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Book Launch | Live Looping in Musical Performance
The book features researchers from INET-md, and presents a set of interdisciplinary perspectives on using live looping technology by a group of Portuguese-speaking performers and composers, considering various aspects, from the aesthetic component to instrumentation and, also, to the configuration.
Live Looping in Musical Performance offers a diverse range of interdisciplinary perspectives on applying live looping technology by lusophone performers and composers. This book explores various aspects, including the aesthetic component, instrumentation, and setup, highlighting the versatility of this technology in music-making.
Written by musicians and researchers from Portuguese-speaking countries, this book comprises eleven chapters that delve into various musical contexts, genres, and practices. The novelty of including collaborative texts written alongside non-professional researchers offers the possibility of drawing from experience to consider how live looping has been changing and "cyborguising" the concept of music, the ritual of the performance, the identity of the musicians, and the public's expectations.
Live Looping in Musical Performance provides cutting-edge reading for composers and performers and ethnomusicologists, students, and researchers in music production, technology, and performance. This book addresses a broader audience, both academic and non-academic, who are interested in new processes of musical creativity in a post-human world.
Luís Bittencourt, Henrique Portovedo, Iury Matias de Sousa, Erik Pronk, Helvio Mendes, Samuel Peruzzolo Vieira, Elielson da Silva Gomes, José Valente, Melina Aparecida dos Santos Silva, José Cláudio Siqueira Castanheira ,Tiago Oliveira, Ricardo Jorge Monteiro Cabral, Jorge Vicente dos Santos Almeida, Aoife Hiney, Isabel Novella and Joana Lisboa.
