CL Newsletter 25/10/09: Consemble Open Compositions project
4 Licences
Consemble: Four Licences completed

As the nights draw in in the West—and Summer approaches in the South—Chameleon Lectra would like to announce the successful conclusion of this year's cycle of Consembles.

Celebrate with a glass of something warming and reward yourself by gambling a listen to these unique, ever-changing compositions built by an international assembly of dedicated Consemblers ;-)

Consemble is available for free.

On the 1st February 2009 Chameleon Lectra launched its second Open Compositions project with four new licences: E, F, G, & C2. Over 45 contributors took part including:

Giulio Aldinucci; Dewi Arts; Jay C. Batzner; Paulo Chagas; Jen-Kuang Chang; Ron Crowcroft; Carla Cryptic; David Dellafiora and Susan Hartigan; Renzo Filinich; Maurizio Follin; Jack Hubert and Anna Fowler; Cem Güney; Ted Houghtaling; Lewis Hubert; Lesley Hubert; Jukka-Pekka Kervinen; Ádám Kondor; Rainer Krause; Kevin Larmon; Chantal Laurin/Watson Reggae Band; Cheryl E. Leonard; Oreneile Matlapeng; Fenge and Wazoh Matlapeng; Tebogo Matlapeng; Teofo Matlapeng; Jack Morris; Steve Moshier; Michel Nolet; Stormsmith Nomi; Hugo Paquete; Emma Payne; Phillip Ramsay; Paul Ramsay; Calli Ramsay; David Rothenberg; Al Samuypra; Sarah Soriano; Iván Carreno (Expresion Sonora); Joe Stevens; Gatot D. Sulistiyanto; Hong in Young; Dan Wheatley.

- many thanks to all.


E: soul electric F: washed up
on your island		 G: skywriting C2: the idea of voice

Visit these consemble pages to read the brief,
see the list of contributors (with links)
and listen to these unique compositions

* New Consemble licences are currently in development *
www.chameleonlectra.co.uk/Consemble.html

Consemble: Mixer
A Consemble is an indeterminate, open-ended composition built from the sounds contributed by a collection of people and played via the Parallel Music system.

In these Parallel Music pieces sounds are chosen at random, from a Pool of sixty, for a duration chosen by the audience; the volume of each sound and its stereo position are also determined by random processes.
Every playing is unique.

Each player also has a Mix Area where you can further manipulate the sounds.

Anyone may contribute to Consemble - amateurs, professional composers, sound artists, non-musicians etc. - there is no age limit and every contributor is credited.

Consemble is in the spirit of Mail Art, Cornelius Cardew's 'Scratch Orchestra' and the 'cut-up technique' of William Burroughs et al.
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Autumn 2009,

Paul Ramsay
for Chameleon Lectra

www.chameleonlectra.co.uk

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