http://www.martinbackes.com Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:19:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On the 10th of March 2010 Reynold Reynolds will show his last part of the Perception Trilogy called "Six Easy Pieces" at VIDEOFRAMES 2010 - a festival for VIDEO ART & DIGITAL CULTURE in Clermont/France. I was responsible for the whole sound and music on this project which is a three-channel ... http://www.martinbackes.com/sound-direction-video-installation/ One of my compositions will be part of a sound installation at ESTA CASA ESTA SONADA in Maracaibo/Venezuela For more info: www.estacasaestasonada.blogspot.com http://www.martinbackes.com/composition-sound-installation/ On the 16th of February 2010 I will exhibit my new interactive-media-installation called "Hopelash" at the Appartement, Berlin. Address: Appartement, Berlin Prenzlauer Allee 242 When: 16/01/2010 - 9:30 pm More info about the work: Video Excerpt & Info-Material - english version http://www.martinbackes.com/upcoming-exhibition/ AMBINATOR is a new kind of ambient sound generator. It produces continually evolving soundscapes. I did the Sound Direction and Design for this application. AMBINATOR is an iPhone App and available from the App Store starting on January 20th, 2010. Use it for meditation, relaxation, or for just masking out unwanted ... http://www.martinbackes.com/sound-direction-design/ "The Number Stations" compilation project has been released through the established PublicSpaces Lab netlabel. I composed a track for this compilation called "Obfuzzcation". Its my very own interpretation of the so called numbers station phenomenon. You can download the entire album in MP3 and Flac format. The Numbers Stations is freely ... http://www.martinbackes.com/new-composition/ Dazz & Ultramoodem // Live DJ/VJ MashUp Performance On the 18th of November I was invited to the 10th anniversary of the Hasso-Plattner-Institute Potsdam to create a unique A/V MashUp Performance together with Moo from Ultramoodem. Dazz vs. Ultramoodem: Some pics from the whole event: For more info: www.hpi.uni-potsdam.de www.ultramoodem.net http://www.martinbackes.com/djvj-mashup-performance/ The new semester starts and I am again responsible for the “Sound Communication and Design” course at the University of Applied Sciences in Berlin.....great! For more information about the University please visit: www.btk-fh.de About the course: The course is about designing sound environments from systematic planning to implementation. As a part of the study ... http://www.martinbackes.com/lectureship-btk/ NATIVE INSTRUMENTS announced the upcoming major update of their award-winning semi-modular synthesizer ABSYNTH. I was one of the sound designers and I also did some demo music productions for their website. For more information go to the new ABSYNTH 5 site and check out the details, demos, video tutorials and ... http://www.martinbackes.com/new-sound-design-music-demo-production/ The permanent Installation "Vertical Wire Music" is still alive. "Vertical Wire Music" Reinterpretation of Alvin Luciers "Music On A Long Thin Wire" by Martin Backes, Heidrun Schramm, Christoph Illing Please note: It`s a permanent installation! Which means you can visit this exhibition at anytime. Address: University of Arts Berlin Lietzenburger Straße 45, spiral staircase 10789 Berlin http://www.udk-berlin.de → Interview ... http://www.martinbackes.com/vertical-wire-music/ I exhibited a new site specific sound installation for public space called "Irklang" at the Artsummer Schwaben 09, Kloster Irsee, Germany Opening: 8th August 2009, 5 pm More info: www.kunstsommer.info Made possible by grants from: Schwabenakademie Irsee and University of Augsburg The aim of this work was to create an surreal acoustic collage of ... http://www.martinbackes.com/martin-backes-new-art-exhibition/