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PHILIPPE GEISS / Karlax, un nuevo instrumento multimedia

Philippe Geiss



Philippe Geiss Karlax
Joonatan Rautiola Saxophone

After the midisax "synthophone", Philippe Geiss's curiosity for research in the field of new instruments leads to his interest in a new instrument designed for multimedia arts : The "Karlax". This new tool of expression invites composers and performers to question the place of gesture in musical space: sound, video, light, Karlax is ready for anything ...

Today, Philippe Geiss works on new compositions to link the Karlax multimedia possibilities to a new saxophone and electronic repertoire.

Karlax, a new multimedia instrument

After the “midisax synthophone”, Philippe Geiss’s curiosity for research in the field of new instruments leads to interest him in a new instrument designed for multimedia arts : The "Karlax". This new tool of expression invites composers and performers to question the place of gesture in musical space - sound, video, light, Karlax is ready for anything ... Today, Philippe Geiss works on new compositions to link the Karlax multimedia possibilities to a new saxophone & electronic repertoire. The Karlax is built by the company DA FACT. Young and innovative French company, instrument maker exclusively dedicated to digital arts, winning numerous awards for innovation as the Contest Help Creating innovative technology companies of the Ministry of Research in 2004 and 2005, the Quartz Electronic Music Awards in 2005 and the grand prize for innovation from the City of Paris in 2007. DA FACT was created with the ambition to provide digital artists and visual musical instruments providing them open, expressive and fun to play in breaking the constraints of the other controllers and interfaces from the computer world. Karlax is the first instrument of absolute control embodying this vision.

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