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RadioGamelan on Cycling74.com

Greg Surges — Mon, 03 May 2010 15:31:53 +0000

Just a note that “RadioGamelan” is featured on the Projects section of Cycling74.com. Check it out here.

“RadioGamelan” – Performed by Electric Monster 4.22.2010 @ Montana State

Greg Surges — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:31:13 +0000

As part of their prep for a tour of Beijing, China, the Electric Monster Laptop Ensemble, directed by Hsiao-Lan Wang, is giving a concert tomorrow night, April 22, 2010 @ Montana State University. They’ll be playing “RadioGamelan” – my piece for networked laptops – as well as other works written for the group.

Here’s the full program:

“SoundCloud” by Hsiao-Lan Wang

“RadioGamelan” by Greg Surges

“I will Play the Swan and Die in Music” by Elizabeth Hinkle-Turner
Will Hartley, trombone

“Awake” by Daniel Zajicek

“Static Forests” by Chapman Welch
Kelley Barnett, flute; Trevor Ostenson, violin; Stephan Gueguen, marimba

“WaveDrag” by the Electric Monster based on Jeff Morris’ Max patch
Kent Johnson, guitar

Lazers! 4.3.2010 @ Sugar Maple, Milwaukee, WI

Greg Surges — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:03:08 +0000

The show last night was a success, turnout was pretty good (lots of friends) and music seemed to be well received.

Set list:

1) Improvisation – drones juxtaposed against flurries of rhythm.

2) Fission - Performance premiere of this piece, very short middle section – fun!

3) Improvisation – Glitchy, sparse, and responsive.

4) Mediation (David Collins) – Good performance, solid cueing.

5) Radio Gamelan - Premiere also, small tech difficulties getting started, but got into some really weird and cool sonic areas.

6) Improvisation – Again, drones moving towards ambience w/ percussion.

Mia Plays RadioGamelan

Greg Surges — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:00:25 +0000

Mia Plays RadioGamelan from Hsiao-Lan Wang on Vimeo.

New RadioGamelan Page

Greg Surges — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:37:24 +0000

On the eve of my second semester of grad school, I’ve created a page for the second of the pieces completed over break, RadioGamelan. The piece is for networked laptops, and is a blast to play. I plan on posting the software score (made in Max/MSP, using OSC to communicate over wi-fi), as well as a recording which will be released on Petcord in March, 2010.

The new release will be made up of improvisations and compositions performed by the trio of David Collins, Steve Schlei, and myself.

Screenshot – New Piece – “RadioGamelan”

Greg Surges — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:02:33 +0000

A screenshot of a piece I’m working on, entitled RadioGamelan. It’s for networked laptops, and involves sharing rhythms across a wireless network. Each performer chooses an independent tempo, and the multiple tempi can be combined to create varying polyrhythms. Pitch is controlled either using a step-sequencer or the graphical piano keyboard.