production of electroacoustic and instrumental music, the investigation of generativity and interactivity (throughout installations and performances associating music, video and dance); formally organised improvisation using pre- determined algorithmic rules | https://www.facebook.com/Electrologues and https://soundcloud.com/electrologues | 2015 | |||||||||||
40 | France | Grand Orchestre d'Ordinateurs / Great Computer Orchestra (GOO) | APO33 | 2002 | info@apo33.org | open laboratory that evolves with each event; experimenting with both networking and sound broadcasting | http://apo33.org/cia/doku.php?id=read_txt_on_the_goo_in_english | 2002 | |||||||||||
41 | France | Kernel Ensemble of Live Electronic Music | 2007 | alexandrine.kt@free.fr | composition and performance of live electronic music | https://www.sleazeart.com/KERNEL.html | 2010 | ||||||||||||
42 | France | Les Phonogénistes | 1996 | ecrire@phonogenistes.fr | trio; improvisation; multimedia art | http://www.phonogenistes.fr | 2014 | Pierre Couprie, pierre.couprie@gmail.com | |||||||||||
43 | France | Orchestre National Electroacoustique (ONE) | Puce Muse | 2013 | diffusion@pucemuse.com | group of 7 musicians; creating their own instruments; laptop, controllers, sensors, tablet, etc | http://www.pucemuse.com/one-2/ | 2015 | Pierre Couprie, pierre.couprie@gmail.com | ||||||||||
44 | Germany | audioLAB | Phonocake netlabel | DIY, improvisation, drifting locations, spontaneous set-ups | http://www.phonocake.org/audiolab/ | 2009 | |||||||||||||
45 | Germany | Benoît and the Mandelbrots | University of Music Karlsruhe | 2009 | ensemble members Matthias Schneiderbanger, Holger Ballweg, Patrick Borgeat, Juan A. Romero // benoit@the-mandelbrots.de // https://www.facebook.com/mandelbrots // @mandelbrots | live coding; improvisation; no static repertoire, sounds generated specifically to fit the room characteristics and the audience; musical results varying from electronica and ambient to experimental, noise, drones and avant-garde | http://www.the-mandelbrots.de | 2019 | |||||||||||
46 | Germany | Endliche Automaten / Laptop Orchestra Berlin (EALOB) | non-academic | 2005 | members Alexander Augsten, Marek Brandt, Sven Ihlenfeld, Oliver Kiesow & Nicolas Weiser // email laptops@endliche-automaten.de | create and maintain an extensive repertoire of electronic, electro-acoustic and audio-visual compositions | unknown | ||||||||||||
47 | Germany | EMU Laptop Ensemble | University of Ulm | 1986 (as EMU Ensemble) | directors Dr. Dieter Trüstedt and Chrstine Söffing (christine.soeffing@uni-ulm.de) // kontakt@emu-ensemble.de | students, artists, and dancers; | http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.uni-ulm.de%2Feinrichtungen%2Fmuz%2Femu.html // http://www.uni-ulm.de/emu/ensemble/ensemble.htm | performed 2008 | |||||||||||
48 | Germany | Endphase | founded at Freiberg Conservatory of Music | 2004 | trio members Alberto C. Bernal, Enrique Tomás, Joao Pais (previous member Johannes Kreidler) // email endphase@googlegroups.com | compositions are performed only once (do not develop repertoire) | http://www.endphase.net/ | performed May 2013 | |||||||||||
49 | Germany | Grainface Laptop Ensemble | University of Karlsruhe Institute for Musicology and Music Informatics | http://www.grainface.de/ | seems no | ||||||||||||||
50 | Germany | PLO Poole laptop orchestra | |||||||||||||||||
51 | Global (Australia and other countries) | Ethernet Orchestra | affiliated with University of Technology, Sydney | researcher Roger Mills (email roger@eartrumpet.org) | networked improvisation, examining cognition, intercultural collaboration and learning in networked audio platforms | http://ethernetorchestra.netpraxis.net/ | |||||||||||||
52 | Global (Canada, UK, Germany) | Shared Buffer | McMaster University, Hamilton ON (Canada) | 2014 | Director David Ogborn. Members Alex McLean, Eldad Tsabary, Alexandra Cardenas, Ian Jarvis | Live coding on a web-based shared buffer using extramuros | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLR02FQDqOM | yes | |||||||||||
