Cho-Yablog

Almost one month without updating this blog… I have some excuses though: a trip in France & Swiss (great live in Lausanne, thank you Niko!), then moving to Fuchu (still in Tokyo but no more inside the Yamanote line) and no Internet yet at home.
Between unpacking and commuting I nonetheless had the time to learn the death of Michael Jackson Yasuharu Hasebe, one of my favorite director of violent pink. It didn’t make the headlines though…
Otherwise everything is calm on the noise front with no live shows planned in a foreseeable future. I’m pretty busy anyway as my work “Sound of Life” will be presented at PdCon09 in São Paulo at the end of this month and I didn’t finished it yet. And the deadline for Arse Elektronika 2009 is July 31, that is quite soon !

The next city to be a victim of Nunk on Droise will be Lausanne on 11 June.
2009.06.11 (Thu.) Nunk on Droise @ Oblo, Lausanne, Switzerland
with Smogg, Fractal, Tokage, …
open 19:00 start 20:00 / 5 CHF (soutien 10 CHF).

The videos of the last two live performances of “The Ningen Dogs Orchestra” (conducted by 23N! & super utako) are now available on YouTube.

The first (thank you Alexis) was taken at the Make: Tokyo Meeting 03 and is more a demo than a proper live performance. The second (in two parts, thank you Kondo-san) one was taken at Fourth Floor and is closer to what the Ningen Dogs Orchestra ought to be.

Two live performances of the Ningen Dogs Orchestra (conducted by super utako & 23N!) are planned this month. The first one will be on Sunday 24 May during the Make: Tokyo Meeting 03 at the Tama Center. There is no entrance fee.
I’ll be there on 23 and 24 May with super utako for performances (we will perform as “23N! with super utako” on Saturday 23 May too), a circuit bending workshop and exhibitions of some projects (Sonata per Mario, Nunk on Droise, homemade instruments, Ningen Dogs Orchestra, …).
I’ll let you know the schedule as soon as I know it.
You can see all the current members of the orchestra on Flickr (and more details about this project).

The second Ningen Dogs Orchestra performance will be at Fourth Floor on Friday 29 May:
“Kichigai” @ Fourth Floor, Kichijouji
with Black Phone 666, daisy, Dick Sucking Fool At Pussy Licking School.
open start 19:00 / 1500yens (1 d. incl.)

Another variation on my project “Sound of Life” called “Myselves”.
When a person comes in front of a camera, a picture is taken and processed so that only the face of the person is kept. The picture of the face is then used to replace all the tracked spermatozoa.
For now, the picture is taken manually by pressing a key on the keyboard of the computer but in the future the picture will be taken automatically by detecting the presence of a person (that can be done by software or hardware).

I’ve uploaded a short demo video on Flickr and YouTube.
I’ve uploaded a second demo video of Sperm Soccer too. The quality is much better and the program has been improved.

I’ve uploaded the video of my performance “Nunk on Droise” this week (04.28) at Gamuso on YouTube:
part 1 and part 2.
There are some pictures of the event (Rotten Fondue) on Flickr.

I’ve just completed a wireless alcohol sensor that is embedded in a beer can. It’s a MQ-3 alcohol sensor connected to an ATMEGA168 microcontroller (programmed with Arduino) itself connected to a Blue SMiRF Bluetooth module. Everything is powered by a 9V battery. Communication is serial and wireless through Bluetooth.

I will use it as a complement to the five alcohol sensors box I’m already using for my Nunk on Droise performance. The idea is to use it as a kind of wireless microphone to interact with the audience.

I’ve updated the page of my works too and added a page especially dedicated to the Sperm Soccer project.

Based on my “Sound of Life” project, I just completed a first version of a small game that is played by my semen. The game is a kind of soccer game mixed with Pong. Everything is controlled by the computer (selection of the team members, tracking) but for the future versions I’m thinking to allow people selecting the team members (through Wiiremotes for examples) to make the game more interactive.

There’re still a lot of things that I have to do to make “Sperm Soccer” more interesting:
- adding music/sounds,
- more “intelligent” behavior for the team members,
- more “evolved” game (more soccer-like, less pong-like).

I uploaded a demo video and pictures on Flickr.

2009.04.28 (Tue.)
at Gamuso, Asagaya, Tokyo

“Rotten Fondue”
w/
Overload Collapse (Switzerland)
Tokage (Switzerland)
Syndrome WPW (Switzerland)
Evil Moisture (France)
23N! (France/Japan)

1500yens including 1 drink.
open 19:00 start 19:30

First, I want to thank all the artists who played, the people who helped and the ones who came for making last Saturday’s event (Geräusch in der Lederhose) at Highti a success.
The “Droise & The Ningen Dogs Orchestra” act (fortunately, the last act) was interrupted by an angry and probably drunk neighbor (second time that it happens in few months) but not before the Ningen Dogs Orchestra could dance and sing to the sound-activated lights and the magic wand of Utako. Droise’s act itself was a bit short but we had a lot of fun so the interruption was quickly forgotten.
Kakawaka is back to Berlin but droise shall come back, stronger than ever ! And The Ningen Dogs Orchestra will be back soon too.

