Richard Lainhart - "No Other Time" Buchla 200e and Haken Continuum

"Friends: on Saturday October 3, 2009, at Re:Soundings in Valley Falls, NY, Richard Lainhart will present the world premiere of 'No Other Time', a full-length intermedia performance designed for a large reverberant space, combining live analog electronics performance in four-channel playback and high-definition computer-animated film projection. Lainhart will be accompanying his cycle of four new abstract films, whose imagery is inspired by the organic processes of nature, with his Buchla 200e/Haken Continuum modular analog synthesizer system.

"No Other Time" has been created with the support of the New York State Council on the Arts.

For more information: http://www.resoundings.net"

Live Lainhart Streaming Internet Performance New Year's Eve

via Richard Lainhart
"Friends: on New Year's Eve, I will once again be taking part in Electro-Music.com's Live Streaming New Years Eve 2009 Floating Concert, broadcast live online on December 31, New Year's Eve. I'll be performing new works and improvisations for Buchla 200e and Haken Continuum from 9:30PM EST to 10 PM EST. (January 1, 2:30 AM GMT; to find your local time, go to link).

To listen to the live stream, go here on New Year's Eve.

For more information about the concert and a complete schedule for all the performers, go here.

I hope you can tune in, and I wish you all a Happy New Year.

Richard Lainhart
http://www.otownmedia.com
http://www.downloadplatform.com/richard_lainhart
http://www.vimeo.com/rlainhart
http://www.airglowmusic.com"
Buchla 200e and Haken Continuum

Richard Lainhart Memorial Tribute is Today at 3PM Eastern

Live broadcast by Ustream

"A memorial concert honoring electronic musician and composer Richard Lainhart who died late last year. The event will include music, video, remembrances and a performance of one of Richard's last compositions -- a live improvisation by a dozen musicians while watching Richard's film "History of the Future.""

This post will remain on top during the memorial.

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Richard Lainhart @ electro music NJ 2009

Richard Lainhart @ electro music NJ 2009 from Rustyanalog on Vimeo.

"electro-music 2009: October 29-31
Richard performed live with his Buchla 200e & Haken Continuum, hosted a seminar demonstrating the system and hosted an iPhone improv.
For more about Richard visit: otownmedia.com"

Richard Lainhart at Avantgarde Festival Schiphorst

"Schiphorst Avantgarde Festival

Schiphorst, Germany — Richard Lainhart will be performing live solo electroacoustic music with his Buchla/Continuum analog modular synthesizer system in a solo concert Friday night, Jul 2 and Saturday night Jul 3. On Sunday afternoon, Jul 4, he will perform with thereminist Thomas Zunk, including world premieres of our transcriptions of two sections from Olivier Messaien's "Quartet for the End of Time," arranged for Theremin and Buchla.

The entire festival will be broadcast live on http://www.rockradio.de/

A unique limited-release Festival Edition of Richard's upcoming new Ex Ovo CD "Cranes Fly West" will be available at Avantgarde Schiphorst.
See a preview of the CD design from Ex Ovo, links to Festival sites, and times for Richard's performances."

Richard Lainhart & Lucio Menegon, Improvisation #2

Richard Lainhart & Lucio Menegon, Improvisation #2 by Kingtone Music
"Richard on Buchla Continuum and processing and LM on lapsteel guitar thru tape and digital delay. Part of an ongoing process of live performance recordings done at Richard's studio."

Richard Lainhart Memorial Tribute - Mar 4 on UStream

As most of you that come to the site know, Richard Lainhart passed away on December 30, 2011. He was often featured here on MATRIXSYNTH and was extremely respected in the synth community. His wife Caroline Meyers wrote in to let me know his memorial will be streamed on March 4th on Ustream here. I'll put another post up on March 4th, but do mark the date. "The event will include music, video, remembrances and a performance of one of Richard's last compositions -- a live improvisation by a dozen musicians while watching Richard's film 'History of the Future.'" Below is a photostream that will be up prior to the event. I opted to grab the screen shot above for the archives.



Stream videos at Ustream

Hey Richard !

"Buchla realtime performance.
I used a beautiful field-recording from Richard Lainhart in this piece.
You can listen to it here : soundcloud.com/rlainhart/sounds-of-my-world-post-irene
Only overdubs are Strings and Metasonix D1000 Drums."

Sounds of my World - Post-Irene Winds 8-28-11 by rlainhart

Richard Lainhart passed away on Dec 30, 2011. You can find his Facebook page here where people are still leaving condolences.

Buchla 200e and Haken Audio Continuum

Gorgeous shots sent my way via Richard Lainhart of his Buchla 200e and Haken Audio Continuum. Title link takes you to a couple more.

To see what someone with this gear is working on and with (people and gear), check out Richard's O-Town Media.

