Three Computeers
The Baton Rouge based trio, Three Computeers (3Cs) use synthesized sounds, acoustic instruments, found sounds, and environmental noises as the basic components of their improvised computer sound manipulations. They program many of their own computer instruments, and develop their own personalized interfaces. Performances include live trombone and kitchen utensils along with three laptops with iPad interfaces that manipulate the sounds present in the performance space.
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Audio Samples
The mp3s below are excerpts from a collaboration with the Incense Merchants.
Upcoming Performances
Tuesday, October 12, 2010 @ Open Ears Music Series, 532 Frenchmen St New Orleans, LA 10pm.
Each member of the 3Cs comes to this group from a rather different starting point. Jeff Albert began his career as a jazz trombonist, and is still active in the jazz and improvised music scenes as a member of Hamid Drake's Bindu, the Lucky 7s (which Jeff co-led with Jeb Bishop) and in improvised performances with Georg Graewe, Tatsuya Nakatani, Jim Baker, Wolter Wierbos, and many others. Nick Hwang was born in Taiwan, educated in the US, and comes to this music from the world of classical and electroacoustic composition. Corey Knoll hated computer music at one time, but has come to use electronics as an integral part of his compositional and improvisational output. The varied backgrounds of the individuals that make up the 3Cs blend to form a unified musical sound that is free to embrace the wide range of sounds in the music of today.
The Three Computeers are Jeff Albert, Nick Hwang, and Corey Knoll. Nick, Corey, and Jeff met at LSU, where they are PhD students in the Experimental Music & Digital Media program. They first performed together as members of the Laptop Orchestra of Louisiana (LOLs). Jeff Albert has degrees in Jazz Studies from Loyola University - New Orleans, and the University of New Orleans. He has performed with Hamid Drake, Jeb Bishop, Tatsuya Nakatani, Michael Ray, Josh Berman, Jim Baker, Wolter Wierbos, Frank Gratkowski, Georg Graewe, and others. He has taught at Loyola University - New Orleans, the University of New Orleans, and Xavier University of Louisiana. Nick Hwang is a composer whose works have been performed throughout North America and Europe. His research interests include live electronic/acoustic instrument performances, laptop ensembles, physical/gestural musical controls, and interactive musical systems. He has degrees in Music Composition from the University of Florida and LSU. Corey Knoll has degrees in Music Composition from Marshall University and Bowling Green State University. He is a US Army veteran, having served in Iraq.