53 | Global (Canada, USA, German, Sweden, Norway, Italy, Netherlands, Finland, France, UK) | Avatar Orchestra Metaverse | 2007 | Tina Pearson <pearstina@gmail.com>; Brenda Hutchinson <brendah555@gmail.com>; Max D Well <pomodorox@gmail.com> | A global collaboration of composers, artists and musicians that approaches the virtual reality platform Second Life as an instrument. The Orchestra conceives, designs and builds its own virtual instruments, making it possible for each individual performer in the Orchestra to trigger sounds independent from one another and to play together in real time. These instruments feature sound, visuals, and animations. | http://avatarorchestra.blogspot.ca/ | Yes | ||||||||||||
54 | Greece | Awkward Family Photos | 2010 | afp@afp.gr | live electronics, networked | http://afp.gr/ | Yes | www.afp.gr | |||||||||||
55 | Greece | I.S.E Medea Electronique | 2010 | ise@medeaelectronique.com | Free improvisation electroacoustic networked ensemble focusing on dialog and live input | http://www.medeaelectronique.com/i-s-e/ | yes | Alexandros Drymonitis | hello | ||||||||||
56 | Hong Kong | Electric Company (formerly City Laptop Orchestra) | City University of Hong Kong School of Creative Media | founder Samson Young (email SKFYOUNG@cityu.edu.hk // phone 3442 5305) | 10 graduate / Ph.D students, standardized wearable (!!) meta-instrument, tests interfaces developed by LUME (Laboratory for Ubiquitous Musical Expression), non-improvisatory (prefer notated repertoire) | http://ubiquitousmusic.org/?page_id=854 | performed February 2013 | ||||||||||||
57 | Iran | MP | vH+ Computational Sound-art Projects | Tehran | Mohammad and Honey Haq Pazhutan (m.pazhutan@gmail.com) | live coding, playing with acoustic instruments | yes | |||||||||||||
58 | Ireland | CAVE - Cork Audio Visual Ensemble | University College Cork | 2014 | j.weeter@ucc.ie | building interactive instruments, exploring our city and surroundings through media art, networked performance | Yes | ||||||||||||
59 | Ireland | DubLork (Dublin Laptop Orchestra) | non-academic | 2011 | directors Alex Dowling and Dan Truman; email info@dublinlaptoporchestra.com | theatricality, folk music, collaboration with traditional musicians | http://www.dublinlaptoporchestra.com/ | ||||||||||||
60 | Israel / USA | Martin Gadget | SUNY Oneonta/Musrara School | 2014 | j.pignato@oneonta.edu | electro rock quartet that features laptops, signatl processing, and improv based on rock inspired motifs. Members include Ilan Green (Israel), Yoni Niv (Israel), Lior Pinsky (Israel), and Joe Pignato (USA). The project is relatively new so stay tuned. | yes | ||||||||||||
61 | Italy | Arazzi Laptop Ensemble | 2009 | paolo@zavagna.it | www.arazzilaptopensemble.net | ||||||||||||||
62 | Italy | FLEE (Frosinone Laptop & Electroacoustic Ensemble) | "Licinio Refice" Conservatoire of Frosinone | 2011 | Antonino Chiaramonte, flee.info@gmail.com, antonin.chiaramonte@gmail.com | FLEE was born within the module of "Performance and control environments for Live electronics" led by prof. Antonino Chiaramonte at the "L. Refice" Conservatoire of Frosinone. FLEE focuses its research on the restoration, in live electronics performances, of a fundamental musical paradigm: the relationship between gesture and sound, but also on a different paradigm, specifically connected to the electro-acoustic music, concerning the quality of the sound output and the control of the multi-channel sound diffusion. | https://www.facebook.com/Frosinone.Laptop.Electroacoustic.Ensemble | YES | Antonino Chiaramonte | Hello to everyone from Italy! thank you for sharing these useful information. | |||||||||
63 | ITALY | Reihe Laptop Ensemble | AGON, Sae Institute Milan | 2015 | Director: Giorgio Sancristoforo gio@giorgiosancristoforo.net | The Reihe Laptop Ensemble was established in 2015 and it is in residency at AGON, Milan. The group performs historical repertoire as well as modern compositions (electronic or electronic + acoustical instrument) by established composers, focusing on graphical notation, innovative synthesis methods, research and spatialization. The ensemble works on stage under the direction of Giorgio Sancristoforo and does not perform improvisation or intuitive music. The Reihe Laptop Ensemble creates custom softwares for every performance with maxMSP and pure data. Our last performance was on June 11th 2017 performing "Responsorio Meccanico" by Massimilano Viel. | https://www.facebook.com/Reihe-Laptop-Ensemble-820866208004871/ | yes | Giorgio Sancristoforo | Ciao! | |||||||||
