SMCClablive #2 is the second in the ANU Sound, Music, and Creative Computing Lab’s research performance series featuring new instruments, new sounds, and new artistic experiences on stage.

This time we feature Andromeda is Coming (Charles Martin and Alexander Hunter, two researchers at the ANU) performing the live launch of their new album Hyphae. This new recording and live performance research project explores intelligent musical instruments, improvisation, and the entangled growth patterns that connect performers and machines. Andromeda is Coming is a Canberra-based duo working at the intersection of experimental music, creative computing, and live performance.

Joining them will be students from the ANU SMCClab presenting their computational arts research in performance, as well as guest composer/performers presenting works composed in the ANU Keyboard Institute’s Historical Instrument Collection. These new works were created on historical instruments using innovative recording techniques to explore the textures within these historic instruments.