austraLYSIS, Roger Dean, Hazel Smith:
The Music of Science, the Science of Music
The Milperra Sessions (released November 2021).
New Media and Intermedia meet Science: austraLYSIS at the MARCS Institute for Brain Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University.
There are 5 videos, #1, 2, 4, 5 taken from austraLYSIS performances in 2018 and 2019 and containing 12 new works involving both improvisation and composition. Video #3 consists of scientific discussion from MARCS Institute researchers, concerning music production and perception. All performance items are introduced and their contexts and purposes discussed by austraLYSIS members, but full program notes for the works are here. Stream the videos below (links after the download links).
Note: These are videos each of c.30-50mins, and although compressed are still large files (each c 1GB). Once the 'can play through' message is provided, you can start playing a video, and given a reliable internet connection, it should play without interruption. If you wish, download the whole video to your machine and play locally, for unfettered control. Download links are at the bottom of this page. Once you have the local file, play it in your preferred video player (e.g. VLC, Quicktime player).
The Milperra Sessions. New Music and Intermedia meet Science: austraLYSIS at the MARCS Institute for Brain Behaviour and Development (Video Series Titles and Credits | 2021 | 40sec)
Basic information about the video series
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The Milperra Sessions. New Music and Intermedia meet Science: austraLYSIS at the MARCS Institute for Brain Behaviour and Development (Video 1 | 2018 | 50min)
Three works by austraLYSIS, Roger Dean, Hazel Smith and AI. Phil Slater is featured. Introductions and discussion by austraLYSIS members.
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The Milperra Sessions. New Music and Intermedia meet Science: austraLYSIS at the MARCS Institute for Brain Behaviour and Development (Video 2 | 2018 | 34min)
Three works by Roger Dean, Charles Martin, Hazel Smith and algorithmic devices. Sandy Evans is featured. Introductions and discussion by austraLYSIS members and Dr Charles Martin.
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The Milperra Sessions. New Music and Intermedia meet Science: austraLYSIS at the MARCS Institute for Brain Behaviour and Development (Video 3 | 2020-1 | 47min)
Researchers from the MARCS Institute: Dr Simon Chambers, Prof Roger Dean, Prof Peter Keller, Dr Jennifer MacRitchie, Dr Eline Smit and Prof Kate Stevens.
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The Milperra Sessions. New Music and Intermedia meet Science: austraLYSIS at the MARCS Institute for Brain Behaviour and Development (Video 4 | 2019 | 32min)
Three works by austraLYSIS, Felix Dobrowohl, Jo Thomas. Introductions and discussion by austraLYSIS member, Dr Felix Dobrowohl and Dr Jo Thomas.
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The Milperra Sessions. New Music and Intermedia meet Science: austraLYSIS at the MARCS Institute for Brain Behaviour and Development (Video 5 | 2019 | 34min)
Three works by Roger Dean, Sieglinde Karl-Spence, Hazel Smith, Greg White and a virtual rhythm section. Introductions and discussion by austraLYSIS members.
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