./drum.code

„./drum.code“ combines drumming with experimental electronic music in a hybrid performance. At its core is a dialogue between human and machine: The computer acts as an independent player by changing the code during the performance, listening to the patterns generated by the drums, and responding with its own sounds. The human part, in turn, reacts to the generated sounds and develops new rhythmic impulses from them. The basis is a library of code snippets that has been trained on rhythmic structures using machine learning. Probability-driven decisions add or remove code during the game, resulting in a permanent interplay. This creates a process of mutual influence that blurs the boundaries between analog instrument and digital system. „./drum.code“ turns live coding into a physically tangible performance and opens up new forms of electronic dance music in which improvisation, technology and human creativity are inextricably linked.