Tonight, at music we'd like to hear, 7:30 at St Mary-at-Hill, London: Zubin Kanga, scott mclaughlin and Mira Benjamin launch their new album, 'we are environments for each other'. An entangled system of Mira's electric violin playing Zubin's piano via electromagnet. musicwedliketohear.com/2024m.html

Our Creative Machines: Technology and Collaborative Practice in Contemporary Music is underway. We’ll be live-tweeting the presentations across the day with #creativemachines

First up, we’re learning about sonic potatoes, noisy soil, listening to worms and how conductive celery is (very!) as Nina Whiteman talks about working with communities as part of the creative research process #creativemachines

Ned Barker & Joana Burd are now telling us about biohybrid systems and how they have worked with the flower Jambu in Biohybrid Buzz Biohybrid Bodies #creativemachines

Now it’s Leon Michener talking about feedback loops and grids and making landscapes in the piano. A fascinating variety of examples here! His own work incl techno on prepared piano, Eliane Radigue, Diamanda Galas, David Tudor, Hellraiser, Giorgio Moroder… #creativemachines

Session 2 opening with Tonia Ko and Adam Ganz talking about Lidar-scanned 3D projected sets and making an antique chest of drawers ‘speak’ in Felix’s Room #creativemachines

.An-Ting 安婷 and Ian Gallagher have been showing us their innovative work in HOME X, a piece which can be experienced simultaneously as live performance in multiple locations and virtually #creativemachines

Great to talk about Felix‘s Room at cyborgsoloists #creativemachines conference with Tonia Ko talking about how she made music for Felix and Erna‘s Kommode from the Landesmuseum Mainz- ScanLAB Projects Berliner Ensemble Komische Oper Berlin

Our first session after lunch has been by Amble Skuse, who has been talking about her collaboration with conceptual artist Bosko Begovic and how their practices are connected through movement sensors worn on Bosko’s body #creativemachines

Now looking at the many, many forms of bias in AI in Megan Steinberg’s presentation on Ableism in Artificial Intelligence #creativemachines

Next up, it’s Edmund Hunt who is showing us how his project Augmented Vocality planned for cross-disciplinary collaboration and implemented cross-disciplinary research questions and methodology. #creativemachines

Now it’s a choose-your-own adventure presentation by Martin Suckling! Fascinating view into his game-for-music Black Fell, looking at concepts of venue, freedom, challenges and agency. #creativemachines

Next it’s Jenn Kirby discussing the entangled embodied creative practice demonstrated in her work Spiral and how she worked with body-led design to develop the piece #creativemachines

Now it’s keynote time! Luke Nickel is talking about transmission, lossiness and coalescence in his work, from his living scores to his current works which combine music with rollercoasters. #creativemachines

cyborgsoloists An inspiring presentation, focussing on the un-grid qualities of sonic feedback

Just two hours until Zubin Kanga and Explore Ensemble premiere Larry Goves' new #cyborgsoloists-commissioned piece 'curious codes of silence' at the Aldeburgh Festival. If you can get to Snape Maltings by then, DO! Tickets & info: brittenpearsarts.org/events/explore…

The Explore Ensemble and Zubin Kanga presented an exciting afternoon of new music, including pieces by Dr Laura Bowler (Wells) and alex paxton, and first performances of work by Lara Agar and Larry Goves.

Thanks to everyone who came to the premiere of Larry Goves' 'curious codes of silence' by Zubin Kanga and Explore Ensemble at Britten Pears Arts yesterday. If you were there, please fill in our audience survey - your responses help our research! tinyurl.com/survey240618

Exploring music of the future 🎼 Meet our Senior Lecturer of Musical Performance and Digital Arts, Dr Zubin Kanga, and learn more about his adventurous current project, involving motion sensors and AI. ow.ly/OP0C50SukRi Music at Royal Holloway cyborgsoloists

At Gaudeamus this weekend? Zubin Kanga is performing works by alex paxton, Dr Laura Bowler (Wells) & himself plus the world premiere of Massimiliano Vizzini's Fantasie Im(prompt)u on Sunday, 8pm. Info & tickets at gaudeamus.nl/en/events/0809…