STEIM Electronic Music Lab at Japan Society in NYC

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I have just been contacted by Steven Salzgeber of the Karpal Group about an upcoming performance of artists from STEIM in New York City at Japan Society on Saturday, May 8, 2009. Unfortunately I’m performing in Minneapolis on that date, so I won’t be able to attend. If you’re anywhere near New York for this show, I highly recommend checking it out. The STEIM performances at the Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art last year were some of my favorite moments of the festival, especially the set from DJ Sniff. Here’s what Steven had to say about the event.

I noticed that you wrote about dj sniff and STEIM last year at Audiocookbook so wanted to let you know about our upcoming concert at Japan Society. It includes a performance by DJ Sniff (aka Takuro Mizuta Lippit) and Yutaka Makino who will be performing as part of the STEIM: Electronic Music Lab. This one night only concert will showcase an array of international artists who specialize in the fusion of technology and live performance, while related events offer talks and demonstrations providing the opportunity for a firsthand “hands-on” experience. Experimentation is key here, with the musicians using cutting-edge technology and instruments to explore new sounds while pushing the boundaries of innovation.

On Saturday, May 8 @ 7:30 PM, Japan Society presents a concert featuring renowned artists associated with the Amsterdam-based electronic sound and music laboratory STEIM (Studio of Electro-Instrumental Music). For forty years, STEIM has fostered international collaborations between composers, musicians, engineers, installation artists, DJs and VJs in a breeding ground for the creation of high- and low-tech musical tools for live performance. For this concert, STEIM’s Artistic Director, Takuro Mizuta Lippit (a.k.a. dj sniff) has assembled a lineup of groundbreaking international artists from STEIM’s roster including: Yutaka Makino (Japan/Germany), ABATTOIR (U.S./Netherlands), Digital media composer Yannis Kyriakides (Netherlands) and guitarist Andy Moor (U.K./ Netherlands).

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About John CS Keston

John CS Keston is an award winning transdisciplinary artist reimagining how music, video art, and computer science intersect. His work both questions and embraces his backgrounds in music technology, software development, and improvisation leading him toward unconventional compositions that convey a spirit of discovery and exploration through the use of graphic scores, chance and generative techniques, analog and digital synthesis, experimental sound design, signal processing, and acoustic piano. Performers are empowered to use their phonomnesis, or sonic imaginations, while contributing to his collaborative work. Originally from the United Kingdom, John currently resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota where he is a professor of Digital Media Arts at the University of St Thomas. He founded the sound design resource, AudioCookbook.org, where you will find articles and documentation about his projects and research. John has spoken, performed, or exhibited original work at New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME 2022), the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC 2022), the International Digital Media Arts Conference (iDMAa 2022), International Sound in Science Technology and the Arts (ISSTA 2017-2019), Northern Spark (2011-2017), the Weisman Art Museum, the Montreal Jazz Festival, the Walker Art Center, the Minnesota Institute of Art, the Eyeo Festival, INST-INT, Echofluxx (Prague), and Moogfest. He produced and performed in the piece Instant Cinema: Teleportation Platform X, a featured project at Northern Spark 2013. He composed and performed the music for In Habit: Life in Patterns (2012) and Words to Dead Lips (2011) in collaboration with the dance company Aniccha Arts. In 2017 he was commissioned by the Walker Art Center to compose music for former Merce Cunningham dancers during the Common Time performance series. His music appears in The Jeffrey Dahmer Files (2012) and he composed the music for the short Familiar Pavement (2015). He has appeared on more than a dozen albums including two solo albums on UnearthedMusic.com.

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