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The Steim Touch (Sonics, 8)
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The Story Of Steim And The First Sensor Instruments In Digital Music.The Steim Foundation In Amsterdam Was A Music Studio Radically Dedicated To The Live, Physical Performance Of Electronic Sound. From 1969 To 2021, The Studio For ElectroInstrumental Music Supported Artists In Building New Instruments, Insisting On Tangible, HandsOn Engagements With Electronic Sound.This Book Provides A Comprehensive Overview Of SteimS Work, Drawing On Original Interviews And Extensive Primary Source Research In The Archive Of Its Longtime Artistic Director, Michel Waisvisz (19492008). It Traces The StudioS Evolution From Its Roots In The Anarchic, Situationist Spirit Of 1960S Amsterdam To The Famous Cracklebox And To A Long Line Of Pioneering Developments In SensorBased Instruments Between 1984 And 2000.A Primary Focus Is WaisviszS Landmark Instrument The Hands (1984)The WorldS First SensorBased Gestural ControllerAnd The Sensorlab Platform It Inspired. This Emerging Expertise Fuelled An International ArtistInResidence Programme, Attracting Figures Like Jon Rose, Nicolas Collins Or Laetitia Sonami Among Many Others And Fostering A Global Wave Of Experimental Instrument Design.The Common Thread Through This History Is A Paradigm Called Touch, Which Championed Musicians Embodied Presence Over Automation And Predefined Control. By Documenting The Pursuits Of Immediacy Within Highly Mediated Technologies, The Steim Touch Offers A Crucial Historical Lens For TodayS Ongoing Negotiations Between Artificiality And Physicality In Music Creation.
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