Visual Music

Genesi is a live audiovisual show by Abstract Bird. Both the music and the visuals are generated in realtime using the input of two electric instruments (a wind instrument and a piano). More information on Abstract Birds and about this piece Genesi Some stills at: http://www.abstractbirds.com/genesi/ and flickr.com/​photos/​abstractbirds/​sets/​72157624962280404/​ Genesi by Abstract Birds Genesi (trailer) from Abstract Birds on Vimeo . This is a very beautiful work and at present one of my favourite audio visual pieces - ok I do have a lot of favourites, its the quietness and simple shadings - just great. "Abstract birds are Pedro Mari and Natan Sinigaglia, two visual music artists. Their work combines images with sounds through the use of musical instruments interfaced with generative systems dedicated to audiovisual creation in real time. The musical aesthetic is rooted both in the tradition of classical music and in the well-established tradition of jazz, ...

Pixel Noizz Influenced by Hans Richter's Rhythmus 21. Pixel noizz developed a plugin to produce richter style video glitches from any input. PXN_richterizz from pixel noizz on Vimeo . View Pixel noizz vimeo channel: http://vimeo.com/pixelnoizz Visit pixel noizz blog: http://pixelnoizz.wordpress.com/

Made in Cornebarrieu near Toulouse. The images were made by Ted Brickman, Dc.olfta, pauline Monnet, Julien Rondot. The soundtrack designed by Julien SanFrancisco. Vimeo documentation of Video Mapping - Mapping "à la maison" Mapping - Cornebarrieu - Toulouse from ted brickman on Vimeo . See Ted Brickman's website - excellent work and thoughts and ideas on VJ and music and sound. In French http://www.tedbrickman.com/

"Gravité (Gravity) Falling objects synchronized to produce rhythm. 2009" source vimeo page: http://www.vimeo.com/6111739 This is quite brilliant as it demonstrates that a visual music work does not neccesarily have to consist of abstract imagery and music - it can consist of real action footage. However, in a visual music work, the visual and music become like a connected entity - a visual music object. I discussed this idea in my latest paper on Visual music - a composition of the 'things themselves' at the Sounding Out 5 conference held at Bournemouth University, UK. I am beginning to see more works of audio and visual that make such interplays. (authors opinion) Gravité from Renaud Hallée on Vimeo .

"A synesthete's bathroom with music." source: vimeo page. The hammond organ in this is quite beautiful. Music and video by Funki Porcini, Bill Drake on Hammond. Orange Drop from Funki Porcini on Vimeo .

"Chris Casady, known for his energetic abstract graphics and colorful Flash title sequences, has worked in motion picture effects, music videos and TV commercials from his studio in Los Angeles, CA." Source youtube iotacenter channel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvy53DQKS-4

Many animation techniques were used and experimented with in this film. "Sensology is a short animated film by Michel Gagné that visualizes in abstract form, an improvised musical session by two leaders of the avant-guarde jazz movement, Paul Plimley (piano) and Barry Guy (bass). The film was started in August 2006 and completed in July 2010. ... Sensology was handdrawn (painted) with a Wacon tablet at first, and later, a Cintiq, using Adobe Photoshop. The drawings and frames were then composited and manipulated in a 2D software called Animo. There is no vector animation at any point in the film." Source youtube description: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVWKtXDvr04

"An experimental animated film that combines computer generated mattes with cameraless animation. Scratch on film and paint on film are combined thru an optical printer using high contrast mattes produced by a computer. The software for the mattes was written by the filmmaker. The film was made in 1987." Source youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cTzfYkLowU