MUSIC TECH FEST

HACK CAMP

[Pierre Schaeffer 1952 - in search of musique concrte]

PERFORMANCE WEARABLES
Pierre Schaeffer was chief developer of a unique and early form of avant-garde music
known as musique concrte. The genre emerged in Europe from the utilization of new
music technology developed in the post-war era. He has been the first composer to
utilize a number of contemporary recording and sampling techniques that are now
used worldwide by nearly all record production companies. Using turntables, he was
actually the first DJ.
In 1952 in his book "In search of a concrete music" he is forseeing the evolution of the
conductor leading an ensemble into a performer using new technologies, decades
before our digital world:
"And if the conductor, in addition to dynamic, was the master of the landscape, if his
actions were drawing trajectories in space that would follow the sounds in the room?
Wouldn't it be for the public, the new method of execution, where the sound objects
appear as vibrant and alive, and once again involved in the visible art of a performer?"

MUSIC TECH FEST RS COMPONENTS LONDON HACK CAMP 2014

challenge 1

PERFORMANCE WEARABLES
A note from RS Components:
A wearable that can be used as an instrument
to generate music, react to music, or perform
with music on stage. Music wearables created
may be showcased by innovative underground
musicians as part of a live jam or interaction
with the audience.
MUSIC TECH FEST RS COMPONENTS LONDON HACK CAMP 2014

PRESENTS

THE

2014

MTF

LONDON

HACKER

AWARD

PERFORMANCE WEARABLES
TO

. . . . . . .of
. . kit and
500 worth
BY
. . .develop
.....
opportunity. to
with RS
SPONSORED

BY

FOR

["The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between." Mozart]

ACCESSIBLE MUSICAL
EXPRESSIVITY
"The inexpressible depth of music, so easy to understand and yet so
inexplicable, is due to the fact that it reproduces all the emotions of our
innermost being, but entirely without reality and remote from its pain
Music expresses only the quintessence of life and its events, never these
themselves." Arthur Schopenhauer
Minimal but relevant controls over expressive music cues enables a full
and emotional interpretation of a piece. For example, in an ensemble,
the conductor is not playing all the instruments, yet with his body
language he is the key to a great interpretation... How does this translate
in the digital age?

MUSIC TECH FEST RS COMPONENTS LONDON HACK CAMP 2014

challenge 2

ACCESSIBLE MUSICAL
EXPRESSIVITY
A note from Soundlab:
Can you find ways that a player can work with the simplest
of control mechanisms, but still feel a real and potent sense
of connection with the sound being created? The challenge
is to find a way to create the greatest expressivity of sound
with the most minimal of input control from the performer.
The phrase 'minimal input control' could also mean a range
of things, from simple user interfaces to controls that can
work with tiny movements or gestures.

MUSIC TECH FEST RS COMPONENTS LONDON HACK CAMP 2014

PRESENTS

THE

2014

MTF

LONDON

HACKER

AWARD

FOR

ACCESSIBLE MUSICAL EXRESSIVITY

TO

.........
BY
.........

win 2,000 worth of software

SPONSORED

BY

[Freddie, Oscar, William and Michael..]

HACK THE GIG

"A concert is not a live rendition of our album. It's a
theatrical event." Freddie Mercury
The play was a great success, but the audience was a
disaster. Oscar Wilde
All the world's a stage William Shakespeare
All this is a dream. Still examine it by a few experiments.
Michael Faraday
MUSIC TECH FEST RS COMPONENTS LONDON HACK CAMP 2014

challenge 3

HACK THE GIG

A note from MTV:
Music fans current digital interface with live
performances is generally passive and flat.
Using the provided exclusive stems, recorded
especially for the Music Tech Fest, invent
completely new ways for audiences to
experience a filmed concert.
MUSIC TECH FEST RS COMPONENTS LONDON HACK CAMP 2014

PRESENTS THE 2014 MTF LONDON HACKER AWARD FOR

HACK THE GIG

TO

XXX
develop the project
with the
BY
X X X Media team
MTV UK Digital
SPONSORED BY

[recontextualizing video]

HACK THE VIDEO EXPERIENCE

In the 20th century, according to established art theory, the
primary contribution of artist innovators was the notion of
collage:
..recontextualizing and recombining visual materials to create
new artworks which turn old images to new purposes. This
powerful mode of expression is foundtoday everywhere one
looks, not only in artworks, but as a basic tool of graphic design.
Collage is what artists of all kinds naturally do.
Jerald Hughes and Karl Lang 2006

MUSIC TECH FEST RS COMPONENTS LONDON HACK CAMP 2014

challenge 4

HACK THE VIDEO EXPERIENCE

A note from Beggars:
Record labels and artists create music videos, video
interviews, recordings, articles and so much more but
theres far more content being created than is being
used. Using the multi-camera raw footage and the
other digital content supplied by Beggars Group, create
a new type of user experience or a whole new consumer
format that makes the most of all of this rich media
content.
MUSIC TECH FEST RS COMPONENTS LONDON HACK CAMP 2014

PRESENTS THE 2014 MTF LONDON HACKER AWARD FOR

HACK THE VIDEO EXPERIENCE

TO

a years worth of vinyl

and opportunity to
develop with Beggars

xxx
BY
xxx
SPONSORED BY

[grand stuff - are you up for this?]

RETHINK MUSIC
A broad perspective takes into account the
many types of currency that have evolved in
the digital paradigm to encompass not just
money, but amounts of time, attention,
personal data and social participation in music
experiences.
Rethink Music, Berklee College of Music and
Reed Midem 2013
MUSIC TECH FEST RS COMPONENTS LONDON HACK CAMP 2014

MTF grand challenge

RETHINK MUSIC
A note from the Music Tech Fest and
RS Components:
Every year theres at least one project that doesnt
quite fit the challenges but it completely reinvents
music. Do something unique and extraordinary
and well take you with us to Berlin, to show it to
audiences from the world capital of music tech!

MUSIC TECH FEST RS COMPONENTS LONDON HACK CAMP 2014

PRESENTS

THE

2014

MTF

LONDON

HACKER

AWARD

RETHINK MUSIC
TO

XXX
BY
XXX

were taking you to Berlin!

SPONSORED

BY

FOR

MUSIC TECH FEST

HACK CAMP