The Noiseborder Multimedia Performance Lab is home to the Noiseborder Ensemble.
The Noiseborder Ensemble (NBE) creates and performs multimedia works featuring a combination of acoustic and electronic instruments as well as live processing and mixing of sound and video. Based in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, the group has presented more than thirty original multimedia pieces since its inception in 2008. The Noiseborder Ensemble also works on an ongoing basis with collaborating artists nationally and internationally.
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Projects
Klangfabrik I (2016)
Sigi Torinus, Trevor Pittman, Brent Lee, Anthony Giglio
Sigi Torinus’s Klangfabrik I offers up a conversation between live performers and their pre-recorded projected counterparts. …go to Klangfabrik I page
Signs and Symptoms (2014)
Sigi Torinus, Brent Lee
The Noiseborder Ensemble was invited to perform at the W.A.V.E.S. festival sponsored by the City of Windsor and presented in …go to Signs and Symptoms page
supernatant (2014)
Nic de Cosson, Brent Lee
supernatant is an audiovisual installation created by Nic de Cosson and Brent Lee. The piece began with video recordings …go to supernatant page
Outer Drive (2014)
Brent Lee, Chris McNamara
Outer Drive is a ten-minute work for piano with electroacoustic audio and video. The work exists both in a fixed version and in an …go to Outer Drive page
cycle~ (2014)
Noiseborder Ensemble
The Noiseborder Ensemble’s first live coding event at the University of Windsor featured Martin Schiller, Anthony Giglio, and …go to cycle~ page
Prana (2014)
Sigi Torinus
Prana is an interactive audiovisual work for one or two wind instruments, live electronics, and live video mixing. …go to Prana page
Hacked by Hacker (2013)
Martin Schiller, Brent Lee
Named after all that was left of our Noiseborder Ensemble website in the summer of 2013 after a relatively benign hack …go to Hacked by Hacker page
Corrida Autotopia (2012)
Owen Eric Wood, Brent Lee, Nic de Cosson
Corrida Autotopia began with processed recordings created by Brent Lee of the sound environment on Huron Church Rd. …go to Corrida Autotopia page
Parvis (2012)
Brent Lee, Sigi Torinus
Parvis is an improvisational structure that uses Max MSP software to create accompaniments for live improvising performers …go to Parvis page
(follow that) Dream (home) (2010-12)
Brent Lee, Sigi Torinus, Nick Papador
In 2010, Noiseborder Ensemble percussionist Nick Papador and his wife Johanna Frank bought a home in Windsor, …go to (follow that) Dream (home) page
Subatomic Time (2010-15)
Brent Lee, Sigi Torinus, Nick Papador
Subatomic Time is a 35-minute performance piece featuring solo percussionist Nicholas Papador, live audio processing, and live …go to Subatomic Time page
Viz (2011)
Sigi Torinus, Riaz Mehmood
…go to Viz page
Flowers for those lost at sea (2011)
Chris McNamara
…go to Flowers for those lost at sea page
ESP (2010)
Brent Lee, Nic de Cosson, Elke Utermöhlen
ESP is an improvisational structure developed around two Max MSP patches; the first patch records short vocal sounds into four buffers and …go to ESP page
Discrete Strains (2009)
Brent Lee, Sigi Torinus
Discrete Strains is a work of variable duration for large chamber ensemble, live electronics, and live video mixing …go to Discrete Strains page
Zero Craft (2009-)
Noiseborder Ensemble, blackhole-factory
Zero Craft is a telematic performance environment in which the Noiseborder Ensemble in Canada connect electronically with …go to Zero Craft page
Take Me On (2009)
Nicholas Papador, Sigi Torinus
…go to Take Me On page
Lonesome (2009)
Brent Lee, Sigi Torinus
Lonesome is based on the Hank Williams classic I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry. Video by Sigi Torinus is mixed live and projected …go to Lonesome page
oooh dear! (2009)
Chris McNamara
…go to oooh dear! page
far reach contact (2009)
blackhole-factory, Noiseborder Ensemble
far reach contact is an interactive piece built on long delay times as audio and video are transmitted …go to far reach contact page
Superstars of Wrestling (2008)
Noiseborder Ensemble
Studio A at the University of Windsor was the home performance space of the Noiseborder Ensemble. In the 1970s …go to Superstars of Wrestling page
I hear your voice in the circling night (2008)
Brent Lee, Sigi Torinus
I hear your voice in the circling night is an eight-minute work for bass clarinet, live electronics, and live video mix …go to I hear your voice in the circling night page
Rose City Variations (2008)
Noiseborder Ensemble
Rose City Variations is a multimedia work incorporating pre-recorded Windsor sound- and video-scapes …go to Rose City Variations page
Performances
Master Control
Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 7:30 pm
Lambton Tower, Studio A
an interactive media performance featuring Germany’s blackhole-factory (Martin Slawig, Elke Utermöhlen) and Canada’s Noiseborder …go to Master Control event page
Discrete
Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Lambton Tower, Studio A
Featuring the Noiseborder Ensemble (Sigi Torinus, Trevor Pittman, Nicholas Papador, Chris McNamara, Megumi Masaki, Brent Lee) ...go to Discrete event page
Subatomic Time
Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Lambton Tower, Studio A
The Noiseborder Ensemble presents a complete performance of Subatomic Time for percussion with interactive audio ...go to Subatomic Time event page
Particle Zoo
Monday, November 29, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Lambton Tower, Studio A
A performance of new work-in-progress for solo percussion, live video mixing, and live audio remixing. Featuring Brent Lee, ...go to Particle Zoo event page
Master Control
Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Lambton Tower, Studio A
Featuring works by Trevor Pittman, Chris McNamara, John Cage, blackhole-factory (Martin Slawig, Elke Utermöhlen) and Noiseborder ...go to Master Control event page
Far Reach Contact
Friday, September 18, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Lambton Tower, Studio A
An interactive performance using the network of two performance spaces as a delay line featuring Germany’s blackhole-factory ...go to Far Reach Contact event page
Too Blue to Fly
Thursday, February 12, 2009, at 7:00 pm
Lambton Tower, Studio A
featuring the Noiseborder Ensemble (Brent Lee, Chris McNamara, Nicholas Papador, Jessica Pistor, Trevor Pittman, Sundar ...go to Too Blue to Fly event page