EMMI and EcoSono
EMMI's piece Drum Circle will be featured on the upcoming EcoSono DVD release Agents against agency. Drum Circle marries natural and human-crafted beauty in an integrated scene/performance/ritual that invites the listener-viewer to meditate on notions of nature, art, technology, and their inter-relationships. MADI and CADI perform among the trees and leaves of Virginia's early spring, interacting sonically and visually with this environment. EMMI is excited to offer one of three copies of Agents against agency, signed by EMMI co-founders Troy, Scott, and Steve (plus all the $75 pledge level incentives), as a limited edition reward for your pledge of just $82.
Agents against agency explores the power of emergent systems and human group improvisation. Each piece on this DVD de-centers human individualist expression -- i.e. "agency" -- in an interesting way. The collection opens artistic perception to phenomena of the emergence and improvisation, exposing us to dynamic and spontaneous forms of beauty, in dialog with nature. In addition to EMMI's work, Agents against agency contains pieces by 12 Dog Cycle + Rosalind Hall, Yuri Spitsyn, Emergence Collective / Interactive Media Research Group (IMRG), Christopher Burns and David Dinnell, Pinko Communoids, Ted Coffey, Mobile Interactive Computer Ensemble (MICE), and Matthew Burtner. For a complete listing and description of all pieces, visit: http://www.ecosono.com/EcoSono_agents.html
EcoSono challenges social assumptions about music by encouraging sonic nonconformity. The organization and its affiliates embrace a creative philosophy of human expression in symbiosis with the spaces that surround us -- imaginative multimedia sound art for a sustainable future. For more information, visit: www.ecosono.com
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Exclusive web updates, backer credit on the EMMI and EAR Duo web sites, and unending gratitude from us and the robots.
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Exclusive audio/video downloads of recordings from our upcoming tours. Plus web backer credit and eternal human/machine gratitude.
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Signed, limited edition CD featuring live tracks from the tour and a thank you note, plus a spare laser-cut acrylic part—your own little piece of music robot history! Plus all previous incentives.
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Cool commemorative T-shirt featuring graphic of the robots you’ll have helped create! Plus all previous incentives.
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Super geek poster featuring schematics, functional diagram, photo of the new robots, and more, signed by us. Backer credit on the T-shirt. Plus all previous incentives.
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A copy of the "Agents against agency" DVD from EcoSono (see update #7), signed by EMMI co-founders Troy, Scott, and Steve. Plus all previous incentives.
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Tour DVD with performances & behind the scenes footage. Backer credit on the prototype—your name or a name of your choosing, laser-engraved into MARIE 1 (the closest you can get to having a robot lovingly tattoo your name on his/her ass!). Plus all previous incentives.
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1-hour long bassoon & improvisation lesson with Dana Jessen via Skype. Plus all previous incentives.
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1-hour long saxophone/electronics/art of touring lesson with Michael Straus via Skype. Plus all previous incentives.
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1-hour long composition/musical robotics lesson or consulting session with Scott Barton via Skype. Plus all previous incentives.
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1-hour long composition/musical robotics lesson or consulting session with Steven Kemper via Skype. Plus all previous incentives.
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1-hour long composition/musical robotics lesson or consulting session with Troy Rogers via Skype.
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Personalized, 1-hour performance/demo/Q&A session with EMMI and/or EAR Duo and a selection of our robots via Skype. Great for anyone! Fun and educational for your child's class, scout group, or birthday party. Plus all previous incentives.
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EAR Duo + the robots will perform an exclusive musical work for you over Skype or dedicated to you on YouTube or via Skype. A signed DVD of this work sent to you. Plus all previous incentives.
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Robot dedication. An arrangement of your requested song for the robots, posted on YouTube and dedicated to you. A signed DVD of the arrangement sent to you. Plus all previous incentives.
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Robot love ballad. We'll compose a piece for you, and the robots will perform it for you via Skype and/or YouTube. You'll get a signed DVD of the work and commissioning credit in concert programs whenever the robots perform your piece. Plus all previous incentives.
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Robot + EAR Duo performance at your wedding, bar/bat mitzvah, birthday party, funeral, or other event. Limited to locations within 1000 miles driving distance of Charlottesville, Virginia. Plus all previous incentives.
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