the home of the Electroacoustic Music Studios in the Music Department at the University of Birmingham, and of BEAST–Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre–the Department's large scale multichannel loudspeaker presentation system.
Documentary about the the people of EMS (Electronic Music Studios) a radical group of avant-garde electronic musicians who utilized technology and experimentation to compose a futuristic electronic sound-scape for the New Britain. Comprising of pioneering electronic musicians Peter Zinovieff and Tristram Cary (famed for his work on the Dr Who series) and genius engineer David Cockerell, EMSs studio was one of the most advanced computer-music facilities in the world. EMSs great legacy is the VCS3, Britains first synthesizer and rival of the American Moog. The VCS3 changed the sounds of some of the most popular artists of this period including Brian Eno, Hawkwind and Pink Floy
BallDroppings is an addicting and noisy play-toy. It can also be seen as an emergence game. Alternatively this software can be taken seriously as an audio-visual performance instrument. Balls fall from the top of the screen and bounce off the lines you are drawing with the mouse. The balls make a percussive and melodic sound, whose pitch depends on how fast the ball is moving when it hits the line. This delightful application allows experimentation with sound and vision which will compound and intrigue you. Whether you are an adult or child, scientific brainbox or avid gamer. It doesn't have a plot, no heroine, no villain. It has no guns or alien beings. It is simply time to get creative, and those who are creative will love this.
Q: Who's in the band? A: The finest group of artists I've ever come across, all of them. Every last member is a brilliant person with a steadfast integrity that is to be admired and revered, the likes of which haven't been seen in the arts in decades.
"Visual Music" "Mobilcolor," "Lumia," "Absolute Film," "Video Synthesis" "Abstract Animation"... ...different names for what is really a single genre of art – an art of light and movement. The iotaCenter is a non-profit organization dedicated to t