Alexander Carot
Besides a practical training in programming and electrical engineering, Dr. Alexander Carôt has actively been playing bass and the NS-chapman-stick in several rock, pop and jazz ensembles. In 2004 he received a german engineering diploma within an interdisciplinary study program in order to combine the arts and technology. Motivated by the passion for remote music performances with musicians in different places, he completed his PhD in computer science in 2004 at the University of Lübeck/Germany. In this context he developed the “Soundjack” software (http://www.soundjack.eu) which has been used in numerous network music performances all over the world. Apart from valuable collaborations with CCRMA/Stanford, SARC/Belfast and IRCAM/Paris he is continuously improving “Soundjack” in terms of signal latency, quality and user friendliness. Currently he´s playing in the avant-garde-jazz project “Triologue” (http:/www.triologue.de), and in his recent research activities he’s focusing on novel delay-optimized transmission approaches for network music performances.
Cenizero
Cenizero is like making love to a blender. You enjoy it, but at the same time it hurts your senses. Afterwards, sounds you used to love just sound shabby. Inspired by Lauren Bacchanal, pilgrims whipping themselves in penitence, and the NATO’s understanding of peacekeeping, the band’s signature sound is that of a gang of drunk convicts bare-knuckle-boxing on grand pianos. Listeners are lead by shaked up and fine grounded by a combination of punchy bass lines and unpredictable rythm patterns, and push, pulled or slapped on their faces by guitars that either cut through each other or sound like the rush hour traffic madness. But Cenizero can also be calypso-like music, that peculiar feeling of anxiety that takes you when driving the 15th hour in a row through a desert landscape at night, interrupted pop melodies, art-punk irreverence, a teenager’s tongue-in-cheek impudence. More than a quartet, a desease and a treat for your hearing. Ever asked yourself “Where did that strange sound come from…”?”
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