./drum.code

Performances

2025 nov 15 : ./drum.code at Next-Level Festival, Dortmund DE
2025 mar 01 : ./drum.code at ShapeShifters by CCU at Vogelfrei, Utrecht NL
2025 feb 03 : ./drum.code at Open Culture Fest, Melkweg, Amsterdam NL
2023 sep 01 : ./drum.code at Algorave AIMC2023, Brighton UK
2022 jul 07 : ./drum.code at On-the-fly Final Concert at Hangar, Barcelona SP
2022 feb 07: ./drum.code demo at AI Symposium HKU University of Arts, Utrecht NL
2022 dec 17: ./drum.code at ICLC 2021, Valdivia CL: Streamed recording
2021 dec 03 : ./drum.code at The Overkill Festival, Enschede NL: Livestream
2021 oct 29 : ./drum.code at DA-Z Digital Arts Festival, Zurich CH
2021 sep 09 : ./drum.code at Ars Electronica Node, Lugano CH
2021 sep 02 : ./drum.code at Cultuurterras w/ CCU & Uncloud, Utrecht NL

Workshops

2025 apr 12 : DIY Hybrid Drums Workshop at Drumschool, Gigant, Apeldoorn NL
2024 nov 17 : ./drum.code Workshop at Drumschool Apeldoorn, Gigant, Apeldoorn NL

About

./drum.code is a live coding performance for human and computer. During the performance the computer acts as a co-performer playing itself by making changes in the code while listening and reacting to patterns played on the drums. On the other side the human will react to the sounds made by the computer resulting in a dialogue between the analog and digital worlds of both performers. The code is generated and trained from previous programmed live coding performances and decisions are made via machine learning techniques trained on rhythmical patterns and tuned probabilities.

Supported by

As of July 2024 ./drum.code and the development of the ./drum.code software is made possible by funding granted from Creative Industries Fund NL (Stimuleringsfonds Creative Industrie). The funding will be used to further develop the software, give workshops, collaborate with other artists and organise performances.