Member Since: 14/11/2006
Band Website: www.lemurbots.org
Band Members: Eric Singer is a musician, artist, engineer and programmer and the founder of LEMUR. He holds a BS in Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon; a Diploma in Music Synthesis (Magna Cum Laude) from Berklee College of Music; and an MS in Computer Science from New York University. He has over 20 years of arts and multimedia programming, engineering and performance experience in the areas of interactive performance systems, integrated music and graphics systems, alternative controller design, networked multimedia environments, interface design, artificial intelligence and computer controlled pyrotechnics. He has performed and lectured throughout the U.S. and Europe and is known internationally for his interactive software and hardware projects. www.ericsinger.com
Trained in music and computer science, Jeff Feddersen is interested in creating new means of musical expression generally and new musical instruments specifically. Formerly a Resident Researcher at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program, he is now an Adjunct Professor teaching digital electronics, interactive audio, and sustainable energy. With performer/composer Bruce Gremo he received the 2004 Harvestworks Interactive Technology Project Residency to create a shakuhachi-inspired digital wind instrument, the first of its kind. He has developed interactive software for Minnesota Public Radio, the Walker Art Museum, and the American Museum of Natural History, and has worked with creators ranging from the filmmaker Jem Cohen to the media artist Ben Rubin. He has invented a number of new musical instruments (electronic and otherwise) that have been used in performances both by his occasional avant rock group, Zaftig, and he played trombone on the upcoming album from T. Griffin Coraline, "The Sea Wont Take Long."
Bil Bowen is a sound artist and designer with a background in music composition and architectural theory. He is a founding member of the Aires Project, and is currently building mechanized idiophonic sculptures for interactive installation-compositions within existing architectural spaces.
Milena Iossifova is a Bulgarian artist working at New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program. Milena's work focuses on art and technology crossover. She is currently working with sensor-based technologies for creative musical expression in live performance and sonic-video installations. Check out more of Milena's work at www.rednoise.org/~milena.
R. Luke DuBois is a composer, programmer, and video artist living in New York City. He holds a doctorate in music composition from Columbia University, and teaches interactive sound and video performance at Columbia's Computer Music Center, New York University, and the School of Visual Arts. He has done interactive programming and music production work for many artists, most recently Toni Dove, Chris Mann, Elliott Sharp, and Michael Gordon, and was a staff programming consultant for Engine27 for the 2003 season. He is a co-author of Jitter, a software suite developed by Cycling'74 for real-time manipulation of matrix data. His music with his band, the Freight Elevator Quartet, is available on Caipirinha/Sire and Cycling'74 music.
Joshua Fried emerged from New York's downtown experimental music and East Village performance scenes of the '80s. The recipient of numerous fellowships and awards, Fried's work has been presented at Lincoln Center, Bang On a Can, The Kitchen, etc. in NYC as well as in LA, Chicago, Berlin, Paris, Tokyo, Amsterdam, Warsaw, Prague, Copenhagen and elsewhere. Fried's recording "Jimmy Because" (with guest guitarist Fred Frith) was released by Atlantic Records; he has been re-mix producer for They Might Be Giants, Chaka Khan and Ofra Haza.
Mari Kimura picks up the tradition of the virtuoso performer/composer and carries it straight into the future. The New York Times raved her solo performance as "Chilling... gripping... charming... Ms. Kimura is a virtuoso playing at the edge." Branching out from a mastery of traditional violin repertoire, Ms. Kimura embraces the worlds of extended violin technique and interactive computer music, making them her own. She pushes the boundaries of the instrument, playing both her own works and those that numerous composers have written especially for her. Ms. Kimura has premiered pieces by such composers as Toshi Ichiyanagi, Jean-Claude Risset, and Tania León. Ms. Kimura has studied with such major teachers as Joseph Fuchs, Roman Totenberg, Toshiya Eto, and Armand Weisbord. She also studied composition with Mario Davidovsky at Columbia University, and computer music at Stanford University. Ms. Kimura holds a doctorate in performance from Juilliard, and taught as assistant professor of violin at New York University, and gave lectures in universities and conservatories throughout the world. Since September 1998, Ms. Kimura has been teaching a graduate class in Computer Music Performance at The Juilliard School. For a more extensive biography of Ms. Kimura, please go to
http://homepages.nyu.edu/~mk4/biography.html
Kevin Larke has been involved in computer applications for sound and music for the past fifteen years. He has been employed as a Software Engineer in the Advanced Products Group of Ensoniq Corporation, an Adjunct Instructor at the New York University Music Technology Department and a Research Assistant at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab. His recent accomplishments include the realization of a multi-player interactive instrument for the production of Tod Machover's opera Resurrection by the Houston Grand Symphony and the Boston Lyric Opera; design and implementation of SML, a sound and music scripting language for real-time applications; and the implementation of the control system for Amorphic Robot Works' Too Big Dog Monkey robotic sculpture. Mr. Larke resides in New York City and is currently employed as the Chief Technology Officer for Soundball, Inc. where he is developing software for synthetic sound generation and transformation.
David Bianciardi is a musician and interactive technology designer. He is the founder of Audio, Video & Controls, a New York City based firm providing show control systems design, integration, and installation services to the entertainment industry for applications in themed environments, site-specific attractions, and other entertainment and theatrical venues. His past clients include AT&T, Eerie World Entertainment, Interactive Technologies, and Miramax Films. In 1998, he co-founded Synesthesia (synesthesia.com) and co-created Interactive Dance Club, an unprecedented multi-participant environment in a dance club setting featuring interactive music, lighting and live computer-generated imagery, which premiered at SIGGRAPH 98.
Michelle Cherian is an artist/designer living in Brooklyn. She earned her BA at Sarah Lawrence College where she studied Sociology and Fine Arts. She currently attends the Interactive Telecommunications Program at New York University.
Brendan J. FitzGerald is a Photographer/Designer living and working in Brooklyn, New York. Over the past two years, Brendan has been at Tisch School of the Arts working in experimental video production and new forms of mechanical expression.
Chad Redmon has worked on a broad variety of projects including live video mixing, environmental design, web animation, game design, interactive installations, performance art and film. Currently Chad is working with Eric Logan as the MAJESTIC 12, a visual design group focused on live video mixing and content creation for parties and raves. MAJESTIC 12 has performed over 150 shows, including work with such noted acts as The Roots, LTJ Bukem and the Last Poets. He has also collaborated with several fringe art groups such as the fire circus Magmavox and the Brooklynbased multidisciplinary machine art collective, the Madagascar Institute.
Influences: LEMURplex is a new performance/gallery/teaching space in Brooklyn, located between the vibrant neighborhoods of Park Slope, Carroll Gardens, Gowanus and Red Hook. LEMURplex will teach and showcase the best in art and technology.
Record Label: Unsigned