Media artist Toshio Iwai continues to develop stunning, fanciful ways of making music. From SONAR, here is Toshio Iwai working live with his Tenori-On music controller, in case you haven’t seen this already:
More YouTube goodness after the jump, but let’s skip ahead to the even better news: Toshio Iwai has started a development blog for the Tenori-On. Nat, the graphics designer behind Create Digital Music, has all the details on his blog onetonnemusic.
Tenori-On Report by Toshio Iwai and Tenori-On Development Team
Aside from keeping tabs on the Tenori-On, you can watch other ideas develop, like a blue-lit sound installation on a music stand. (Clever way of making that portable!) Also, in case you weren’t jealous enough of the people who got to go to SONAR, we appear to have missed what looks like a bumper car rave. Okay, I’m officially saving up miles for next year.
Videos and additional links after the jump. (Thanks to Fabio and Señor Pantalones for the tips. Okay, there’s a silly sounding sentence.)
Toshio Iwai at SONAR (with ElectroPlankton)
Tenori-On at SIGGRAPH:
Tenori-On at Artfutura
Previously
onetonnemusic, including a great photo of a notated score for Tenori-On
Tenori-On Live Performance in Spain, From ElectroPlankton Creator and Interactive Wizard
How to Make ElectroPlankton Rock