Some pictures by Satomi.
Video in two parts: part 1 and part 2 with the interruption by the neighbor. Videos by Alexis.

I’ve uploaded the video of our performance at Fourth Floor (2009.03.27) on YouTube. It’s in three parts: 01 / 02 / 03.
I was playing solo as “Nunk on Droise” last Sunday at Gari Gari but forgot to turn on the camera… So no video and no pictures either. May be some pictures will appear on the web soon.

The next event will be at Highti next Saturday (04/04) and we’re working on the Droise & The Ningen Dogs Orchestra (first live ever for them !) performance. I’m preparing some German food too (sauerkraut !) to be served during the event so I don’t see what kind of excuse you could have for not coming (moreover,  lederhosenfilme will be shown)!

I’ve uploaded the video (two parts) of the droise live performance at golden egg (a very nice place in the middle of Kabukicho, Shinjuku) on 2009/03/24 on YouTube (videos by Utako).
This was the first droise show in more than 18 months, I guess our hard training in a Bavarian Shaolin temple was worth it !
The next droise show will be at Highti on 4/4 and it will be the last one before a while. Don’t miss it !

I’ve uploaded the video (part 1, part 2) of my solo performance “Nunk on Droise” yesterday at Gamuso on YouTube.
You can see some pictures of the event here and here (all by Satomi).

“Geräusch in der Lederhose” is the title of an event I’m organizing at Highti on Saturday 4 April. The line-up is: Droise & The Ningen Dogs Orchestra / Kakawaka (Berlin) / Vovivav / Ukeke Makeke / Motallica / 高清水.
Open/start 18:00. 1000yens (incl. 1 drink).

The end of March will be pretty busy for me with several live shows:
Friday 20 at Gamuso (Nunk on Droise).
Tuesday 24 at Golden Egg: Droise, biG spaGhetti, Korsakoff Syndrome.
Friday 27 at Fourth Floor: Kakawaka vs. 23N!, 宮本宇一郎と浪漫派警察,大城真

Sunday 29 at Gari Gari: Nunk on Droise, Bum Creek, Akira Umachi, jahillyah big band.

I recently discovered the very nice open source software Animata to do animations. I was planning to use it with my project “Nunk on Droise” to create interactive animations but found some limitations even if the animations could be controlled through OSC.

Then I found a Processing library for rendering Animata scenes within Processing developed by Michael Forrest. It was almost exactly what I needed so I recompiled it to suit my needs and to simplify it. The Processing library and the sources are available on Github, project animatap5. Some explanations are given in the readme file and I’ll try to upload some examples soon.

Electric Soup Vol. 1 is a series of events of “adventures in experimental music, word and dance” that will take place in March at Gamuso.

Please check the flyer for details or the website of Gamuso. I will play solo on Friday 20 March with my project “Nunk on Droise” (the upgraded version, with 5 alcohol sensors !). The other acts will be ASTRO, Kakawaka (Christoph of Droise), Reiko.A (thank you for organizing that) and 安藤暁彦. Only 1500yens, inc. 1 drink !

Tomorrow, “Kataribe no Miu with No Fork Droise” at Shinjuku JAM !

ザ・バファリンズ
病気マン
安穂野香
H∞B《ほとんど∞ビョーキ》
桃吐マキル＆パリッコ
組織暴力幼稚園
魔ゼルな規犬
語り部のミウwith No Fork Droise
TASKE/ちりがみ<生>
＜企画／司会／余興＞
魔ゼルな規犬／パム／ケロリア／でんでん植松／まいろ

open18:00/start18:00
adv￥2000/day￥2500

I added a video of the Ningen Dogs before they are turned into Ningen Dogs by Utako.
And I’ve upgraded my alcohol sensor for the Nunk on Droise performance by adding two sensors. There are now five sensors. Pictures on Flickr.

I’ve uploaded a video of my “Nunk on Droise” performance yesterday at Fourth Floor. It’s on YouTube.

I’ve uploaded a page with my most recent works/projects. There are links to pictures on Flickr, video on YouTube and some web pages with details on the works or projects.
I’ve just made a demo video for my most recent project “Sound of Life“. I hope to make a performance soon based on this project.

Anyway, I know it’s raining but if you can, please come to Fourth Floor tonight for a performance (as 23N!) based on my other project “Noise Under the Influence” aka “Nunk on Droise”. A demo video was uploaded recently.