Home Lab Life Ep. 6: Taylor Kuffner – Gamelatron and more….

This Home Lab Life episode, featuring audio magician Taylor Kuffner, was shot back in the early Spring of 2011. Taylor is a frequent customer of ProAudioStar usually coming into to buy large speakers for his local rental company. We soon learned that besides hooking up large sound systems for underground parties throughout Brooklyn he is probably best known as the creator of the Gamelatron, a large robotized Gamelan that operates as a large, complex, MIDI instrument. He uses the same technology used in Pat Metheny’s Orchestrion, that was developed by Eric Singer and the League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots (LEMUR). Using Ableton he composes vast scores that tell the myriad instruments in his Gamelan when and how to trigger. Of course, having pushed the limits of the Ableton software, its easy to understand why he is a popular instructor at DubSpot, a well known NYC based electronic music production school, and a featured artist on Ableton’s website.

We were very excited when he invited us into his large studio in nearby Greenpoint for an Episode of Home Lab Life. In addition to learning about his Gamelatron, and his experiences with instrument makers in Indonesia, we also learned about other projects he is involved with that include multi-point sound installations. We also got into a discussion about the importance of the live, physical experience of music, and how creating unique hard to replicate performances is perhaps the future of music. Note: Just a few days before this post the Gamelatron was featured in the main temple at Burning Man where it ran for 7 days with 1,000s of people enjoying its mystical sounds. Check out the Episode below. And for those interested we have also made the entire visit with Taylor available to listen to via the soundcloud player below as well. Enjoy…..

EXTENDED INTERVIEW:
Taylor Kuffner – Home Lab Life Ep. 6 Extended Interview by ProAudioStar