Blocking Behaviours concerns the real-time interpretation of two simulations of complex behaviour through an agent-based system. The simulations enforce a way of thinking that revolves around balancing behaviours. An attitude that considers musical output as something that emerges from an interaction with an autonomous system.

The simulation acts as a generative, rule-based system producing output that is subject to different kinds of observation algorithms. The idea is that evolving processes are set in motion where the creator/composer becomes an observer of various developments. The output can not always be controlled in detail but is instead interpreted and further processed. The interpretation involves a mapping between different modes of representation in order to simplify or combine. In Blocking Behaviours the idea is to explore the boundary of generative behaviour, control and and direct access to computer sound synthesis.

Blocking Behaviours premiered during the ICLC (International Conference on Live Coding) in April 2023.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJQ1mNvPo9k&t=784s 

https://soundcloud.com/bjarni/blocking-behaviours-iclc-example

Blocking Behaviours (excerpt)

On the upcoming release of Farbwechsel Records Kidwar presents his live coding wizardry and seamlessly blends together several colourful aspects of the British electronic music heritage into two mind-bending tracks.

releases February 7, 2024

BANDCAMP

Kidwar - Odds & Evens (FARB039 | 2024)

Excerpts from Tidal Cycles / SuperCollider live-coding sessions with @omlax in September 2024, with special guest @ds-vinay-vardhan.

Tidal Psychos 005 (with Omlax feat. Vinay)

LOW-TECH :
- live-coding : https://sonic-pi.net/
- audacity  : www.audacityteam.org
- mini electronic keyboard for children (90's)
- electric guitare Washburn  KC- 20V

1e RAP [2025]

recurring experimental show combining field recordings, live coding and analog synthesis to diverse, pluralistic soundscapes

sonic currents vol.1 @90Mil_Radio

Excerpts from our concert for Nereta Organ Music Festival where we combine live improvised organ (Jana Zariņa) and live coding (Kaspars Jaudzems).

Kyrie 2

Kyrie 1

A live-coding set I did with Overtone in raflost festival Reykjavik in spring of 2018.

raflost 2018 - Hlöðver Sigurðsson

24/02/2019, raw live-coding jam using TidalCycles.
Synths : AudioSpilage DrumSpillage 2 & u-he Bazille.

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28/04/2020 :

Sharing knowledge is part of Tidal's DNA, so here's my humble contribution to a wonderful, super-generous community. Hopefully I've leveled up my coding chops since then hehe, but still it might be of interest to my fellow live-coders.

The "artwork" is a screenshot of the actual code, and as you can see it's quite simple.

d1 = drums (synthesized with AudioSpillage DrumSpillage 2) and d2 for the whole melody (u-he Bazille doing its FM wizardry into loads of reverb). 

Tidal is the most inspiring MIDI sequencer IMO, and Ableton Live is here used as a fantastic, deluxe plugin hub / audio recorder & mixer (and that’s pretty much my current set-up). 

The melody is the sum of super simple motifs, and its structure is reminiscent of a drum beat : the first part of the cycle (the altered euclidian pattern "[-23(3,8?)]" (n "-23’" = a low C#)) could totally work for a bass drum, its second part for a snare, and the last bit for a hi-hat. 

Give that block of code a try :

do
  setcps (160/60/4)
  d1 $
    s "[bd:1(3,8?) , [~ cp]*4? , hh*16?]"

... and you'll have a nicely syncopated footworkish groove going. 

? being a shortcut for "degradeBy 0.5", it injects a very nice dose of probability to the whole cycle, so that a pattern can evolve without too obvious repetition, and with very minimal code. 

Using commas (in the context of a cycle) in-between its subdivisions is here akin to using "stack" (if you’re yet to familiarize yourself with mini-notation, believe me it’s totally worth the effort), to layer these motifs together.  

''cat'' was used to chain variations of that first cycle, and as far as I remember, it was pretty much a « copy / paste / modify until it sounds good… rinse and repeat » process hehe. I’d do it differently today, in a less verbose way (using mini-notation), but it works ;)  

Now, I’ve quickly become a huge fan of the collision of various very simple functions (degradeBy, rev, slow etc…), conditioned by "every" so that they come and go as musically as possible. Pretty much a trial and error driven process. I believe that the combo of all this functions and ? works wonders here, creating this very organic, generative yet musically controlled feel.

I can’t remember what the midi CC (d8) was for. Nothing too complicated it seems :)  Once I had all my melodies and beats, I grouped them as logically as possible using ‘’do’’ blocks, and triggered each block on the fly to build my arrangement.  

