The Original New Timbral Orchestra

YouTube via haledrix | November 23, 2010 | 8 likes, 0 dislikes

"Malcolm Cecil - one half of TONTO's Expanding Head Band - shows you around The Original New Timbral Orchestra. Called TONTO for short, this super synthesiser was used on Stevie Wonder's classic albums from the early 1970s, namely Music of My Mind, Talking Book, Innervisions and Fulfillingness' First Finale. TONTO also appeared on albums by The Isley Brothers, DEVO, Gil Scott-Heron, George Harrison, Jeff Beck, Steve Hillage, Billy Preston and many more."

Follow-up to Stevie's Wonder Men - BBC Radio on TONTO.
Also see the TONTO label for more. This one in via rustyanalog aka Richard Lainhart.

Rudess-Lainhart Filtatron-MorphWiz Jam.mov

YouTube via JCRUDESS | November 26, 2010 | 8 likes, 2 dislikes

"Jordan Rudess and Richard Lainhart jam with Moog Music Filtatron on iPod Touch and Wizdom Music MorphWiz on iPad"

Filtatron


MorphWiz

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Jordan & Richard NLog Synth MIDI Jam

YouTube via rlainhart | November 03, 2010

"Jordan Rudess and Richard Lainhart jam with Tempo Rubato's NLog Synth MIDI running on an iPhone and an iPad, controlled with MIDI keyboards running through Line 6's MIDI Mobilizer interface."


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iPod Touch on eBay
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Line 6 MIDI Mobilizer on eBay

See the Line 6 label below for more apps supporting MIDI Mobilizer.

Jordan and Richard Iphone Jam

YouTube via JCRUDESS | October 10, 2010
Richard Lainhart
"Richard came over to say hi and the next thing you know we were jamming on our Iphone and Ipad. So here it is captured for you.... Looptastic on the Ipad and Nlogs Midi Synth on the iphone (actually it is a new Ipod touch)"

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Battling Seizure Robots

Battling Seizure Robots from Richard Lainhart on Vimeo.

"The HD version of a jam with Moldover at Tranzducer .011 in Brooklyn, NY, on November 30, 2007. I play my Buchla 200e/Haken Continuum system, while Moldover works out on his controllerism rig. This is a completely spontaneous, unrehearsed, undiscussed improvisation, and the first time we've ever played together; while it's camera-audio only and so not the best quality, I think it's worth checking out. The complementary video improvisation was provided by Bert Baldwin.

("Battling Seizure Robots" is the name of one of the video animations I created for this performance, which, perhaps fortunately, you don't see in this clip.)"
See the Moldover label below for more posts on his Mojo.

Oraison

Oraison from Richard Lainhart on Vimeo.

"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.

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."

Richard Lainhart @ Creative Music Incubator October 4 NYC

A chance to see a Buchla 200e and Haken Continuum live.

via Richard Lainhart
"Friends: on Monday, October 4, at 7:30PM, I'll be performing as one of a rotating group of improvisers at Creative Music Incubator at The Tank in Manhattan:

http://www.thetanknyc.org/music

Creative Music Incubator unites experimental sonic artists on the first Monday of every month to share creative concepts, explore new sonic possibilities and collaborate in new line ups and in unique situations. Each month is curated and hosted by a member of the NYC experimental music community. Creative Music Incubator is a monthly event produced by the Oxygen Music Collective and is dedicated to the experimentation and exploration of new sonic possibilities.

This month's lineup:

Richard Lainhart - Buchla 200e and Haken Continuum
Mitch Blank - Dulcimer
Tres Warren – Guitar

Richard Lainhart - Buchla 200e and Haken Continuum
Bob Siebert – Thumb Piano and Circuit Bent Casio SK-1
Tom Swirly – Electronic Woodwinds

Adam Dym – Tenor and Alto Saxohones
Lucio Menegon - Guitar
Brian Olin – Guitar

Brian Thayer - Guitar
Jon Worthley – Waterphone, Percussion, Toys
Steve Orbach – Sax, Drums

Damien Olsen - Synths
Isaac Taylor - Bass
Bob Siebert – Circuit Bent Casio SK-1


Tickets are $8 at the door, and I hope to see you there."

