Open Sound Collective - Brighton Digital Festival
Hosted by Brighton Electronic (UK)
Details
A night of electronic music and visuals from local artists with the chance to get closer and learn about their setups and creative process.
Lineup:
Rubik / AEO - ‘Textures’ ambient set
Cutlasses - Experimental DIY electronic instruments
INVADR - Audiovisual synth-led electronic set
JØTA - Synth / dance / electronica
Open Sound Collective is a meetup dedicated to sharing knowledge and enthusiasm around creating electronic music. Each performer will give a short introduction to describe how they create and perform their music and we will be projecting a video feed showing an ‘over the shoulder’ viewpoint of the live performance.
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RUBIK / AEO
Come on a journey to otherworldly sound and experiences. Discover your deep inner self through cinematic sounds and evolving textures. Spark your curiosity and see how all sound design is made.
Rubik is joined by Aeo, a local producer that creates bass and beatless music.
Gear (Rubik): Ableton Live, Novation Launchkey Mini, iPad
Gear (Aeo): Ableton Live, Push, Rane TTM 56
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Cutlasses
Cutlasses is the solo project of Scott Pitkethly. Combining field recordings and found sounds with heavily manipulated guitar and synths, Cutlasses takes it’s inspiration from the textures and timbres of sound art and horror film soundtracks. As well as making music, Scott is also an avid maker of DIY electronic instruments and effects. Having made his own midi controllers and noise boxes, his most recent project is the AudioFreeze. A eurorack modular synth module, which freezes tiny sections of sounds and allows you to manipulate them. He will be talking about the design and construction of AudioFreeze, as well as demonstrating it live.
Gear: MacBook Pro with Ableton and Guitar Rig. Self-made MIDI pedal. Fender Telecaster. Native Instruments Komplete audio interface.
http://www.cutlasses.co.uk
AudioFreeze
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is2dHl0MkUs
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INVADR
A continuous audiovisual live set of retro inspired synth-led electronic music. Matt Garland uses Ableton Live and several MIDI controllers in combination with LightSynth, his custom visualisation software, to create visuals that respond to each element of the music in real time.
Gear: Macbook Pro, Ableton Live, Komplete6 Audio Interface, Novation Remote SL49 MIDI keyboard, Ableton Push controller, Kaossilator, Korg PadKontrol
https://invadr.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/invadrmusic/
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JØTA
A continuous semi-improvised set of synth-dance-electronica inspired by the Soviet Space programme of the '50s and '60s. JØTA is the solo moniker of producer Peter J D Mason, one-half of literary-based electro-pop duo Becky Becky, a member of Psychedelic Krautrock group Cloud and co-head of independent electronic record label FEINT.
Gear: Peter uses a variety of analogue and digital hardware in unison with Ableton Live & Reason software to create semi-improvised pieces inspired by the Cosmonauts of the Soviet Space Age.
https://www.facebook.com/J0TAmuzk/
http://feintrecords.com/
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Open Sound Collective is a community of electronic music enthusiasts from in and around Brighton and Sussex. We organise talks, gigs, workshops, and networking nights for amateur and professional electronic musicians alike. Our free monthly event is held on the final Thursday of the month at The Verdict and offers a varied programme of invited talks, demos, performances, and informal networking. Everyone is welcome, be you amateur, professional, or just curious.
http://brightondigitalfestival.co.uk/event/open-sound-collective-2/
http://www.opensoundcollective.com
http://www.facbeook.com/opensoundcollective