Controllar with Digimob Friday at Cedars

I got an e-mail from Thomas Myrmel. He’s from Amsterdam but will be at Cedars Friday night performing with Anat Spiegel as Controllar. He invited me to check out their music. I did, and I must say I enjoyed the originality and fresh approach in the tunes I heard. The songs, by the way, cover a variety of styles, which is another plus in my book.

I’m not entirely sure what he’s doing or playing with his right hand, but it’s fascinating to me. Do they make this for the Wii?

With a background in music school and having experienced lots of experimental music, I have a respect for not only new ideas and sounds but the total commitment to the whole package (e.g., vision, composition, execution, branding). It’s appealing to me to live in a space where you believe in something original.

I hope you agree that, whether or not you would put this on your iPod, it’s worth a listen. Friday night at Cedars with the Digimob.

(A few minutes later…) Okay, I just read a press release. Here it is:

Controllar throws themselves into a playground of vintage synths and samplers… An old video game controller called the P5 glove is used by the duo to manipulate this … sonic world through the use of three-dimensional motion tracking. The motion tracking interface turns Controllar’s performance into a vigorous blur of movement-driven music.

I guess that just about says it all.

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