Lainhart Live @ electro-music 2010

via Richard Lainhart
"Friends: the direct recording of my solo set at electro-music 2010 is now available on SoundCloud as a downloadable high-quality MP3.

This track is completely improvised in realtime without backing tracks or edits, and is for Buchla 200e controlled by a Haken Continuum multi-dimensional keyboard. All the sounds heard here are from the Buchla, with the exception of the flute-like sound at the end, which is one of the Continuum's physical modeling instruments called Slide Wind. The ghost echo behind the Slide Wind sound is from the 200e.

Thanks, and I hope you enjoy it."

Richard Lainhart Solo @ electro-music 2010 by rlainhart
"My solo set at electro-music 2010, Huguenot, NY, September 12, 2010. This track is completely improvised in realtime without backing tracks or edits, and is for Buchla 200e controlled by a Haken Continuum multi-dimensional keyboard. All the sounds heard here are from the Buchla, with the exception of the flute-like sound at the end, which is one of the Continuum's physical modeling instruments called Slide Wind. The ghost echo behind the Slide Wind sound is from the 200e."

Pantomation (1977-1979)

YouTube via VintageCG | March 02, 2010

"Pantomation was a very early tracking chromakey system from the 1970s. Originally intended for music scoring, the system was adapted to other styles of performance art. While crude by modern standards, the concept was decades ahead of its time; it can reasonably be considered an early forebear of systems like Microsoft's Project Natal."

via Retro Thing, via Jimmersound

Update via Richard Lainhart in the comments:
"Coincidently enough, I was involved in this project - I hard-wired most of the computer interface for the Pantomation system, later called the Electric Pantograph. There's a history of the project here, some of which is used in the narration of the film"

http://www.experimentaltvcenter.org/history/groups/gtext.php3?id=32

I was working as a musician/technician with EBA then, and knew Tom Dewitt, the main designer of the system, from the SUNY Albany Electronic Music Studio, where I studied with Joel Chadabe. You can see a brief shot of the mighty Moog CEMS system in that studio at about 3:35 in the video."

The MorphWiz team!

YouTube via JCRUDESS | August 21, 2010

"The Creators of MorphWiz, Kevin Chartier and Jordan Rudess along with chief technical guru Richard Lainhart jam at Richard's studio in a rare in person meeting of all the morphing minds. MorpWiz is an Ipad and Iphone/Ipod app found here: http://bit.ly/d8Ru2N"


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Richard at Electro-Music 2010, September 10-12

via Richard Lainhart: "I'll be performing solo with my 200e system and in several collaborations, as well as giving a seminar on Intermediate Analog Synthesis, at Electro-Music 2010, "the Woodstock of electronic music", September 10-12, 2010, at the Greenkill Retreat Center in Huguenot, NY. Over 50 artists from all disciplines of electronic and experimental music are currently scheduled to perform, along with workshops, demonstrations, seminars, jam sessions, swap meets, and a laptop battle.

For more information, go here:

http://event.electro-music.com/"

If you are in the area, this is a good chance to see the Buchla 200e live. You can find video of a recent performance by Richard Lainhart in this previous post. A search on Richard Lainhart will bring up more.

electro-music 2010

"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 Friday, September 10 and runs until after midnight on September 12. Musical activities will be running continuously throughout the three days of the festival.

electro-music 2010 takes place at the Greenkill Retreat Center in Huguenot, New York. On-site lodging and meals are available. Tickets range from $25 for a single day to $325 for a 3-day pass including meals and lodging.

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@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:
Abuse Tactics
Acoustic Interloper
Aether Generator
Azimuth Visuals

CLICK FOR MORE »

Richard Lainhart & Thomas Zunk - Electronic Improvisation 1

Richard Lainhart & Thomas Zunk - Electronic Improvisation 1 from Richard Lainhart on Vimeo.

