Ars Electronica Festival · 1996
Talking Drum
by Chris Brown
🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 1996
Chris Brown's “Talking Drum” was honoured with a Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 1996, category Digital Musics & Sound Art.
"Talking Drum" is an interactive computer network piece based on cyclical rhythms. It expands on the idea of the drum-machine to enable much of what commercial instruments lack: performer interactivity, poly-rhythmic complexity, temporal flexibility, and timbral variety.
About Chris Brown
Chris Brown (USA), born 1953, San Francisco based composer, pianist, and electronic instrument builder, studied composition with William Brooks, electronic music with Gordon Mumma, and computer music with David Rosenboom.
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.