Strange Stage, The Experimental Showcase January 27, 2017, 6:30 pm Muchmore’s 2 Havemeyer Street Brooklyn, NY 11211 l’Ao will be joined by artist Nicole Antebi for this sneak peek at Photon Ecstasy (Kepler–37), our new blindfolded benjolin synthesizer duet. […]
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01.06.2017 Florida International Toy Piano Festival
2017 Florida International Toy Piano Festival January 6, 2017 Bloom Art Center 910 5th Avenue N. St. Petersburg, FL 33705 l’Ao will be joining Elizabeth A. Baker to perform our collaborative composition: Photon Ecstasy (DP Leonis b), for toy piano, […]
Photon Ecstasy (HD 7924 b) [sneak preview]
l’Artiste ordinaire performed a sneak preview of Photon Ecstasy (HD 7924 b) at the North Country Electronic Music Festival in Burlington, Vermont, on September 10, 2016. width=”100%” height=”166″ frameborder=”no” scrolling=”no”>
Benjolin & Trombone duet from our super secret pre-world-premiere concert for DNA-Photon creator Dan Rose. >
Excerpt of a Benjolin & Trombone duet from our rehearsal/composing sessions. >
11.12.2016 – Electroacoustic Barn Dance
2016 Electroacoustic Barn Dance November 12, 2016 Eyeclopes Gallery 620 Charlotte St Fredericksburg, VA 22401 l’Ao is thrilled to be a part of this year’s Electroacoustic Barn Dance (hosted by Mark Snyder and the University of Mary Washington). We will […]
10.20.2016 – Photon Ecstasy World Premiere
The audio from this performance is available for purchase at Bandcamp: Thursday, October 20, 2016 – 7:30pm Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Libraries 3420 Walnut Street Philadelphia, Pa 19104-6206 l’Ao will perform the […]
09.29.2016 – Arbitrary Pleasures (Plaisirs arbitraires) Opening
Thursday, September 29, 2016 – 8:00pm Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Libraries 3420 Walnut Street Philadelphia, Pa 19104-6206 l’Ao will perform a short excerpt of Photon Ecstasy to celebrate the opening of Dan […]
09.10.2016 – Photon Ecstasy Preview @ NCEMF
North Country Electronic Music Festival Saturday, September 10, 2016 12:00pm to 7:00pm Arts Riot 400 Pine St Burlington, VT 05401 free l’Ao will be performing a special preview of Photon Ecstasy Update Performance video: width=”300″ height=”150″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen=”allowfullscreen”>
Enjoy our second public preview featuring Melissa on her Merlin Music Machine and David on his Nintendo Game Boy width=”100%” height=”166″ frameborder=”no” scrolling=”no”>
We spent a lot of time last week making initial decisions about the shape and sound of Photon Ecstasy. As part of the process we recorded over 8.5 hours of improvisations and experiments. This excerpt of Benjolin synth and trombone […]
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live performance by Melissa Grey & David Morneau for Soft Series no.4 – Miolina Benjolin synthesizer + Nintendo Game Boy width=”100%” height=”166″ frameborder=”no” scrolling=”no”>
27th Day of May
Benjolin with a beat, created via email on May 27, 2016. width=”100%” height=”166″ frameborder=”no” scrolling=”no”>
Gadget Berry Dimple: A Glossary of False Translation
Gadget Berry Dimple: A Glossary of False Translation transforms the poetry of Hugo Ball using Oulipian games, a Benjolin synthesizer, and a vintage Merlin music machine. Our poem appears in Circumference, a journal of poetry in translation. The original poem: Gadji […]
Hyperlocal 2.0
Hyperlocal was composed by Melissa Grey and is scored for bass clarinet and sine waves that slowly ascend and descend, venturing beyond the range of human hearing. A quiet beat is audible throughout and signifies the arrival of a new […]