International Computer Music Conference 2000

various artists compilation - International Computer Music Conference 2000

I came across a second hand copy of this recording. This is a collection of tracks selected by a jury during the (ICMA) International Computer Music Association's annual conference in 2000. One would get the impression that this is all computer music, but actually these are some nice electroacoustic pieces that incorporate acoustic instruments with the computers. Instruments sometimes take center stage. The sounds of the instruments are digitally treated and manipulated such as the hi-hat cymbals on Cort Lippe's "Music for Hi-Hat and Computer". Acoustic instruments also interact with the computer such as the viola on Gerhard Eckel and Vincent Royer's "Traverse" and the string quartet on Agostino di Scipio's "5 Difference-Sensitive Circular Interactions."

The ICMA website explains the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC): The ICMC is the preeminent annual gathering for computer music practitioners from around the world and its unique interweaving of professional paper presentations and concerts of new computer music, refereed by ICMA-approved international panels, creates a vital synthesis of science, technology and the art of music.

Tracklisting:

1. Horacio Vaggione - Agon {8:47}

2. Cort Lippe - Music for Hi-Hat & Computer {13:52}

3. Marc Ainger - Shatter {8:07}

4. Agostino di Scipio - 5 Difference-Sensitive Circular Interactions (1) {1:36}

5. Agostino di Scipio - 5 Difference-Sensitive Circular Interactions (2) {2:20}

6. Agostino di Scipio - 5 Difference-Sensitive Circular Interactions (3) {2:19}

7. Agostino di Scipio - 5 Difference-Sensitive Circular Interactions (4) {2:19}

8. Agostino di Scipio - 5 Difference-Sensitive Circular Interactions (5) {3:01}

9. Richard Nance - Between Dog and the Wolf {5:34}

10. Gerhard Eckel & Vincent Royer - Traverse {11:18}

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