Technology Plays Its Own Tune

It can be hard for an audience to relate to a performance that is rooted in modern technology, particularly if most of the musician’s work is done in software via a computer screen. So how to make the performance more compelling? Take the human out of the equation altogether…

Welcome To the Machines

I’ve mentioned examples of robots performing music and dancing before, but Felix’s Machines are another form of technology driven performance.

Robot Rock

The machines in question are effectively musical sculptures, and make a quite compelling spectacle – despite the fact that the music is mechanical in origin, it feels strangely organic. It certainly brings a new dimension to our definitions of live musical performance…