It’s just business as usual for the live coding scene and algorave movement. From every corner of the globe, freely-coded performance is happening for four days straight – now.
They come from Brasilia. They come from Detroit. They come from Indonesia and Antwerp, Ukraine and Mumbai, Rome and Miami and Japan. They’re running free software and browsers and DIY electronic and visuals. You can dance to what they’re doing. You can’t dance to what they’re doing. This is an experiment.
They’ve all come to Algorave.
youtube.com/eulerroom
twitch.tv/eulerroom
facebook.com/eulerroom
Something rather nice is on as I type this.
Check the full schedule:
http://equinox.eulerroom.com/schedule.html
This is not a new idea, either – TOPLAP live coding community is using this event to celebrate their sixteenth anniversary. So while everyone else is suddenly discovering the fragile nature of our world and the distances between us, these are tools with a significant head start. And the tools are not a gimmick, either – because they’re free and open source and run on low-end hardware, they’re uniquely global and agile.
They’re part of the fabric that makes electronic music now dynamic – and durable.
So algorave on! And hi to some friends playing, see you online soon!
Happy March equinox everyone – spring to the northern hemisphere, fall to the southern. Sonic festivities on the Eulerroom Equinox stretch through 1:30 Greenwich Mean Time 23 March.
(Wait, make that Stardate 97813.31 – 97824.25.)
Want some tools to try live coding now? Many are approachable even if you’re a non-coder – don’t be afraid to try stuff out and break things! Check out:
Gibber – great place to start in-browser
TidalCycles for music
Hydra for visuals in the browser (see our interview with Olivia, the creator)
Side note: I know a lot of these artists and developers will need support soon, in this health and economic crisis. I know a lot of them needed it long before things have gotten tougher. Let’s keep that conversation going here on CDM, too, and find out what solutions we can create together. Don’t hesitate to be in touch and let me or other members of this community know how you’re doing and what you need.