Curtis Bahn and Dan Trueman are "interface" an electro-acoustic duo surveying the musical terrain between composition and improvisation. Both have extended, surrounded, and obscured their electric stringed instruments with a variety of technologies. Curtis plays a custom 5-string "vertical bass" (like an acoustic bass with no body) fitted with electrical pickups and sensors which allow him to "drive" an elaborate computer performance system while playing. Dan plays a 6-string electric violin and an electric bow of his own design; the R-Bow is a normal violin bow covered with motion and pressure sensors that transmit performance information to Dan's computer performance system. The duo has a commitment to free-improvisation and electronic music composition, creating real-time sonic landscapes in performance which combine pre-composed electronic sounds with real-time digital signal processing, synthesis, algorithmic composition, and sampling. interface has performed throughout the Northeast and abroad, recently appearing at the International Computer Music Festival in Thessaloniki, Greece, and the Society for Electroacoustic Music in the U.S. festival (SEAMUS). They have also collaborated with Rinde Eckert, Steve Mackey and the improv group "First Avenue." Their performance tonight reflects the current state of their explorations of improvisation and technology.

For more info go to http://www.music.princeton.edu/~dan/interface/main.html

Live video processing by Nick Fortunato.

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