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SAE Magazine 12-2

OxfordCampusNews Nicholas O’Brien who rode and recorded his way through Europe Cyborg musician Onyx Ashanti inspires students n Onyx Ashanti, electronic music innovator and devel- oper of Beatjazz, a system for creating music using two hand held controllers and a mouthpiece, gave an inspi- rational performance to SAE Oxford audio and electronic music production students. Beatjazz, a completely live and improvised form of elec- tronic music with no boundaries, made possible by the creation of a one-of-kind musical instrument he calls a Beatjazz controller and the story of its creation is as fas- cinating as the performance itself. Describing himself as cyborg musician, Onyx delivered his guest lecture by demonstrating his Beatjazz system made through open source software Pure Data and a home made 3D printer, inspiring students with the pos- sibilities. Andy Farnell, Advanced Audio Lecturer and Pure Da- ta Specialist said, “Onyx Ashanti is an outstanding role model of innovation and the digital opportunities avail- able to us. The lecture put all the technologies into per- spective and the students could see how easily within reach their ideas are.” Check out his TED Performance here (http://youtu.be/- 0v7mTvJ8M4) and one of his latest performances with latest incarnation of the controller here (http://www.you- tube.com/watch?v=8hlBOp5glBw). Nico’s Record and Ride challenge through Europe n With cycling grabbing the world headlines as the UK’s record breaking Bradley Wiggins wins the Tour de France and becomes an Olympic 2012 gold medallist, another record was about to be made: SAE Institute Oxford audio production graduate Nicholas O’ Brien took off with Doppler (his bicycle), a backpack with all the (recording) essentials to begin a five month Record and Ride cycling trip through Europe and the location of the first artist he was to record. His plan, that each artist would lead him to the next artist to record and collaborate with, all the way documenting his journey and recordings through his blog. The project, supported by SAE Institute Oxford, has seen Nico record artists in London, Paris, Brussels, Antwerp, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Ber- lin, Warsaw and many other cities and towns along the way of these unique locations and cir- cumstances. You can follow his Record and Ride (http://record-and-ride.com) blog and check out his video and audio postings of unique and rare performances by artists across Europe. n Onyx Ashanti gives a Beatjazz demonstration +++ Who wants to be a Zombie? +++ Cyborg musician Onyx Ashanti inspires students +++ Nico‘s Record and Ride challenge through Europe +++ Who wants to be a Zombie? +++ Cyborg mu +++ Who wants to be a Zombie? +++ Cyborg musician Onyx Ashanti inspires students +++ Nico‘s Record and Ride challenge through Europe +++ Who wants to be He is now developing the next version of his instru- ment, codenamed Tron, and built around a helmet- mounted controller. n 192 SAE & SAE ALUMNI NEWS // European NEWS Index

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