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Video of BiLe at the Network Music Festival

Posted on 29 September 2012 by Charles

The Network Music Festival has just posted a video of BiLE playing Act 2 of the laptopera, ‘The Death of Stockhausen.’

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BiLE Perform at Symphony Hall – 29 May 2012

Posted on 12 April 2012 by julienguillamat

A FREE post-concert performance of new and older works by BiLE (Birmingham Laptop Ensemble) in the Birmingham Symphony Hall Cafe Bar after Dracula: The Music and Film. We will be performing Back to Front by Julien Guillamat, a new work by Shelly Knotts and Chained … Continue reading →

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Date and Time Change

Posted on 26 January 2012 by Charles

BiLE will now be performing in the 7:30pm concert on Friday, 27 January in the Network Music Festival at The Edge 79-81 Cheapside, Deritend, Birmngham, B12 0QH. We will be playing XYZ and the premiere of Act 2 of the … Continue reading →

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BiLE gig at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Artsfest.

Posted on 14 September 2011 by julienguillamat

We had so much fun playing at BMAG and what a fantastic audience! Thank you Artsfest. Here is a video by Antonio Roberts of the gig:

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BiLE @ Artsfest – 10th September 2011

Posted on 2 September 2011 by julienguillamat

BiLE has been selected to play at famous Birmingham festival Artsfest. We will be playing at the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery in the Round Room Gallery Saturday the 10th of September at 15.30. BiLE will be performing Julien Guillamat‘s … Continue reading →

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CNCPTN

Posted on 28 August 2011 by shellyknotts

The piece XYZ written for BiLE by member Shelly Knotts has been festured in a new e-zine, CNCPTN by Simon Kinch. The e-zine is available online at: http://cncptn.com/ and is also available as a downloadable pdf.  The e-zine aims to … Continue reading →

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SONICpicnic gig review and videos

Posted on 18 August 2011 by hellocatfood

John Kennedy of Brum Live did a great review of SONICpicnic, including a little bit about our performance: In terms of conceptual originality and visualisation (Antonio Roberts) their performance, in three movements, was pushing the envelope into event horizons. Read … Continue reading →

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A Manifesto for Laptop Ensembles

Posted on 12 August 2011 by shellyknotts

I just got round to consolidating BiLE’s aims in starting a laptop ensemble into something coherent… Thoughts, comments, criticisms welcome! ________________________________________________ On the forming of a Laptop Ensemble: –          Democratic approach: BiLE rejects the notion of an autocratic ensemble with a … Continue reading →

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Laptops Meet Musicians Festival – Venice – 11&12.07.2011

Posted on 4 July 2011 by julienguillamat

The Laptops Meet Musicians Festival selected BiLE for a performance in Venice. This is the first world festival of laptop orchestras and laptop ensembles. Laboratorioarazzi of the Giorgio Cini Foundation‘s “Istituto per la musica”, in collaboration with the Conservatory of … Continue reading →

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BiLE Liverpool Performance

Posted on 17 May 2011 by hellocatfood

Our first gig outside of Birmingham was a great success Thank you to all that came along and thanks to Reinhard Fuchs for inviting us there. Here’s a video of our performance of Partially Percussive To round off the event … Continue reading →

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