[Friday @ 9:00pm – 12:00am, Queen’s Head Pub]
Daedelus
Biography
Daedelus has been an instigator of electronic music culture for the past 20-plus years. A fore-figure of Los Angeles’ beat scene, they have released more than 20 LPs, countless EPs, remixes, and additional productions on labels such as Ninja Tune, Brainfeeder, Dome of Doom, and more. As a performer they’re synonymous with performative controllers, from the Monome to computer-free modular, and have played 1,000-plus shows across six continents at venues ranging from the underground Low End Theory to festival main stages such as Coachella. Now a founding faculty member for the Berklee College of Music’s new EDI (electronic digital instrument) program, Daedelus has begun to live up to their Greek mythological namesake.
Dan Freeman
Biography
Dan Freeman is a producer/bassist and music technologist based in Brooklyn, New York. He is an Assistant Professor at Berklee College of Music as well as on the faculty of The Juilliard School and New York University’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music.
Born in Boston to generations of musicians in his mother’s native land of Nicaragua, he attended Harvard College, graduating in 1997 with an A.B. in History. After graduation, he moved to New York City and worked for over fifteen years as a session bassist performing in a myriad of venues ranging from underground Brooklyn loft parties to Broadway pit orchestras and Carnegie Hall.
Since 2005 he has specialized in integrating laptops using Ableton Live and acoustic instruments and this has led to performances and workshops globally at venues, festivals and universities. In 2018 he designed a prototype instrument for digital live performance known as “Blinky” which combines a sampler, a sequencer, audio effects processing and a grid interface.
MIT FaMLE Laptop Ensemble
Biography
The MIT Laptop Ensemble is a forum for the exploration of emerging digital musical practices, giving ensemble members hands-on experience with a variety of techniques for composing and performing electronic music. Concerts by the ensemble include repertoire drawn from historical electronic and computer music compositions, as well as new compositions by invited composers and ensemble members, and algo-rave improvisations.