Swarm Granulator: swarming with sound grains

Readings

Self-Organised Music co-authored with Michael Young. In this paper we put forward the view that improvised music is self-organising

Swarm Granulator Prize-winning paper from The European Workshop on Evolutionary Music and Art, Coimbra, Portugal, April 2004

Swarm Granulator Quartet at Interlace, Goldsmiths Great Hall, 27 March 2004. Listen
Swarm Granulator live at Goldsmiths Great Hall, 19 December 2005 Listen

with Michael Young and Robin Higgins at Modular 2003, Thames Valley University, 11 Sept 2003. Howard Moscovitz (musician, also performing at Modular 2003): "The effect on the listener was one of fascination; surprisingly musical" Read the full review
with Michael Young and L.E.G. (Mette Bille, Panos Ghikas and Johannes von Weiszacker) at the Big Blip, Sallis Benny Theatre and Gallery, Brighton, 11 October, 2003. "It was a really successful performance. Although I work in algorithmic composition it is rare indeed that I experience a system with genuine musicality, so it's always exiting when that happens." Andrew Gartland-Jones
with The Swarm Granulator Quartet (Tim Blackwell, Michael Young, Mette Bille, Panos Ghikas) at Interlace, Goldsmiths Great Hall 27 March 2004 Listen
L.A.G.(Live Algorithms Group) (Tim Blackwell, Michael Young) at Expo 966, University of Hull, Scarborough (Sonic Arts Network summer festival, Saturday June 18th 2005
L.A.G.at FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology), Liverpool, Nov 5th 2005
L.A.G.(with Mette Bille) at Evolution and Interactivity Conference Goldsmiths College Dec 19 2005 Listen