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Psytrance Influences on Touchless Interactive Experiences: New Roles for Performers and Audience within the Electronic Music Scenario

Psytrance Influences on Touchless Interactive Experiences: New Roles for Performers and Audience within the Electronic Music Scenario
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Author(s): Paulo César Teles (University of Campinas, Brazil)and Aidan Boyle (Jacobs University Bremen, Germany)
Copyright: 2015
Pages: 24
Source title: Exploring Psychedelic Trance and Electronic Dance Music in Modern Culture
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Emília Simão (Escola Superior Gallaecia University (ESG), Portugal), Armando Malheiro da Silva (University of Porto, Portugal)and Sérgio Tenreiro de Magalhães (Portuguese Catholic University, Portugal)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8665-6.ch007

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Abstract

In the fields of new media, art, and technology, we live and evolve together with multimedia interactivedigital technology. This symbiosis has made it possible to develop novel works that dialogue with theexploratory nature of the human being when confronted with unfamiliar technological equipment. The electronic music scenario brought us some elements that inspired and provoked us in this quest. The Psytrance style in particular made us realize that once a minimal simple harmony was supported by a solid rhythm, the audience could interact and control many of the sound clusters available, solely with their body movement. In this chapter we report experimental results and analysis, which point towards an approach for composing electronic music through the distinct and innovative behaviour of the participants, turning them into real performers, as well as transforming the role of the DJ/VJ by engaging them in a two-way dialogue with their audience.

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