64 | Italy | The Expanding Universe of Al-Joberal-Chirolechi | 2013 | Johann Merrich <johannmerrich@gmail.com> | an electronic ensemble dedicate to Stockhausen Intuitive Music. the ensemble is a unit of sound research on the perception, an ongoing exploration of the artistic creation in relation to different places and people. homemade instruments, metal sheets, piezo microphones, synthesizers, laptops, theremin, vocals, anything that works | https://soundcloud.com/stream | yes | ||||||||||||
65 | Italy | Wiivaldi Laptop Quartet | Libera Università de Bolzano | director Adige Risuona | https://www.facebook.com/events/116452561699827/ | ||||||||||||||
66 | Japan (founded) / USA, Europe (performances) | The Laptop Orchestra | non-academic | 2002 | founder Philippe Chatelain thelaptoporchestra@gmail.com | generative music, network interactivity, interdependence between performers, guest musician provides audio content at each performance, mixed acoustic / laptop, complementary video network | http://laptoporchestra.net/ | ||||||||||||
67 | Lebanon | Blok'- Beirut Laptop Orchestra | 2012 | Jawad Chaaban (jawad.chaaban@gmail.com) | Experimental Digital-Acoustic Sound Composition | https://www.facebook.com/BlokBeirutLaptopOrchestra | |||||||||||||
68 | Mexico | LiveCodeNet Ensamble | independent | 2013 | lcne@flujoalterno.com | LiveCodeNet Ensamble is a group of people who improvise music with code interconnected to a local network. Their interests are live coding, software libre, networking, supercollider, DIY and techno-experimental improvised music in group. | http://livecodenet.flujoalterno.com/ | yes | Hernani Villaseñor | Hola | |||||||||
69 | New Zealand | IMP Ensemble | University of Waikato | Ian Whalley, musik@waikato.ac.nz | telematic electroacoustic music comprovisation, interactive systems, graphic scoring, intelligent agent systems | http://www.waikato.ac.nz/fass/research/centres-units/miiru/projects/interactive-music-project | |||||||||||||
70 | Norway | OLO (Oslo Laptop Orchestra) | University of Oslo / Norwegian Academy of Music | 2007 | directors Kjell Tore Innervik (academy of music email kti@nmh.no // personal email kjell.tore@innervik.no // work phone +47-23-36-71-01 // cell +47-90-77-02-37) and Alexander Refsum Jensenius (work +47-22-84-48-34 // cell +47-95-12-92-32) | ad-hoc, members are students and faculty, "performs the standard repertoire for laptop orchestras", workshops, PLOrk-style meta-instrument, social aspects of ensemble playing | http://www.uio.no/english/research/groups/fourms/projects/olo/ | ||||||||||||
71 | Norway | T-EMP (Trondheim Electroacoustic Music Performance) | NTNU (Norwegian University for Science and Technology) | 2011 | oyvind.brandtsegg@ntnu.no | Structured improvisation, combining electronic and acoustic instrument, developing new digital tools | http://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/48123/48124 | Yes! | Andreas Bergsland | ||||||||||
72 | Portugal | (Des)Integração laptop Ensemble | Sirr.ecords music label | 2001-2003 | Improvisation (abstract electronics with laptops) from thematic subjects that could be an ideia, a film, a artist work, etc. Variable formation: Carlos Santos, Paulo Raposo, Miguel Carvalhais, Nuno Moita, Pedro Lourenço, João Castro Pinto, Rui Costa. With guests musicians: Carlos Zíngaro, Jorge Valente, Adriana Sá, Pedro Tudela, Pedro Almeida, Miguel Sá, Fernando Fadigas and Alex Fx. | Released on 2002 the "Permute" CD. With the audio material of the violinist Carlos Zíngaro (also operating as "Tonemaister") live recording @ Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian - Centro de Arte Moderna - Lisbon. Link: http://www.discogs.com/desintegra%C3%A7%C3%A3o-Permute/release/260158 Played in Portugal mainly, Lisbon, Porto, Vila Nova de Gaia (film Festival), Coimbra, etc. | |||||||||||||
73 | Portugal | Naja Orchestra | no affiliantions | 2005 | Vitor Joaquim - vitorjoaquim@mail.telepac.pt | seven rules of thumb of N:O: 1 - no pre-existence of sound 2 - do it here and now 3 - the guest is a guest 4 - think as a man, act as a naja 5 - listen, select, do 6 - bite the guest 7 - spread the poison | http://www.vitorjoaquim.pt/NAJA_ORCHESTRA.htm | ||||||||||||
74 | Russia | CybOrk (Moscow Laptop Cyber Orchestra) | Moscow State Conservatory, affiliated with the Theremin Center | 2006 | founder and artistic director Andrey Smirnov // box2@theremin.ru | open source, networked, exclusively pre-composed / structured music during performances | http://www.cyberorchestra.com/ | seems no // performed 2008 // Andrey Smirnov stopped being involved in 2009 | |||||||||||
