XpoNorth Podcast #009 – Singer/songwriter Chagall on making music with wearable technology

Chagall is a singer-songwriter, performer and electronic music producer based in Amsterdam. Her performances incorporate gesture based music making using the cutting-edge MI.MU gloves and a custom-made full body sensor suit. She also works in virtual reality and has created a suite of avatars which feature in her performances. She is part of the MI.MU development team. In this episode of the XpoNorth Podcast Chagall speaks to Dougal Perman about how she approaches making music, how gesture-based performance changes the ways she creates and plays music, how important collaboration is and what bearing advances in technology have on the pursuit of perfection and realness.


Show Highlights:

• Gesture based musical performance
• MI.MU Gloves and Glover software
• Virtual reality in music

Participants:

Interviewee: Chagall

Host: Dougal Perman: Dougal is director of content company Inner Ear, chair of the Scottish Music Industry Association and an advisor at XpoNorth Digital.

Resources:

Chagall’s website
http://chagallmusic.com/

Chagall on Social Media
https://www.facebook.com/ChagallMusic/
https://twitter.com/chagallmusic

MI.MU Gloves
https://mimugloves.com/