[spectre] AlgoMech festival 2017 November 9-12 Sheffield

[Jake Harries]

*AlgoMech festival* is a celebration of Algorithms and Mechanisms in the
arts, taking place in Sheffield UK 9-12th November 2017.


*65daysofstatic *are this year’s headline act. 65dos are known for blending
guitars, drum and technology, into huge songs toured tirelessly worldwide
and released via 7 albums over fifteen years. AlgoMech will host three
premiere shows of their new audio/visual project “Decomposition Theory or
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Demand the Future”. This work centres
around algorithmic composition and procedural audio, pushing their sound
further into uncertain territory, with every show different.


Continuing the algorithmic theme, the festival will also feature an
*AlgoRave* or “algorithmic rave”. Algoraves are parties where all the music
is made with algorithms, live coded by human musicians, with all the code
behind it projected for your pleasure, while it is being written.
Informally coordinated from Sheffield, AlgoRave has spread into a worldwide
movement, reaching 50 cities over the past five years. At AlgoMech we’ll be
taking it to the next level with immersive algorithmic visuals, and
handmade music-generating mechanical systems and robots mixed in with the
algorithms.


Another unmissable event is *Sonic Pattern*, a seated concert featuring
musicians who get hands-on, building their own mechanisms to make
other-worldly music, including hacked gramophones and accordions,
pedal-power violins and other sonic machines. Leafcutter John will headline
Sonic Pattern, with new mechanical work developed in residency during the
festival.


See *http://algomech.com/* <http://algomech.com/> for the full programme,
including installations, talks and hands-on workshops.


-- 
Cheers
Jake
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