75 | Scotland | Lapslap | ?2007 | http://www.lapslap.co.uk | |||||||||||||||
76 | Scotland | Super D'Orch Digital Orchestra | 2009 | facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/SuperDOrch/89949080109 // twitter @superdorch | seems defunct | ||||||||||||||
77 | Slovenia | THEREMIDI ORCHESTRA | Ljudmila – Ljubljana Digital Media Lab | 2011 | theremidi.orchestra@gmail.com or fb page; https://www.facebook.com/theremidiorchestra | noise, sound, experimentation, members with varied backgrounds, hands-on electro noise ensemble, z DIY community with a DIWO approach in making music and sound experiments, developing its own instruments based on open-source electronic circuits. heremidi Orchestra is a process of mutual understanding and solving problems in a horizontal manner. The process of production involves experimenting with sound outputs, mutual composition of music scores, shared responsibilities for individual parts of the process, open source, open hardware | http://wiki.ljudmila.org/Theremidi_Orchestra | yes - very | Robertina Sebjanic | ||||||||||
78 | Spain | Barcelona Laptop Orchestra | Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya & Universitat Pompeu Fabra Music Technology Group | 2008 | co-ordinator Josep M Comajuncosas // email form available on http://blo.cat // www.facebook.com/blorchestra // twitter @blorchestra | development of new music control interfaces, new paradigms for networked performance, reworked classical EA works, improvisation | http://blo.cat | YES!! | |||||||||||
79 | Spain/France | Electric Landscapes Of Rebellion | freelance | 2010 | antonymaubert@yahoo.fr | improv, digital synthesis, diy controllers & instruments, soundscapes and found sounds, social & political commitment | http://antonymaubert.com/ElectricLandscapesOfRebellion.html | Yes | Antony Maubert | ||||||||||
80 | Sweden | Liveelektronikensemblen | Lund University / Malmo Academy of Music | 2011 | info@dynamik.se | Experimental. Mix of improv and compositions by members and teachers. Use of whatever (electronic) equipment is at hand, open for suggestions. Collaborations with more traditional instrumentalists | |||||||||||||
81 | Sweden | Mobila DatorOrkestern (Mobile computer orchestra) | www.c-y.se | 2007 | info@dynamik.se | May only use portable equipment, preferrably laptops. May only use of internal or battery powered portable speakers. The whole equipment must be mobile and easily portable. | www.c-y.se | ||||||||||||
82 | Switzerland | Inside the Baxter Building | http://www.morpheus-records.com/ | 2014 | info@insidethebaxterbuilding.ch | Melting acoustic instruments and electronics. simon petermann, tb+electronics, sam würgler, tp+electronics, fabian gutscher, electronics+toys. free improvisation, graphic charts, multimedia art, collaborations with other art forms. | www.InsideTheBaxterBuilding.ch | yes | simon petermann | hello | |||||||||
83 | The Netherlands | SEE - Sonology Electroacoustic Ensemble | Royal Conservatory of The Hague - Sonology Department | 2008 (?) | Richard Barrett <richard@furtlogic.com> | improvisation | |||||||||||||
84 | touring installation | Toshiba-funded Laptop Orchestra (relevant??) | 2004 | interactive installation | http://limiteazero.net/l_o/ | ||||||||||||||
85 | Turkey | IBULOrk (Istanbul Bilgi University Laptop Orchestra) | Istanbul Bilgi University Music Department | 2009 | director Tolga Tüzün (tolgatuzun@yahoo.com, ttuzun@bilgi.edu.tr) | standardized meta-instrument, processing Istanbul's acoustic ecology, migration among universal textures without being assimilated (from blogspot) | http://ibulork.blogspot.com/ // http://www.myspace.com/ibulork | ||||||||||||
86 | UK | BEER (Birmingham Ensemble for Electroacoustic Research) | University of Birmingham / BEAST | 2011 | beerensemble@contacts.bham.ac.uk | Network music systems, structured improv, live coding | http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/BEAST/research/Birmingham-Ensemble-for-Electroacoustic-Research.aspx | Yes | Scott Wilson | ||||||||||
87 | UK | Behaviour | Bath Spa University | 2005 | a.keep@bathspa.ac.uk | Annual student live electroacoustic ensemble : mixed electronics/laptops/objects/hacking/controllers, focusing on performance strategies, sound shaping and group improvisation. | http://behaviourbsu.tumblr.com/ | ||||||||||||