"Richard Lainhart and Thomas Zunk perform live at Avantgarde Festival Schiphorst 2010. Recorded July 4, 2010, in Schiphorst, Germany. In this free improvisation, Thomas plays a Moog Etherwave Theremin with a variety of processing pedals, and Richard plays a Buchla 200e analog modular synthesizer controlled by a Haken Continuum three-dimensional keyboard controller."

Update via Richard Lainhart: "The musical sculptures you see in the background are the creation of Ferdinand Försch."

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."

ANimALOGICA Bologna Synth Meeting 3th Edition

"Noctivaga Musica presenta:

In uno strumento musicale cerco un'alchimia che vada oltre le mie competenze: quello che non posso immaginare, un miracolo, una magia, un'anima che non conosco.
Leo Learchi, Delia


4.07.2010

dalle ore 10:00
- Synth meeting
- Electronic labels corner
- Presentazione del dvd "Richard Lainhart at Netmage 10"
- Presentazione del progetto-rivista "Musica Presente" a cura del gruppo promotore della rivista

ore 14:30
- Pure Data, pure synthesis. Workshop a cura di Fabio Iaci

ore 16:00
- Il Mellotron: "campionatore" da salotto. Seminario a cura di Ilaria Mancino

Scuola Popolare di Musica Ivan Illich
Via Antonio Giuriolo 7, Bologna

Ingresso € 6

in collaborazione con:
Scuola Popolare di Musica Ivan Illich
Sounday. Associazione per il sound design in Italia

www.noctivagamusica.altervista.org
www.spmii.it
www.sounday-times.com"

Googlish:
"Noctivaga Music presents:

ANimALOGICA Bologna Synth Meeting 3th Edition

In a musical instrument, try an alchemy beyond my skills: I can not imagine what a miracle, a magic, I do not know a soul.
Leo Learco, Delia

07/04/2010

10:00 am
- Synth Meeting
- Electronic labels corner
- Presentation of DVD "Richard Lainhart at Netmage 10"
- Presentation of draft-magazine "Music Now" by the promoter group of the journal

14:30 pm
- Pure Data, as well synthesis. Workshop by Fabio Iaci

16:00
- The Mellotron "samples" from the living room. Seminar by Ilaria Mancino

Scuola Popolare di Musica Ivan Illich
Via Antonio Giuriolo 7, Bologna

Admission € 6

In partnership with:
Scuola Popolare di Musica Ivan Illich
Sounday. Association for sound design in Italy"

Richard "Jeff Beck" Lainhart

YouTube via JCRUDESS — May 23, 2010 — "Richard plays a nice melody on Continuum over sone JR chords!"
You should recognize Richard Lainhart from the numerous posts here.

For those in Western Europe, Richard will be performing at the Avantgarde Festival running July 2-4:
".. not just music... our aim is to create a place… and an atmosphere where…like musicians who meet on stage to jam... well , other artists like… painters, poets, shortfilm-makers… visuals... find a space to "jam", to collaborate... on a screen , on a canvass…

… a retreat ... "chill area"... is very important ... intensive listening and viewing can be very exhausting....

…oh yes… last year we came across the element "Fire"… in a performance by Spanish and French artists ... this year we want to develop this idea a bit more… we have invited a french lady welder artist… "jam" with local craftsmen ? … "fireworks" ? not quite ... rather "works with fire " ...
and …well, the spoken word - the often forgotten spoken word ... a poet from Pakistan will be our guest this year and we hope that there will be an encounter of word artists... a sort of catalysation might happen ... or rather multiplication... yes, indeed… multiplication ..."

Duet in C

YouTube via azimuthvisuals — May 20, 2010 — "Music by Mel Morley and Richard Lainhart. Recorded at Pocono Skies electro-music festival, May 15, 2010. This improvised piece is part of a larger collaboration including Howard Moscovitz, Jeannie Allen, and Charles Shriner. Mel Morley plays keyboards and software synthesizers. Richard Lainhart plays Haken Continuum and Buchla modular synthesizer. Camera by Greg Waltzer and visuals by Hong Waltzer of Azimuth Visuals."

