Open Tech Calendar

Sat 26th Oct 2024 2:00pm (Europe/London)

Sat 26th Oct 2024 6:00pm (Europe/London)

Making music with synths and code - Pattern Club & Distribution of Power workshop

Come and make music using synthesisers and live coding in this workshop hosted by Pattern Club and Distribution of Power <3

Live coding is where people make music by executing code in real-time (we will be using Strudel.cc to do this). Synthesisers are electronic music instruments. Synths can also be controlled using live coding which is fun and cool !

In this workshop we'll be making music intuitively, trying things out and seeing how it sounds. It's 100% suitable for people who have never even looked at anything to do with synths or code. But it would also be fun if you do have a bit of experience or if you've been to one of our live coding workshops before :)

If you haven't done live coding you could take a look at this simple tutorial that runs in the web browser https://strudel.cc/workshop/getting-started/

Distribution of Power are bringing loads of synths for you to work with. Please bring your own headphones (wired not wireless) and laptop if you have one. Also if you do have any synths bring them along (absolutely no expectation of this!) and let us know what you’re bringing in the check out form: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/patternclub/1416934

The ‘Distribution of Power’ programme and this workshop is open to all but specifically aims to carve space and prioritise participants who identify as having visible and invisible disabilities, being neuro-divergent, female, LGBTQI+ identifying and carers.

Please let us know accessibility needs by emailing patternclub@mail.slab.org

*** Gut Level is a members space and you'll need membership to attend. Membership is open to all and starts from just £2 per year. More info at https://www.gutlevel.co.uk/membership. ***

https://patternclub.org/sheffield/

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/patternclub/1416934

Sun 26th Oct 2025 2:00pm (Europe/London)

Sun 26th Oct 2025 6:00pm (Europe/London)

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Please see https://patternclub.org/code-of-conduct/

Algorave Sheffield

Sheffield algorave is back ! Experience music + visuals live coded and generated by algorithms, projected for your pleasure. If you've not been to one before, journalists try to explain here:

* https://www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/p/coding-is-the-new-clubbing-on-the
* https://pinkwafer.club/2020/02/12/algorave/
* https://ra.co/features/3396
* https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/nov/30/is-algorave-the-future-of-dance-music-sheffield-algomech-festival
* https://mixmag.net/feature/algorave-live-coding-musical-movement-10-years-interview

Featuring:

Lil Data - visiting from Reykjavik, Lil Data is well known for bringing pop-infused live coded love to the PC Music label.

Polinski - one quarter of legendary Sheffield band 65daysofstatic, and long-time explorer of the application of algorithms to noise/rock/electronic bangers.

Collapse - we’re super happy to be hosting collapse who runs the London Pattern Club node.

Nzo - Sheffield-based DJ and producer is bringing out an awesome and very patterny release on DDS, this will be their first time performing live and promises to be special!

Also... Sheffield Algorave/Pattern Club residents Eye Measure and Yaxu <3

Tickets are £8/10/12 (pay what you can afford): https://www.tickettailor.com/events/patternclub/1256676

https://patternclub.org/sheffield/

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/patternclub/1256676?

Fri 21st Jun 2024 7:30pm (Europe/London)

Fri 21st Jun 2024 11:00pm (Europe/London)

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Algorave Sheffield

We’re back with an evening of live coded+algorithmic dance music, celebrating 20 years of live coding! The live coding movement really got going with the founding of the international TOPLAP collective in 2004. We’re happy to join live coding communities around the world with throwing our own party to celebrate.

https://patternclub.org/sheffield/

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/patternclub/1170747?

Fri 29th Mar 2024 7:30pm (Europe/London)

Fri 29th Mar 2024 11:55pm (Europe/London)

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https://patternclub.org/code-of-conduct/

Pattern Club Algorave #1

An evening of pattern-based algorithmic dance music, with focus on live manipulation and sharing of code and other strange structures.. Mixing up live coding, mechanical techno and radical DAW artistry. Taking place in the Sidney + Matilda factory.
Featuring Epiploke (heavy lifting + yaxu), Eye Measure + Sam Underwood, Graham Dunning, Innocent, sclews

https://patternclub.org/sheffield/

https://ra.co/events/1765784

Thu 28th Sep 2023 7:30pm (Europe/London)

Thu 28th Sep 2023 11:55pm (Europe/London)

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https://patternclub.org/code-of-conduct/

Pattern Club Live - algorave and other pattern-based music performances

Saturday 15th April 7.30pm – midnight (performances from 8pm)
Theatre Deli, Arley Street, Sheffield, S2 4QP

Pay-what-you-can-afford tickets: £4 / £8 / £12

Pattern Club Live with Church Andrews & Matt Davies, Damu, Epiploke, Eye Measure, Innocent, Kate Sicchio & Alex McLean, Sleepsang and Phoneutrian

