live (laptop) perfomances

[oscar sanchez <skr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I was following very interested the discussion about live (laptop) 
perfomances and casually found this:

( text from > http://www.shift.jp.org/078/swo/ )

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"The Sine Wave Orchestra" (following S.W.O.) which make the sea of sine 
waves, under the rule -one sine wave for one participant-, was held at 
Design Gallery, Hachioji Campus of Tama Art University in 4/18 with 40 
or more sine waves brought by participants.

    Following Kichijoji and Nagoya, "S.W.O." happens for the 3rd time. 
This time, in addition to the sea of a sine wave, following 3 units, 
"oscilloscape" by Akihiro Kubota, Soichiro Mihara, and Satoshi Yashiro 
from Tama Art University, KU/MA leaded by Christophe Charles from 
Musashino Art University, and "The SINE WAVE QUARTET" (following 
S.W.Q.) which consists of core member of "S.W.O.", play simultaneously.

Sine wave cannot be overlooked when considering sound. It also exists  
very closely to our everyday life as electric current flows from a wall 
socket.  In "S.W.O.", each participant takes out their own sine wave 
and aims at transfiguring the space using the rule one wave, one 
person, one speaker.

Twilight visited after the explanation of the event outline by Akihiro 
Kubota   and the performance of "oscilloscape" started. At the hall 
where the laptop   screen was projected,  their performance  wove in 
the pulse and the   noise.   A student who just entered  this April 
listened to their performance attentively,   pressed down an ear 
lightly, and was surprised.

Then, in the performance of KU/MA leaded by Christophe Charles known 
for the collaboration with "Oval" etc, sound of the precisely built 
sound lets out from five Mac was able to be heard. In continuing 
performance of "S.W.Q.", in addition to Mac, the analog oscillator is 
used. Similar to "S.W.O." they play only sine wave, and under 
performance, the spectrogram which visualized the sound had projected 
on the hall.

After the signal by the projection, "S.W.O." started calmly as if it 
succeeded the performance of "S.W.Q.". The number of sine wave emitted 
from analog synthesizer, handmade oscillator, and laptop etc., 
increases gradually. In the sea of sine wave, participant who was 
sitting down at first, intently began to walk along laptop in one hand. 
They showed mutual screen each other, brought each speaker close to 
close to their ears and perceive a gap of frequency. For a little less 
than 1 hour, the communication by the sine wave had realized there.

"S.W.O." which gives completely different experience from a certain 
laptop live performance which sometimes falling asleep. Holding in 
Paris is scheduled for June 17 next time. Moreover, holding in Kyoto 
will also be under examination in July. If you interested to "S.W.O.", 
surely access a website and to check a schedule!

THE SINE WAVE ORCHESTRA