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This is a 10-minute capture of the sound of Street Score, an installation for Fête des Lumières 2013 (Lyon, France) by Sound And Light ACT (https://www.facebook.com/slact. It is self-generated : an algorithm sends notes at random times, pitches and locations. The original piece is spatialized and this is a stereo mix.

More info here : https://leonardroussel.com/street-score

Photo : Alexandre Parnet

Street Score

[REWORK - April 2014: Better spatialization]

This is the soundtrack of the RESONANZ installation by the Sound And Light Act design collective, which took place in the inside courtyard of the Aufbau Haus building on Moritzplatz, in Berlin Kreuzberg. RESONANZ was created there on Wednesday October 10, 2013.

This is a binaural rendering of the spatialised sound setup across the space. It is meant to be played back through headphones.

leonardroussel.com/post/71248503822/resonanz

facebook.com/slact

soundlightact.wix.com/resonanzberlin

www.arup.com/News/2013_10_Octob…val_of_Lights.aspx

www.visitberlin.de/de/event/20-10-…-am-aufbau-haus

www.aufbauhaus.de/veranstaltungen/…estival-lights-0

www.morfae.com/1890-arup/

sophievalla.nl/nl/projecten/resonanz/

photo ©S.L.ACT

Resonanz

Stereo mix of the 4.1 soundscape of Precipitate, a multimedia installation by Scope Collective at Open Source Gallery in Brooklyn, July 2023.

20230711 Precipitate Stereo Mix

This is the evolution of the first attempt (http://leonardroussel.com/post/71310151875/dna-sonification) by computing biologist Elizabeth Hénaff (http://elizabeth-henaff.net) and myself to sonify epigenetic sequences found in DNA molecules. The music is generated live in Processing.

This has been presented at the Hacking Arts 2014 (http://www.hackingarts.com/) hackathon at the MIT MediaLab (Cambridge, MA).

It is part of a larger piece which attempts to question the notion of identity and biological self. It involves a visual content as well: A visual interpretation of the same sequence is projected and mapped onto the user's body and follows their movements while the music component is played. The human body thus reveals the DNA visuals which are the innermost component of any living being and are ultimately the supreme identity and proof of unicity of each and every one of us, in a world where conceptual descriptors such as race, gender and social parameters are constantly referred to as a means of definition of individuals.

(This is an excerpt, the whole sequence generates a track that lasts more than an hour.)

DNA Sonification 2

Witchy chugs recorded on March 16th 2024 at the Bushwick Avenue gym crypt for @yagayagay

Matty's 3?th bday mix

Some tracks that put me in the zone lately. Trying to take my time to focus on textures and colors, taking the scenic route.

About leo.nerd: 
leo.nerd is a creative technologist and audiovisual designer who lives in Brooklyn. He creates immersive and generative multimedia experiences in architectural spaces. His musical influences span classical and electronic and mix instrumental, vocal, and software.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leo.nerd

leo.nerd | 2024-05-29 | Front Left by the Speaker Radio

Cousin – tooth 4 tooth @secondcousins
MAREWREW – Honkaya (Cloud Management Remix) @marewrew
gem-K – Dreamless Sleep @emkaybymk @superutu
Forest On Stasys – Contra Natura @worst_rec
Alon.e – Dark Side Of The Muff @reptilianbusinessrecords
Notte Infinita – Atmosfera @notteinfinita
Seph – Geomancer @sephmusic
Focal Point – Statecraft @focalpoint-scmusic
Synkro – Graisse @synkro
Tolouse Low Trax – Milk In Water @detlefnet
COIL – Windowpane (Minimal Mix)
Simone Bauer – Brainframe @simonebauer
Curve – Coming Up Roses (Talvin Singh remix) @curve-official @talvin-singh
Die Wilde Jagd – Stangentanz @diewildejagd
Ricco – Dictatone @worst_rec
BADEO – Trigger System @badeoaus
Tico – ciento setenta @ticopatchworx
Nuel – Untitled @manuel_fogliata
E Wata – Cradle To The Grove @itsenayet @kwatakwata @slinknyc

20250102 A mix for friends

This month, we’re excited to welcome leo.nerd to A–Z Radio with a mix that dives deep into rich, textural territory.

Drifting effortlessly through the “slowfast” spectrum, leo.nerd blends laid-back half-time grooves with fluttery bursts of double-time energy. It’s a bright, detailed listen—soaked in dubby atmospheres, splashes of breaks, and melodic touches that shimmer with guitar tones and lush ambience. A seamless journey through the outer edges of drum and bass, jungle, and grey area—pushing boundaries while staying grounded.

It’s immersive, transportive—and it sounds verrrrry good in headphones ;-)

More info: https://www.a--z.radio/posts/leo-nerd

leo.nerd – 04/14/25

20170116 Flatbush

Two-minute binaural mix of the sound of "Scope: Theater of collaborative survival". 
Collaboration with Elizabeth Hénaff and Heather Parrish, presented at Depth — Science Gallery Detroit, summer 2019.

https://detroit.sciencegallery.com/seasons/exhibition/exhibition/scope-theater-collaborative-survival

"How can we imagine partnerships with unusual organisms for collaborative survival on our changing planet?"

The original soundscape is generated live using Max/MSP as a 8-channel mix of prerecorded samples, granular synthesis, software synths — and mostly silence. This is a manual mix of non-silent fragments, rendered for headphones.

Audio sample credits: Ramagochi, Felix Blume, Drew Halasz, The Sound Catcher.
Photo: Elizabeth Hénaff

Scope - Binaural snippet

Full-loop binaural render of the sound of "Scope: Theater of collaborative survival", originally programmed for 8 channels and made of prerecorded samples, granular synthesis and software synths.

Collaboration with Elizabeth Hénaff and Heather Parrish, presented at Depth — Science Gallery Detroit, summer 2019.

detroit.sciencegallery.com/seasons/exh…ve-survival

"How can we imagine partnerships with unusual organisms for collaborative survival on our changing planet?"

Audio sample credits: Ramagochi, Felix Blume, Drew Halasz, The Sound Catcher.
Photo: Mark Sullivan

Scope - 20200408 binaural render (full)

Stereo snippet of the Collective Om installation at Rubin Museum part of The World Is Sound (New York, 2017). Produced in the Arup SoundLab in New York. Courtesy of Arup.

Binaural rendering of the audio component of großer Lauscher by mixed-media artist Alyssa Miserendino (premiered 2017). Produced in the Arup SoundLab in New York. Courtesy of Alyssa Miserendino & Arup.

Binaural rendering of Sliver by Catherine Owens (2017). Produced in the Arup SoundLab in New York.

20200928 Bedstuy

Acoustics, sound design, multimedia.

Slow stuff. Not always. 

Member of Collective Scope.

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