Cheers !

240219 TidalAcid#2 (Live)

01. Neonlichter – Algorave Set at Vector Festival Toronto 2014 – Unreleased
02. Le Révélateur – Receiving Mirages – Gneiss Things
03. Steve Moore – Endless Caverns – Spectrum Spools
04. Andy Stott – Cherry Eye – Modern Love
05. Benzo – Volodinka – Sex Tags Mania
06. Naum – Feln – Crosstown Rebels
07. Eric Copeland – Grapes – DFA
08. Fingerprintz – Wet Job – Virgin
09. Bagarre – Dirty Love – Sauvage Musique
10. Freeez – Southern Freeez (Avenger Mix) – EMI
11. Boyd Jarvis – I’ve Got The Music – Movin’ Records
12. Theo Parrish – 71st & Exchange Used To Be – The Trilogy Tapes
13. My Panda Shall Fly – Slow T – Gang Of Ducks
14. Jonas Reinhardt – Hot Black Mastic – 100% Silk
15. Junior Boys – Like A Child (Carl Craig Remix) – Domino
16. Lawrence – Don’t Forget – Smallville
17. Austin Cesear – 1 Year – Proibito
18. Motor City Drum Ensemble – Monorail (John Roberts Remix) – MCDE

Astral Travelling Episode 176 (February 24, 2014)

Budapest-based music label run by @s_olbricht // established in 2012 by Alpár, Norwell, SVR101, S Olbricht, Studio Jetski

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2026
03.19 Wavelength (Toronto)
03.07 Aga Khan Museum (Toronto)
01.23 BSMT254 (Toronto)

2025
10.28 Sans Soleil (Montréal)
09.26 Meridian Arts Centre (Toronto)
09.14 Chillits 2025 (Laytonville)
06.21 Life On Marz (Chicago)
06.20 Interzone (Lexington)
06.13 Adelaide Hall (Toronto)
06.02 Le Mal Necessaire (Montréal)
05.29 Casa Del Popolo (Montréal)
05.14 Wavelength (Toronto)
05.10 Cafeteria (Toronto)
04.26 Alphaville (NYC)
03.08 TD Music Hall (Toronto)
03.01 Alphaville (NYC)

2024
12.31 Party World (Montréal)
12.29 BSMT254 (Toronto) 
11.14 Casa Del Popolo (Montréal)
11.13 Le Mal Necessaire (Montréal)
08.16 Layer05 (Montréal)
06.28 Osmo (Montréal)
06.27 Sans-Soleil (Montréal)
06.23 The Little Jerry (Toronto) 
06.21 Tapestry (Toronto) 
04.28 Sounds Good (Toronto) 
04.27 Standard Time (Toronto) 
02.17 Heatsync (New Haven) 
01.18 Tapestry (Toronto) 

2023
12.21 Tapestry (Toronto)
12.14 Système (Montréal)
11.28 The Lot Radio (NYC)
10.19 Tapestry (Toronto)
09.30 Casa del Popolo (Montréal)
09.24 The Little Jerry (Toronto)
09.21 Tapestry (Toronto)
09.15 Nouvel Établissement (Montréal) 
08.10 Sans Soleil (Montréal)
07.14 Revival (Toronto)
06.07 Système (Montréal)
01.19 Sans Soleil (Montréal)

2022
10.25 Système (Montréal)
09.24 Casa del Popolo (Montréal)
08.27 Nouvel Établissement (Montréal)
04.29 Bambi's (Toronto)
03.24 Houndstooth (Toronto)
03.16 The Little Jerry (Toronto) 

2021
12.11 Le Mal Necessaire (Montréal)
09.05 The Little Jerry (Toronto)

2020
03.14 Bambi’s (Toronto)

2019
12.09 Casa del Popolo (Montréal)
05.27 Giant Steps (London)
05.25 Ransom Note (London) 
05.23 Rye Wax (London)
03.01 El Rey Theater (Los Angeles)
02.28 Mezzanine (San Francisco)
02.23 Neumos (Seattle)
02.22 Doug Fir Lounge (Portland)
02.21 Imperial (Vancouver)
02.16 Bottom Lounge (Chicago)
02.15 El Club (Detroit)
02.14 Mod Club (Toronto)
02.13 Théâtre Corona (Montréal)
02.10 Elsewhere (NYC)
02.09 Union Stage (Washington DC)
02.08 Elsewhere (NYC)
02.07 Brighton Music Hall (Boston)

2018
05.12 Brilliant Corners (London)

Electronic and classical musician that performs as live-coder. For more information, check out my website on www.hlolli.com

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