Ok, so the Internet Yami-Ichi at the HeK was a total blast for participants and organizers. And I guess it showed, because jana° has been asked by Dr Dominik Landwehr from the Migros Kulturprozent to host a few more in different regions around Switzerland in the coming year. Want to join in? Send jana° an e-mail to nerds@. – Excellent. …
Yami-Ichi harvest
As a follow up on our previous blog entry, the Internet Yami-Ichi (->definition)at the HeK was a blast and we are amazed at the creativity and diversity of all the participants. Kent contributed with his genuine Klettgauer root kit. Moriah made a zillion AppCakes in a colourful assortment.. Yum! Here a blessing from one of the founding members: “Hello Internet-ish…
Busy as a bee
Spring has sprung and we are off on sound safari, pestering some bees in the process. Jana° is due some danger money..
W3rkH0f music presents:
The computer music instruments we all know and love… played by the inventor during their development: LapCore 132 Electronic feel-good music from the first decade of the new millenium, composed and produced in Berlin by Kent. LapCore 132 is a tour-de-force of self made computer music software being exercised and pushed to the limits by it’s creator and coder.…
We’ve been hacked!
I guess it happens to anyone at some point,- but it sure is frustrating all the same. It turns out our server has been hacked and trying to extract all the foreign contaminants seems an endless task. We are slowly reassembling all our content, please be patient if some images dont show at this time. Let us know…
4 Takt Walzer
Blown away by tubas, euphoniums and the occasional cornet… On 18th of March, 2017, World Premiere of the “Neunkirch Vier-Takt-Walzer” by Kenneth Paul Clelland In 2015 Kent was inspired by Jana’s position of cultural prominence in local politics and wrote a piece of music to celebrate her. The idea was to compose a work *for* the local brass band to…
Internet Yami-Ichi
The HeK (House of Electronic Arts) in Basel has asked jana° to organize an internet yami ichi at their location on the 22. April. Kent decided he wants to sell some Klettgauer root kits (including beets, carrots, and maybe some onions?). Apparently, in the afternoon Philipp Meier will be holding a workshop about Memes and in the evening there will…
Laundry day for computer archaeologists
So yesterday we embarked on a very special laundry day. It turns out, cleaning vintage circuit boards is best done in the dish washer, who would have thought! – But lets explain: – Last Friday we were invited to our almost 80 year old neighbors house, who had been hinting he might have a few technological devices that we might…
MIDI talks
We finally have the (visual synthesizer) Hurricane and the (sequencer) Live Better Suite talk to each other via MiDi signal over 16 channels. This means, that live generated music can be used to live generate visuals.. not only matching the music, but actually being triggered by it. Also, the variable signal settings like blend mode, attack and decay can now…