Pileup

Pileup is dedicated to the Splice Ensemble for the occasion of Splice Festival, 2020. This piece is focused on the integration of a computer improvisor with live performers. After the computer improvisor has been “trained” in guided solo improvisations, the software analyzing the incoming audio for a variety of features. Later in the piece the computer improvisor then listens and reacts to the improvising trio using the audio material from the solos. In this group section, the computer improvisor moves between a set of predetermined behaviors that define how it reacts, or does not react, to what it hears from the live musicians. The behaviors of the computer improvisor as well as the instructions for the live improvisors are sequenced to create a gradual build up of intensity until all the sound has “piled up” to maximum saturation.