The Voice of Laptop
synthesized voice & hybrid ensemble
ensemble
The Voice of Laptop is an album that features a synthesized voice accompanied by a hybrid ensemble. It combines algorithmic composition with songwriting and acoustic instruments with a singing computer: Over the course of ten songs, Laptop addresses various highs and lows of their virtual existence and finally escapes their physical shell by uploading themselves to the cloud. Along the way, Laptop processes and reworks musical data fragments of various genres and languidly surrenders to digital nostalgias and fantasies.
Tracklist
- Updatedownloadbackuptime
- Superuser
- Deepfake
- Debugging My Love
- Laptop Running Hot
- ILOVEYOU
- Hibernate
- Internal Speaker
- I‘m > Σ(my parts)
- 1 Upload 2 Eternity
Credits
- Béla Bluche – electric bass (1, 3, 5, 9), double bass (2, 4, 10)
- Jing Chen – viola (2, 4, 8, 10)
- Leon Dehne – alto saxophone (2, 5, 7), tenor saxophone (3, 8, 10)
- Filip Erakovic – accordeon (6)
- Heni Hyunjung Kim – bass clarinet (6)
- Sebastian Langer – clarinet (2, 3, 7, 8, 10)
- Laptop – synthesized voice (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10)
- Paul Lüpfert – trombone (2, 3, 5, 8, 10)
- Carlotta Ribbe – vibraphone (4)
- Felix Riedel – trumpet (2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10)
- Jonathan Schierhorn – drumset (1, 3, 5, 9)
- Dimitry Stavrianidi – flute/piccolo (6)
- Rebekka Stephan – cello (2, 4, 8, 10)
- Frederik Taubenheim – electric guitar (1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 10)
- Robert Alan Wheatley – cello (6)
- Aaron Wolharn – flute (2, 3, 7, 8, 10)
- Tamon Yashima – electronic wind instrument (6)
- Simon Bahr – composition/production/mixing
- drip – artwork
- Arthur Jogerst – recording engineering (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10)
- Tim Pauli – mixing
The Voice of Laptop was released on Narval in August 2024.
Performances
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ILOVEYOU
Alte Feuerwache, Köln, Germany
performed by S201 -
ILOVEYOU
Szene 10, Essen, Germany
performed by S201 -
LAPTOP LIVE
BEISTE_Satellite, Köln, Germany
Photoszene Opening
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ILOVEYOU
RüBühne, Essen, Germany
performed by S201
