Female Laptop Orchestra
In 2021, as part of the ]FairTsuku[ project, presenting female and non-binary composers from various backgrounds, the Fair_Play network (Vienna, Austria) and Tsuku Boshi Records (Paris, France) invited Female Laptop Orchestra (FLO) and Camille Lacroix to produce music for their upcoming EP, 'Ghost Structures'. Between September 2021 and September 2022, FLO members: Nela Brown (London), …
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Ethernet Orchestra (EO) is an internet-based musical ensemble that explores 'intercultural improvisation' through networked musical performances on the web. We did our first collaboration with EO in 2019 (at Halfback Books & Records store in Dee Why, Sydney), and were looking forward to EO releasing their new album aptly named 'Oceans between Sound' on the Chilean …
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The process of composition for Blues and Greys: For Zadar Soundscapes, CubeHarmonic, Piano, Flute, Theremin, Cymbals, Triangle and Tambourine that we presented as part of the workshop called Mathematical and Computational Models in Music, organized by the University of Pavia in Italy (but taking place online due to the pandemic), was a bit different to what we …
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Soundcamp is an arts cooperative based in London, Crete and The Hague. Their work explores intersections among social, personal and environmental ecologies. Over the years, Soundcamp folks, Grant Smith, Dawn Scarfe and Maria Papadomanolaki (who also plays with FLO), organized a number of amazing events including Reveil, a 24-hour live radio programme, assembled and broadcast …
Prior to March 2020, 'telematic music performance' or 'networked music performance', was a niche area of music performance, mainly of interest to researchers at academic institutions with high-speed internet and hobbyist musicians who wanted to jam with other musicians from the comfort of their bedroom. Whilst researchers had access to technical know-how as well as …
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Hangar, the centre for art research and production in Barcelona, Spain, is one of the nicest places for doing workshops and experimental performances and has an amazing team of people running it (see the THANK YOU list below!). Having performed there for the very first time in 2018, we were delighted to be invited to …
Following FLO performances in Melbourne and Sydney and collaboration with ZAF and Roger (Alsop) on the 'Along the riverrun' projects in Melbourne, Nela and Roger were invited to do a short residency at the Academy of Music, University of Zagreb. As part of this residency, Nela did a talk about FLO and, together with Roger, …
EO and FLO collaboration was 'on the cards' since Nela met Roger Mills (amazing trumpeter, producer and founder of the Ethernet Orchestra), at the World Stage Design 2017 in Tapei, where Roger presented his work with EO and talked about how they did the recording of their latest album 'Oceans Between Sound' (which btw is …
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Testing Grounds is an amazing art space right next to the University of Melbourne, and a perfect spot for doing an outdoor 'City Jam'! For this telematic audio-visual performance, Donna Hewit (streaming voice and live-electronics from Sydney) and Maria Mannone (streaming piano from Palermo) remotely connected with Nela and Sonia who were at Testing Grounds …
For the second in the series of Macgeorge House Sessions, Nela and Sonia were joined by FLO members Ariane Stolfi (who streamed from Brazil) and Donna Hewitt (who streamed from Sydney) as well as three special guests: Kylie Suspski (poetry), ReVerse Butcher (video projections and live visuals) and lovely Macgeorge House caretaker Michelle Frencham who 'channeled' …
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