redFrik
01 alias for livecoding improvisations and audiovisual feedback systems. i don't believe in 'fixed products' so no cds, tracks or finished pieces available. read more about live coding and our manifesto at _toplap.org. see also _interactive programming
examples:
- 31 practice sessions as _mp3. these were all coded from scratch - synthesis and all - in approx 1hour. the corresponding supercollider/jitlib _code is also available. one of them ended up on the _toplap cd.
- another 31 sessions as _code and as _mp3 excerpts.
- and more tiny pieces as _code+mp3. these i also coded from scratch within a 1h time limit.
audiovisual feedback system. live at k:ita, berlin may 15 2008, photo: julian percy
redShift
an audiovisual piece from 2012 using my _custom controller. performed in london, malmö and berlin.
live at corsica studios, _sc2012 clubnight, london apr18, photo: steve welburn
redShift screenshot
redUniform
an audiovisual performance piece where i take on the role of a sad clown with a great fascination for red spheres and noisy sounds. all electronics, wireless sensor network, generative music and graphics were developed during my six months as artist-in-residence at _iamas, japan 2008
redUniform has been performed ten times; in japan, sweden, germany and spain.
ogaki biennale, japan 2008, photo: yosuke kawamura
supercollider symposium, berlin 2010, photo: joker nies
geiger festival #1, göteborg 2011, photo: andreas engström
redO
an audiovisual chamber ensemble piece commissioned by _the peärls before swïne experience. premiered at gothenburg international film festival 2013. also performed twice in canberra april 2013.
redo screenshot
the chaotic singer
a battle between a human performer and a malicious software program. no matter how well the performer 'sings', the software always win. the work is based on an earlier piece called 'the choir, the chaos' and was first performed in corfu in may 2010. also performed in barcelona.
la felpa, barcelona 2010, photo: me
the choir, the chaos
a networked piece commissioned and performed by _european bridges ensemble. premiered 2009 at klangwerktage (hamburg) and also performed at the making new waves festival (budapest) and sonorities festival (belfast)
making new waves, budapest 2009, photo: me
machine listening
an audiovisual performance for iscm, world new music days, växjö, sweden 2009
knyppel
an audiovisual noise duo with ann rosén. see _knyppel.se
aktiv bullerbekämpning (ABB)
noise duo together with mathias josefson (_mathiasjosefson.com). trying our best to cancel out all noise from the world.
live at norbergfestival04, photo: f0
web jamming
wanna form a virtual band?
my idea has been to build a simple and easy to use framework for webjamming using the opensound control (osc) protocol and supercollider by james mccartney. the framework now exists and it let members of our virtual band contribute with their own favorite instruments, i.e. sounding patches written in supercollider, to be played by them self or by others live via internet.
the number of people participating in this virtual band is varying from time to time and the overall structure is very loose. at its most there has been seven players from both the u.s. and europe jamming together using this framework. and whenever there is a concert gig coming up, we just bring as many members as possible together over the net and makes sure there is one computer running the current set of instruments at the concert location. as no audio data is ever transferred, just control information, we have got no problems with latency or lousy audio quality due to compression.
the framework is currently based on a peer-to-peer network structure but that is subject to change in the near future. a client/server network has some significant advantages in this case mostly concerning distribution of instruments within the network and dynamic connections. the new server application that I'm now working on will let people login, share instruments with other connected players and jam using a simple supercollider client patch.
algorithmic dance music
morpheus cd-rom
the first cd of algorithmic dance music, published by mushimushi ltd (2001), has some of my music on it. _mushimushi.net/morpheus/
thanks to julian baker and john eacott for producing.
computer-music
vevlira
this is my first piece for tape (1997). it's built by manipulating sounds coming from a hurdy-gurdy (trad. folk instrument).
music w/ dance
i like to move it
a piece for 3 dancers, 6 speakers and 3 microphones.
in collaboration with _zufit simon and artblau.
performed three times in berlin (15-17feb 2013), two times in braunschweig (22-23feb 2013)
box
a piece for five dancers, three musicians, video projection and a bunch of soundfiles triggered by the dancers.
choreography: jakob valentin
light: hillevi zetterman
music: me
performed four times, 25 - 26 march 2000, stockholm
di / stockholm
man förstår livet baklänges men lever det framlänges
choreography: jakob valentin
music: me
performed five times, 9 - 13 august 2000, stockholm
lido / stockholm
big-band
b.c. I-III
this suite from 1997 has never been played due to the high demands on the musicians. warning! synth version (i.e. no solos, artificial touch and machinery swing)
grönt monster (the green monster)
a 10 minute piece inspired by old low budget horror movies. it's built around a trumpet feature and written in 1996 for tim hagans and norrbotten big band.
högskolejazz (academic jazz)
this piece is kind of ironic -- enough said. performed by kmh jazz orchestra in feb. 1999, conducted by maria schneider.
klubbjazz
my very last 'jazz' composition became more of an acid jazz thing with heavy use of 'the amen breakbeat' drumloop. it was performed at the jazz festival in sandviken 1999 and featured lasse lindgren on electrified trumpet. warning! midi synth version (i.e. no solos, artificial touch and machinery swing)