88 | UK | BiLE (Birmingham Laptop Ensemble) | Birmingham University, affiliated with BEAST (Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre) | 2011 | ensemble members Iaian Armstrong, Julien Guillamat, Charles Céleste Hutchins, Shelly Knotts, Norah Lorway, Chris Tarren // live visuals by Antonio Roberts // bilensemble@gmail.com | experimentation, members with varied backgrounds, gestural controllers, audience interactivity, video art | http://www.bilensemble.co.uk/ | ||||||||||||
89 | UK | BULO, the Bristol University Loudspeaker Orchestra | University of Bristol | live diffusion, loudspeaker orchestra (not laptop orchestra) | http://www.bris.ac.uk/music/facilities/studios/bulo.html | yes | |||||||||||||
90 | UK | FIRE (all-Female Interface Research Ensemble) | University of Birmingham | 2013 | members Brenna Cantwell, Norah Lorway (norah.lorway@gmail.com) & Edie Pearce; twitter @FIREnsemble | Gameprov, liveness, improvisation, SuperCollider, live coding | https://soundcloud.com/firensemble | active as of March 2014 (INTER/actions) | |||||||||||
91 | UK | Goldsmiths Laptop Ensemble | Goldsmiths University of London | director Tom Mudd (email t.mudd@gold.ac.uk) | course name "Studio Laptop Ensemble" | ||||||||||||||
92 | UK | HELLO (Hope Experimental Live Laptop Orchestra) | Liverpool Hope University Department of Music | 2011 | director Manuella Blackburn (manuella@manuella.co.uk) | http://hopeelectroacousticsoundstudios.blogspot.co.uk/p/hello.html | performed November 2012 | ||||||||||||
93 | UK | HELO (Huddersfield Experimental Laptop Orchestra) | Huddersfield University Music Department | 2008 | directed by Scott Hewitt // helo@ablelemon.co.uk // https://www.facebook.com/groups/28718473121/ // @helo_group | composition, improvisation, undergraduate, directed | http://helo.ablelemon.co.uk/doku.php | ||||||||||||
94 | UK | HELOpg (Huddersfield Experimental Laptop Orchestra Postgraduate Group) | Huddersfield University Music Department | 2009 | band@helopg.co.uk | improvisation, composition, performance and recording | http://helopg.co.uk | no | Samuel Freeman | ||||||||||
95 | UK | MMULE (Manchester Metropolitan University Laptop Ensemble) | Manchester Metropolitan University Department of Contemporary Arts | 2008 | founders Martin Blain (m.a.blain@mmu.ac.uk) and Jason Woolley | performance, composition, improvisation | |||||||||||||
96 | UK | Morphogenesis | Morley College | 1985 | paradigm@stalk.net | The group was formed by a group of people interested in exploring the possibilities of live electronic music and collective improvisation. Our preferred choice is to work in a live situation where the clash of different performance spaces, available equipment and general atmosphere creates a more diverse music. | http://www.stalk.net/paradigm/morphogenesis.htm | last concert 2010? | Caleb Deupree | ||||||||||
97 | UK | OxLOrk (Oxford Laptop Orchestra) | Oxford University | 2012 | email xlork@music.ox.ac.uk // facebook https://www.facebook.com/oxlork | members taught to code new pieces for the ensemble, standardized meta-instrument, ensemble designed for the performance of live electronic and electroacoustic music by individually expressive players. | http://www.music.ox.ac.uk/about/ensembles/students-ensembles/oxlork/ | performed June 2013 | |||||||||||
98 | UK | SEALE (Scarborough Electroacoustic Laptop Ensemble) | University of Hull | 2011 | director Rob Mackay (email r.a.mackay@hull.ac.uk // work phone +44 (0) 1723 357390) | field recordings, nature | active as of March 2014, may soon change names due to program moving to Hull | ||||||||||||
99 | UK | Unknown Devices | London College of Communication | 2005 | director David Toop // ud.orchestra@gmail.com | circuit bending, turntables, sound poetry, live processing of acoustic instruments, technical/personal ensemble dynamics, mixed ability | http://cargocollective.com/unknowndevices | performed 2010 | |||||||||||
100 | UK | Worldscape Laptop Orchestra (WLO) | University of York | 2007 | Ambrose Field aef3@york.ac.uk | large ensemble (50 performers), investigating human element and technology in large ensembles | http://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2007/laptop-orchestra/ |
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