Richard Lainhart A Performance at Soundscapes

Another chance to see Richard Lainhart with the Haken Continuum and Buchla 200e live:

"Friends: approaching the end of a busy month of performing, I'd like to invite you to my film and music performance at Soundscapes in Nazareth, PA, on Friday, May 21 at 8PM:

http://soundscapes.us/index.html

I'll be playing a set of music for Buchla 200e and Haken Continuum and one for electric guitar with laptop processing, providing live improvised soundtracks for some of my recent films.

In addition, I'd like to direct your attention to a set of high-quality downloadable MP3s from three of this month's performances - first, a set of four pieces for electric guitar, electric lapsteel, Kyma, and Macbook from my hour-long live online audio/video stream for ImprovFriday (http://improvfriday.ning.com/) from May 7:

Richard Lainhart ImprovFriday 5-7-10 by rlainhart

Next, a half-hour program of music for Buchla 200e and Haken Continuum from a performance on May 10 at LMAKprojects gallery in Manhattan (http://www.lmakprojects.com/projects?id=52):

Lainhart@LMAKseries 5-10-10 by rlainhart

Finally, a relatively short improvisation for Buchla/Continuum from the Pocono Skies electo-music festival (http://poconoskies.com/) in Shawnee-on-Delaware, Pennsylvania, on May 15:

Richard Lainhart @ Pocono Skies 5-15-10 by rlainhart

I hope you enjoy the tracks, and to see you at Soundscapes. Thanks!"

Lainhart Live Online Audio/Video Performance Friday May 7

"Friends: Sponsored by the ImprovFriday group, I'll be performing a realtime audio/video set from my studio on Friday, May 7, at 9 PM EDST (GMT -4). In honor of ImprovFriday, I'll be playing structured improvisations for electric guitar and lapsteel processed with the Kyma System and laptop, and streaming live video and audio of the event with interactive chat on the ImprovFriday site:

http://improvfriday.ning.com/

To find your local time, go here

I hope you can tune in, and I encourage you to join the ImprovFriday group for more wonderful spontaneous music from around the world."

Richard Lainhart will also be performing Monday May 10 with Buchla and Haken Continuum along with Jessica Feldman and Michael V. Waller:

"LMAKseries - Live audiovisual performance event

Monday, May 10, 7:30 pm
Featuring: Jessica Feldman, Richard Lainhart and Michael V. Waller

Richard Lainhart is an award-winning composer, filmmaker, and author - a digital artisan who workswith sonic and visual data. Since childhood, he's been interested in natural processes such as waves, flames and clouds, in harmonics and harmony, and in creative interactions with machines, using them as compositional methods to present sounds and images that are as beautiful as he can make them. Lainhart studied composition and electronic music with Joel Chadabe at the State University of New York at Albany. He has composed music for film, television, CD-ROMs, interactive applications, and the Web. His compositions have been performed in the US, England, Sweden, Germany, Australia, and Japan. Recordings of his music have appeared on the Periodic Music, Vacant Lot, XI Records, Airglow Music, Tobira Records, Infrequency, VICMOD, and ExOvo labels. He has worked and performed with John Cage, David Tudor, Steve Reich, Phill Niblock, David Berhman, and Jordan Rudess, among many others. In 2008, he was commissioned by the Electronic Music Fondation to contribute a work to New York Soundscape. Lainhart's animations and short films have been shown at festivals in the US, the UK, Canada, Portugal, Italy, France, Spain, Germany, and Korea, and online at Souvenirs From Earth, ResFest, The New Venue, The Bitscreen, and Streaming Cinema 2.0. In 2009, he was awarded a Film & Media grant by the New York State Council on the Arts. In January 2010, he performed as a featured Live Media audio-visual artist at Netmage 2010 in Bologna, Italy."

LMAKprojects
139 Eldridge Street
New York NY 10002

Richard Lainhart @ Rake Video

video added to this post.