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Ambient Tide 2, in collaboration with Keiichi Tanaka (live lasers/video) and Hitoshi Akayama (computer graphics/video)

by Akira Takaoka


The music was entirely generated by Akira Takaoka's computer program for algorithmic composition written in Java.

The vedio clip below is the entire work (12'00'') projected on the cyclorama of a concert hall.




Ambient Tide 2 was invited and presented at Shinyurigaoka Sogo Hospital in July, 2017 as part of Japan Cultural Olympiad - Tokyo 2020 Support Program.

Ambient Tide 2 was invited and presented at the Ghost in the Instrument festival in New York on March 23rd, 2012.

Ambient Tide 2 was presented at the YAMAHA headquarters in Tokyo in June 2011.

Ambient Tide 2 was selected and presented at NWEAMO Festival in Venice, Italy on October 30, 2009.

Ambient Tide 2 was presented as an invited work at V FOR VENICE - INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC & MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL in Venice, Italy on September 5 and 6, 2008.

Ambient Tide 2 was selected and presented at the International Computer Music Conference 2007 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Ambient Tide 2 was invited and premiered at Media Project 2007 in Yokohama, Japan in 2007.

A concert review can be found here.



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