City Skies 09 Electronic Music Festival starts in less than a week on Thursday night, May 7th at 7pm!
We want to remind everyone that discounted tickets to our 3-day May Festival are available for a limited time at
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producerevent/52609?prod_id=10495Discounts will end prior to the event and prices at the door will be slightly higher, but you can save yourself up to $18 if you buy online.
For more information, ticketing, and performer bios and event schedule:
http://www.cityskies.comReal electronic music performed live by humans!
We've updated the Festival schedule with an additional show∗
Performers and schedule for the three-day event are:
Thursday, May 7, 2009
7pm- citizenGreen (Georgia)
8pm- Different Skies All-Stars (Georgia, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Wisconsin)
10pm- Broken Symmetry (Georgia)
11pm- Masik (Florida)
Friday, May 8, 2009
7pm- Earthgirl (Indiana)
8pm- Kathy Raimey (North Carolina)
9pm- Tony Gerber & John Rose (Tennessee)
10pm- Xeroid Entity (Pennsylvania)
11pm- Paul Vnuk Jr & Klimchak (Wisconsin & Georgia)
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Afternoon session
∗12noon- Andrew Weathers (North Carolina)
1pm- Don Hassler & Jason Butcher (Georgia)
2pm- Anonymi and Elbo Jones (Georgia)
3-5pm- Richard Lainhart workshop- Multi-Dimensional Control for Realtime Analog Synthesis Performance∗∗ (New York)
Evening session
7pm- Mark Mahoney (Tennessee)
8pm- Duet for Theremin & Lap Steel (Georgia)
9pm- Richard Lainhart (New York)
10pm- Kevin Spears & Shane Morris (Georgia & Arkansas)
11pm- Richard Devine & Joshua Kay (Georgia)
All proceeds from ticket sales will go to performers for this event.
∗∗Details for Richard Lainhart workshop on Saturday afternoon May 9, 2009
Multi-Dimensional Control for Realtime Analog Synthesis Performance
The promise of electronic music has been, from the beginning, to provide the composer with the means to create his or her own unique sounds and musics without the need for intermediaries like performers and technicians. And the problem with electronic music has been, from the beginning, to endow synthesized sound with the same organic expressivity found in acoustic instruments and natural sound while making synthesizers viable performance instruments in their own right.
The first electronic instruments intended for performance, such as the Theremin and the Ondes Martenot, while providing the performer with highly nuanced pitch control, had limited sound-shaping control and could only play one note at a time. The first modular analog synthesizers, while offering polyphony - the ability to play multiple notes simultaneously - and unlimited sonic control, had limited expressive performance control and were completely impractical for live use.
There have been many attempts since then to integrate the unlimited potential of modular analog synthesis with practical performance capabilities, and to provide the electronic music composer/performer with the kind of expressive musical control available in advanced acoustic instruments. Among of the most successful and creative of these efforts are the Buchla 200e analog modular synthesizer and the Haken Continuum Fingerboard.
Buchla's 200e is the first modular analog synth with patch memory and the ability to re-route patchcords on the fly, making it an ideal instrument for performance, capable of both the highest and lowest levels of control. The Continuum is a unique multidimensional controller keyboard that senses direct finger movement in three dimensions (X, Y, and pressure) for each of up to 16 fingers, making it one of the most advanced performance controllers available today. Together, the 200e and the Continuum make for an electronic music performance system of unparalleled expressivity and sensitivity.
In his workshop, Richard will demonstrate the synthesis and control functions of the Buchla 200e with an emphasis on patch programming for maximum expressivity under Continuum control. The workshop will include a live performance focusing on the Continuum/Buchla 200e system's expressive control capabilities. Time permitting, workshop attendees will also have the opportunity to play the system themselves.