Ollie Bown and Isambard Khroustaliov will be joining forces with a number of computer musicians and researchers, and acclaimed improvising percussionist Eddie Prévost, to produce an evening of improvisations using Live Algorithms: software designed to interact with an instrumental musician without direct control. The concert will be held at Cafe Oto on August 6th.
The Italian blog www.openimpro.com has recently published an article where Maurizio Ravalico disserts in length about the ethics of improvised music, and its political and atheistic implications. The interview is in Italian, and an English translation is not currently planned.
Martin Hampton has been working on a new film which is currently screening as an accompaniment to Icarus’ live sets during the Sylt Remixes tour this summer. Partly taking its cue from the music, the film explores the often surreal workings of the micro and macroscopic forces that surround us, etching out a Sisyphean tale encoded in the various signs and symbols which illuminate the journey.
hello hello… a small word in your ear about some upcoming performances!
Icarus perform live with Rumpistol and Snoleoparden (and many more) @ Norberg Festival, Norberg (SWE).
