Ephraim Wegner, Thomas Wenk and Daniel Bisig combine digital and analogue technologies in installations, compositions and collaborative improvisations. In the radio show "Deep Dreams and Analog Zombies" they present some of their recent works and talk about the technical and compositional principles involved. E. Wegner will present two compositions "Acuter Swim" & "A Piece of Music for Human and Object Movements" using a digital instrument that combines a physical model of a sounding sphere with the playback of soundfiles using a granular synthesis approach. The instrument is being developed for IDM (Ideosyncratic Dance Machine) and draws heavily on the previous work called Puppeteering Al. It is partially controlled by body movements based on motion-capturing recordings by Marcella Centenero. Both the pre-recorded audio and the motion-capturing data are reorganised into clusters that describe different qualities that emerge from the original materials. The audio clusters relate to the spatial movement trajectories by mapping their characteristics onto the coordinates of a sphere surrounding the virtual dancer. The next piece "TAPE DECLARATION" is by T. Wenk. Focusing on the sounds of cassette recorders, such as pressing the buttons, rewinding or fast-forwarding a tape, or using the play function in combination with different playback speeds, he will generate a live piece of music or non-music. The final improvisation is a live presentation of the previously released title "Analog Zombies in Deep Dreams" (DEGEM CD 23), in which the artists build a bridge from analogue media of the last century to the current possibilities of machine learning. For this purpose, the technical sounds of cassette recorders were processed by a machine learning-based approach called Deep Dream. Deep Dream audio is an adaption by D. Bisig and E. Wegner of the Deep Dream image processing method. The method employs a neural network that has been trained to classify the operating and running noises of cassette recorders. This network can be used to create new sound material. In an initially noisy signal, the acoustic properties are iteratively amplified, to which selected network layers respond with high activity. Image: Adrian Schwarz, Reenactment of Music for a Long Thin Wire

Islas is a live set in advance of my upcoming album. A modern, electronic, and metaphorical odyssey through the Greek islands (Crete, Kythera, Syros, Euboia and Symi). The Argentine artist Fernanda Flores, aka Symi, is a musician, composer, producer and teacher. She studied classical guitar and viola at the Conservatory of the City of Buenos Aires and jazz guitar in a parallel and private way. Currently, she teaches composition and musical experimentation classes and workshops, produces different artists, composes soundtracks for audiovisual projects and is a member of the psychedelic electro pop band "Costas." From 2017 to 2025, she has released eight albums with her project: "CR", "CR450", "CR570", "CR 350", "TR 36000/2","B1", "Botanikη" and "Litorales" . Since 2021, she has been part of the Amplify D.A.I. program as a sound experimenter. the British Council initiative aimed at promoting the professional development of people who identify as women. With this program, she completed her first collaborative artistic residency with the Brazilian visual artist Keila Sankofa. The resulting work, "Presente das Presenças", was presented in March 2022 at the MAPA Contemporary Art, at the Amplify Occupation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at the Mutek 2022 Festival in Montreal and in Mutek Argentina of the same year. Her lastests performances were at ArteBA, Mutek 2023,Experimentalia Cordoba 2023 and Experimental Rosario 2024. Symi is the project of Fernanda Flores, experimental electronic music, which through concrete and electronic sound synthesis seeks to capture emotional environments. With their five released albums CR 350, CR 450, CR 570, T 36000/2 Botanikη and Litorales they form a sextet that oscillates between atmospheric and ambient noise and the danceable hypnotism of trance.

Recurring experimental show combining field recordings, live coding and analog synthesis to diverse, pluralistic soundscapes. Created in collaboration with 90Mil Radio, Berlin.

The mix combines elements of groove, techno, and house into a diverse soundscape. Characterized by driving basslines, dynamic percussion, and a variety of synthesizer sounds and stabs, it creates both tension and movement. The blend establishes a smooth flow between powerful rhythms and atmospheric moments.