News:
Steam Synth
The "James Watt" steam powered synthesizer is up and running on steam power. See the
steam page to check out a video of it in action!
Documentary:
Check out this Documentary about BENT 2006 music fest. in New York City:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMmY6qzz39E
LEP was also interviewed as a music expert for a documentary feature on
Louis and Bebe Barron's soundtrack for "Forbidden Planet". This should
be released with a new DVD in the future...
Recent
History:
5/20
MFA conferred -
and all the rights and privileges thus afforded under... etc. In
Composition and Experimental Sound / New Media by the California
Institute of the Arts.
4/28 "20 Mule
Team and the Borax Trail" a three act dramatic / musical
performance created by Lorin Edwin Parker, featuring his work and those
of Los Angeles / Mojave artists: Douglas Wadle, Jacob Feinberg, Laurie
O'Brien, Ashley Walters, Sarah Seelig, Cat Lamb, Sean Boyle. 8pm
CalArts - SuperShop.
4/21
Bent 2006, Manhattan,
New York. A very special insanium
performance. See the
Bent
website for more info and directions. 8pm.
4/19 - 4/22 Class
/ Workshop: "How to Make Robots Sing from the Heart" Will take
place during the BENT 2006 Festival. Visit
BENT for up to date info,
schedule, directions & registration.
4/14 Ithaca
NY. Electronic music and performance art.
Featuring unique sounds and new automata. Noon.
4/4 - 4/11
M&DE at
Dartington Music and Dance Collaborative Exchange. Devon, England.
Parker will be in residence at Dartington College of the arts to
collaborate with other artists from around the world on new works for
music and dance with a contemporary emphasis. More info at
http://www.musicanddanceexchange.org.uk/
4/2 "You, Too,
Can Play Difficult Music" part of the ongoing "Everybody
Loves Difficult Music Series" at
Machine Project. Los
Angeles. Lorin's piece features tactile interaction with music
and sculpture showing the simple relationships between structure, sound
and energy. A paper concerning the nature of energy in art and sound,
as well as a discussion of this topic and its relation to virtuosity
and difficulty will be discussed.
for
more
info, click here.
3/20 LA
Philharmonic Presents, CalArts New Century Players: Riley, "In
C" and Minimalist Jukebox. Lorin will play contrabass in "In C". Disney
Concert Hall, Los Angeles - 8pm.
3/8 "Panamint
Love Song" Composed and Performed by Sarah Seelig and Lorin
Edwin Parker. Piano: Sarah Seelig. 5 String Banjo: Lorin Edwin Parker.
Part of the Calarts piano concert event.
R.O.D. concert hall - CalArts.
Valencia. 8:00pm.
3/9 Pe-eL
performance. R.O.D.
concert hall - CalArts. Valencia. 11-12pm. Followed by a rock show
curated by David Leikam.
3/13 Sarah Howe's
Graduation Recital. Lorin will be improvising on electronics with
Sarah and other musicians. ROD. CalArts - 8pm
2/15
David Leikam's
"Farewell for the Second Time Around & Hoping to See You Again In
Life"-- Lorin will be playing electronics and theremin. Pe-eL will also
be performing. ROD - CalArts - 8pm.
UFO Theremin Installation!
Super-Artist Jay Stuckey's master plan to rule the
world. Jay and Lorin collaborated to create the installation shown in
the photo on the main page. Each UFO is a theremin with a unique tone /
personality interacting with visitors and each other. Opening TBA.
Work In Progress:
Insanium II is working. Currently testing. Beta testing by colleagues
and the creation of a kit will begin soon...
See
Insanium page...
Bluetooth computer controller prototypes. Soon to be integrated into
Clay Chaplin's "Stupid Thing" controller and MAX/MSP patches.
New electro-magnetic ffurniture design. Relax, enjoy a cup of coffee -
sit back and know where the EM fields are!
All steam powered synthesizer. Yes, this is a complicated design.
Works rather well, but I am continually exploring new avenues.
Currently looking for steady employment.