And yes, samples of the two will be coming. : )




And a nice Matrixsynth by Richard Lainhart. : )

Richard Lainhart with the Buchla and Films

"Richard Lainhart Live
Workshop and Performance

Saturday, May 8, 2009
2nd Annual CitySkies09
Electronic Music Festival
Decatur, GA
www.cityskies.com

Friends,
On Saturday, May 9, 2009, I'll be taking part in the 3-day CitySkies09 Electronic Music Festival in Decatur, GA, performing new works and improvisations for high-definition film projection and synthesizer in quadraphonic sound, featuring my Buchla 200e modular analog synthesizer, controlled by the Haken Continuum Fingerboard, an innovative 3-dimensional keyboard. Performances start at 1PM EST.

On Saturday afternoon, I'll also be conducting a workshop on Multi-Dimensional Control for Realtime Analog Synthesis Performance.

For those outside the area, the performances will be streamed live on StillStream Internet Radio: http://stillstream.com. To find your local time for the performance, go to http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/.

For more information about times and performers, and to purchase tickets, go to http://www.cityskies.com/may2009festival.html

— Richard

http://www.otownmedia.com
http://www.downloadplatform.com/richard_lainhart
http://www.vimeo.com/rlainhart
http://www.youtube.com/rlainhart"

Update: image via the forum

Richard Lainhart - Bellingham Electronic Arts Festival & May Performances

"Bellingham Electronic Arts Festival
Bellingham, WA – www.beaf.org
›› May 6, 2 pm : Lecture / Demonstration
Multi-Dimensional Control for Realtime Analog Synthesis Performance. WWU Campus, location tba
›› May 7, 2 pm : Performance
Richard performs films with realtime Buchla 200e/Haken Continuum soundtracks

Also in May...
The Gatherings Concert Series
St. Mary's Hamilton Village, Philadelphia, PA – www.thegatherings.org
›› May 14, 8 pm : Performance
Live set with Buchla 200e/Haken Continuum system

STAR'S END Ambient Radio – WXPN 88.5fm – www.starsend.org
›› May 14, 1:00 am : Radio broadcast
Richard Lainhart will play a live set of new music for Buchla 200e/Haken Continuum"

Jan Hammer, Jordan Rudess & Tony Williams - Miami Vice Theme

YouTube via sysx. sent my way via khoral.
Jan Hammer and the Lync LN-4 Richard Lainhart mentions in this post on the lower cost LN-1000. See the Lync label below for more.

BTW, anyone have any decent images of the LN-4? I did a quick image search on Google and didn't find much. This image is from Vintage Synth.

Update via Richard Lainhart in the comments: "Note that Jan is actually playing a custom version of the LN-4 JH Signature model, which was a variation on the standard LN-4. The JH had, among other modifications, mod and pitch wheels in different positions than the standard LN-4 to accommodate his particular vibrato technique.

What makes this particular JH unique is that it had a wireless MIDI transmitter, making it one of the only wireless MIDI devices in the world then - a big deal in the late 80s. Note that there's no cable coming from his JH.

I still have my LN-4, although it's no longer working; I'll see if I can get some decent pictures of it for you."

Thanks Richard! I'll update this post and put a new one up when I get them.

Richard Lainhart at Handmade Music

YouTube via rustyanalog.
"Richard Lainhart's performance from Handmade Music Night at Etsy Labs in Brooklyn, New York. Richard chose his Buchla 200e Electric Music Box not only because of its compact size and functional density, but also because it's the only patch able modular synthesizer with preset memory, making it ideal for live performance."

Richard Lainhart - Arts Center of Capital Region 3/28/09

YouTube via rustyanalog Seven vids. Six videos of performance and seventh is a talk at the intermission.
"Richard Lainhart, award-winning composer and filmmaker, presented a concert of live electronic music at the Arts Center of the Capital Region, featuring new works and improvisations for high-definition film projection and synthesizer in quadraphonic sound. Richard performed with his Buchla 200e modular analog synthesizer, controlled by the Haken Continuum Fingerboard, an innovative 3-dimensional keyboard."

Oraison

YouTube via rlainhart
"Oraison, composed by Olivier Messiaen in 1937 for six Ondes Martenot, transcribed for Buchla 200e synthesizer and Haken Continuum Fingerboard controller and performed by Richard Lainhart in 2009.

From the time I first touched the Haken Continuum, I'd wanted to use it to play a composition by Olivier Messiaen called "Oraison". I first heard "Oraison" years ago as a student of electronic music, and had fallen in love with its simple, beautiful harmonies and profound sense of mystery.

"Oraison" is not only a lovely piece of music, but has historical interest too - it may be the first piece of purely electronic music written expressly for live performance. Also of note is that Messiaen re-arranged "Oraison" for cello and piano and used it for the fifth movement of "Quartet for the End of Time", which he composed in a German prisoner-of-war camp in 1941; the "Quartet" is one of the great classics of 20th-century music.

"Oraison" ("prayer") is from a suite of pieces for six Ondes Martenot called "Fete des Belles Eaux" ("Celebration of the Beautiful Waters"), composed for the Paris International Exposition in 1937. The Ondes Martenot was among the first electronic instruments, and is still among the most expressive. The Continuum's own expressive qualities seemed at least the equal of the Ondes Martenot's, while allowing for polyphony and the possibility of performance of the work by a single player. I transcribed "Oraison" for my Buchla 200e/Continuum system, programmed the modern system in homage to the sound of the Ondes Martenot, and now offer this performance to you."

