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Process & Control

Improvised live electronics composed with E.L.A.P.S., an [e]xpressive [l]ive [a]lgorithmic [p]erformance [s]ystem. Utilizing tangible control interfaces, procedural processes, and the open-source Pure Data, this album was recorded in one take on 25 April 2015. Process & Control looks to explore asynchronous rhythms, 12 tone serialism, complex clock modulation, Markov chain analysis and autonomous stereo spatialization.

Generative artwork created by Titouan Millet.

A four track e.p. of improvised live electronics, produced in Pure Data with E.L.A.P.S. (an expressive live algorithmic performance system). Autofreq & the Stochastic Dreamship is available free of charge under a Creative Commons license. Artwork by Robin Clugston.


Newton 09

Retro Sci-Fi Sound Art Radio Theatre
Premiered at the 2014 NAISA Trans-X Transmission Art Festival, Toronto.

www.NEWTON09.com

Newton 09 is a retro sci-fi sound art radio theatre production. Music and sound composed by Peter van Haaften, a story by Daniel Nadeau, and an accompanying graphic novel adaptation by illustrator Robin Clugston combine to create a new trans-disciplinary work, inspired by classic British broadcasting.

Presented in three acts, Newton 09 chronicles the re-emergence of a lost art after generations of silence. 300 years in the future, mental slavery has buried the memory of joyful activity. In a house, on a hill, a lonely electronic mind has been waiting to remind the world of its forgotten beat.

With live voice acting, a progressive electronic score, and original atmospherics, Newton 09 looks to make an immersive electroacoustic experience accessible to new audiences. The piece takes ideas from the past, present and future--patching them into a surreal sound odyssey for all ages.


Cat, Skunk, WAR! e.p.

Produced, composed, performed, engineered, mixed and mastered
by Peter van Haaften.

A four track album, exploring IDM, acid-techno, and radio art. Originally recorded during the Spring and Summer of 2012, remastered and released digitally in January 2014 as a limited edition CD with a hand printed jacket (via lino-block) by illustrator Robin Clugston.


A Live Broadcast,
from the Last Man on Earth.

A multichannel acousmatic composition.
Premiered at the 2014 Art Matters Festival, Montreal.

An acousmatic composition, in 5.1 multichannel (and stereo).

The final performance by man from planet earth, as received via radio transmission at Gliese 581 c, during the Fall of 2320. Composed using West Coast synthesis techniques as primary sound sources, and spatialized in point source across 5.1 channels.