General
Magic and Tina Frank (Germany and Austria).
General Magic is a duo consisting of Ramon Bauer and Andi Pieper, co-leaders
of the Mego label (along with Peter Rehberg). GM's favourite "playgrounds" are
software exploration, ski pistes and motor sport circuits, whilst they
also brilliantly demonstrate how to create post-modern hymns with shards
of popular music. GM play here with a visual accompaniment - Tina Frank,
a graphic artists with uniquely pixelated visions, previously collaborating
with GM and others on Mego videos and a former member of the audio/visual
band SKOT.
"I've
just played at Lovebytes together with Tina Frank and Andy
I didn't really see the projection because I was sitting with
my back to the screen. It's the kind of thing we normally do,
a kind of family business, we're close. Some project will always
bring us to the UK, of course we loved to come to Lovebytes
though:) I enjoyed the performance…now I need a beer!" Ramon
from General Magic
"I
enjoyed it, it went pretty well. It was 95% what we thought it
would be. We have played in cinemas a few times so we know the
atmosphere" Andy from General Magic
"I enjoyed the performance, I wasn't facing the audience but I like to see
the visuals to see the way the audience see it. We've been doing this kind of
thing together for about a year now. I've been watching the panel discussion
today but unfortunately we're going tomorrow, I don't know why because I would
really like to stay! I really enjoyed the graphics on the flyers this year" Tina
Frank
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