Richard Lainhart
http://www.otownmedia.com
http://www.downloadplatform.com/richard_lainhart
http://www.vimeo.com/rlainhart
http://www.youtube.com/rlainhart
http://richardlainhart.bandcamp.com/

Richard Lainhart @ Alfa Art Gallery 4-8-11

"Richard Lainhart live at the Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ, April 8, 2011. Improvised and recorded in realtime without edits or overdubs using the Buchla 200e analog modular synthesizer controlled by the Haken Continuum multidimensional keyboard. This is a live soundtrack for a new work-in-progress film sourced from the Prelinger Archive."

electro-music 2009

The electro-music festival, known as the "Woodstock of electronic music," is the world's premiere event for experimental electronic music. This year's event features three mind-bending days of innovative electronic music concerts, seminars, workshops, demonstrations, jam sessions, video art, a laptop battle, and a swap-meet. Action starts at 12 noon on Thursday, October 29 and runs until after midnight on October 31. Musical activities will be running continuously throughout the three days of the festival.

electro-music 2009 takes place at the Star Lake Camp in Bloomingdale, New Jersey. This year, on-site lodging and meals are available. Tickets range from $22 for a single day to $220 for a 3-day pass including meals and lodging. Tickets that include food or lodging must be reserved by October 15.

More information, including a complete schedule of events can be found on the web site at:
http://event.electro-music.com/
You may also contact us at
event *at* electro-music.com

A wide variety of instruments and musical styles will be represented, ranging from theremin to analog modular synthesizers to home made devices, from classic space music to abstract electronica to world beats.


The following artists will be performing:
1undread
Ace Paradise
Acoustic Interloper
Alphacore
Azimuth Visuals
Jonathan Block
Brainstatik
Casperelectronics
Delicate Monster
Dewanatron
dRachEmUsiK
Dubathonic
Duet for Theremin and Lap Steel
Earthgirl
FULCRUM
Hong - GuZheng
In The Loop
Steve Jolliffe
kataStatik
Kingdom of Sharks
Kevin Kissinger
Klimchak
Andrew Koenig
Kribophoric
Richard Lainhart
Lonely Robot Audio presents MUS EXCELSIOR
Mayakara
Terrence McManus
The Megadrives
Kurt Michaels
Logan Mitchell
Modulator ESP
Shane Morris
MyOwnYoko
NEOREV
Joker Nies
Northern Valentine
Project Ruori
RDK
Ricochet Gathering
safe 2
Siebert and Lepre
Don Slepian
Spinning Plates
SPITZNAGEL
State Machine

CLICK FOR MORE »

Richard Lainhart's Rig_moogfest 2007

flickr by rustybassman

full size

via the MATRIXSYNTH Flickr Pool
Remember you can add your pics to the pool as well.

Description for this shot:
"www.otownmedia.com
The words of Richard Lainhart:
'As my notes on the Early Works page indicate, my first real compositions were created on the Moog Modular synthesizer, and I've had a sympathy for analog systems and techniques ever since. But once personal computers, MIDI, and digital audio processing became viable tools for composing and performing electronic music, I moved away from modular analog synthesizers, which weren't affordable for the average musician and were never really intended for live performance anyway.

However, one consequence of my recent collaborations with Jordan Rudess, particularly in our live electronic performances in which Jordan plays his MiniMoogs, is that I've come to miss the immediacy and organic sound of analog modular synthesizers. As a result, I decided to order a Buchla 200e Electric Music Box, which I received in June of 2007. I chose the 200e not only because of its compact size and functional density, but also because it's the only patchable modular synthesizer with preset memory, making it ideal for live performance.'"

Richard Lainhart Streaming Live New Year's Eve

"Friends: Short notice, I know, but this Monday, December 31, at 9:30 PM EST, I'll be among the artists taking part in electro-music.com's live New Year's Eve Streaming Party. Tune in here:

http://radio.electro-music.com

starting at 2:30 PM for hours of live streaming electronic music. Here's the link for the calendar showing your local times and the current artist list:

http://electro-music.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=159942

I'll be performing a continuous half-hour set (9:30-10 PM EST, 2:30-3 AM GMT) of realtime electronic music for Buchla 200e and Haken Continuum. You can find more about my system here:

http://www.otownmedia.com/he/buchla.htm

During my set, I'll also be streaming webcam images from my studio here:

http://www.otownmedia.com/birdcam/birdcam.html

See you then, and a Happy New Year to all.

Richard Lainhart
http://www.otownmedia.com"

Update: see the comments for the full schedule.

Richard Lainhart plays Messiaen Oraison

YouTube via Soundaytimes
"Gen23/2010
Bologna (IT) - Palazzo Re Enzo - Netmage 10

During the workshop "I love Buchla" organized by Bologna Synth Meeting
Richard Lainhart plays his trascription of
Olivier Messiaen's Oraison (1937) for six Ondes Martenot
with his Buchla 200e/Haken Continuum system.

www.sounday-times.com [Googlish translation]"

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