Justin Leo Kennedy
Description: Justin Leo Kennedy: Electronic Music & Sound Art
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AnchorHideBox HomeComp Work Highlights Live Electronic Music I've been performing live electronic music internationally for almost 15 years. I'm equally comfortable performing in commercial and academic styles. In my live set, I utilize popular tools like laptop, MIDI keyboard, launchpad, and analog synths as well as non-traditional input methods like motion sensors and QR code trackers, mapping the data from those sources to control parameters of virtual instruments and audio plug-ins. I am a seasoned Abl
I conduct research in the field of accessible music technology, finding ways to interface face- and eye-tracking software with analog hardware. In 2022, I was Artist in Residence with the Phonos Foundation in Barcelona. I worked in collaboration with the EyeHarp Association and performer Joel Bueno as I composed a new piece entitled Circles & Circuits . Gil Dori, who is EyeHarp's Creative Director, and I programmed and patched a system enabling Joel to control RSF Kobol Expander I & II and Moog Werkstat
T he synths were routed into a 5.1 system for the studio recording. I mixed the audio for this video down to stereo, but used a binaural panner in the middle section to maintain the sense of "swirling circles" felt in the 5.1 version. In addition to composing, programming, and producing for this project, I also performed the filter sweeping bass synthesizer part, using the EyeHarp UI to control a low-pass filter cutoff.
Justin Leo Kennedy