Diego’s Bassoforte Jam

Sound designer and composer Diego Stocco had a bunch of old junk lying around, including the keyboard of a dismantled piano and a chimney cap. So he did what any self-respecting sound design super-guru would do, and made a franken-instrument, the Bassoforte:. Few days ago I started thinking about how I could re-purpose the keyboard… Read More Diego’s Bassoforte Jam

Generative Music Jam

Sunday Synth Jam: This video captures a psychedelic hypnotronica improvisation by Ostracon, featuringJohn Keston on electronics and Graham O’Brien on drums. The duo performs generative, improvisational compositions using John Keston’s custom software, the GMS (Gestural Music Sequencer), that converts video input into musical phrases. Keston captures, layers, loops and processes melodic segments in real-time out of… Read More Generative Music Jam