Acts will include mutant live drum experiments, modular-cyborg-synth arpeggios, and an algorithmic robot dance performance, each feeding our minds with their own twist on patterned form. This will lead into live coded algorithmic bangers from Sheffield’s finest algorave musicians.

https://patternclub.org/sheffield/

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pattern-club-live-tickets-600674402307

Sat 15th Apr 2023 7:30pm (Europe/London)

Sun 16th Apr 2023 12:00am (Europe/London)

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Pattern club #6: Andean informatics

An extra-special session that will bring our recent themes, with Peruvian artist Paola Torres Núñez del Prado introducing us to Andean informatics through textiles and sound. Paola is an e-textile and sound artist, who integrates electronic sensors into their handmade textiles, including in Khipu (ancient Andean practice of recording data in knotted structures) as well as weaving.

Paola will talk us through some of her works, with some focus on patterns that run through Andean culture. She’ll bring some of her e-textiles and share a live performance with us.

https://patternclub.org/sheffield/

https://forms.gle/sdvBmDHdgRdQ3f5t8

Tue 21st Mar 2023 6:00pm (Europe/London)

Tue 21st Mar 2023 8:00pm (Europe/London)

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Pattern club live

The first of a series of events exploring algorithms and patterns in music, from improvised minimalism to full-on algorave.

Pattern Club Live
7.30pm - 1am, Sat 14th Jan
@ Sidney & Matilda
Pay-what-you-can-afford tickets starting at £3:
https://www.dinavenue.com/event-details/i-now-pattern-club-live

We're not sure if this is cutting edge or ancient history at this point, but it somehow feels like a good preparation for the future to fit together banging live coded algorithmic music, with wacked-out synthesis and minimalist instrumental performance, to form a full-body line-up of pattern-based audio/visual music performance.

Check out this amazing line-up:

LOULA YORKE - trademark improvised hardware-only live sets see her building abstract sonic collages into powerful beat workouts backed by kaleidoscopes of interlocking and repeating algorithmically-derived melodies. For pattern club, Loula is bringing a laser as well.
https://loulayorke.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znEn1kEHPm4

EMERGENCE COLLECTIVE - Sheffield's own Emergence Collective build minimalist structures that morph through musical dialogue, generating otherworldly, shifting and evolving musical landscapes.. Drawing on influences from folk, jazz, experimental and early music. Well they're a bit hard to explain, but if you didn't catch their recent show at Abbeydale Picturehouse, catch up on the video below.
https://linktr.ee/emergencecollective https://youtu.be/iJCzxkMC9aM

SDGORDON (aka one half of OTO HIAX with Mark Clifford from Seefeel), is bringing his RADIAL machine down from Glasgow. The videos of this incredible device on his insta really speak for themselves: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl3O8_5D6es/

and also! an all-star line-up of algorave live coders..

If you're still not in-the-loop on algorave, here's some video explainers featuring some of the people performing at Pattern Club Live:

* FACT: https://www.factmag.com/2020/06/09/artist-diy-digital-selves/
* RA: https://ra.co/features/3396

and here's the algo line-up:

TYGER BLUE - producer over from Birmingham, recently lighting algoraves on fire at No Bounds festival and London's Iklectik, back to Sheffield - https://www.instagram.com/tygerblue_/

DIGITAL SELVES (https://lwlsn.github.io/digitalselves-web/) x HEAVY LIFTING (https://heavy-lifting.org/) x YAXU (https://slab.org) - from-scratch live code algorave all-stars Lizzie, Lucy and Alex go back-to-back-to-back

HELLOCATFOOD - algorave superstar also from Birmingham, back with the next level of his a/v algorithmic bangers, and he still really likes cats. https://www.hellocatfood.com/

PLUS! a secret extra bonus room from independent record label and collective INTERWORLD, extracting data and processing patterns. - https://www.instagram.com/interworldmedia/

Hope to see you there !

https://www.dinavenue.com/event-details/i-now-pattern-club-live

https://www.dinavenue.com/event-details/i-now-pattern-club-live

Sat 14th Jan 2023 7:30pm (Europe/London)

Sat 14th Jan 2023 9:30pm (Europe/London)

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A meetup for people interested in ‘algorithmic patterns’, in live coding and other creative practices.

For this second meet we’ll take a beginner-friendly look at Strudel (https://strudel.tidalcycles.org), the free/open source live coding environment for live coding and algorithmic music in the web browser. The session will be lead by Alex McLean, the instigator of the project.

Please bring a laptop, tablet or similar device to get hands-on with Strudel. It should run on just about anything without any fuss, but let Alex (alex@slab.org) know if you have problems!

https://algorithmicpattern.org/events/sheffield-alpaca-meet-2/

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScYShfKop18vi9PvuhlvvZYqaMl7hXK5wU2GjzrwVpCFWNG-w/viewform

Tue 22nd Nov 2022 6:00pm (Europe/London)

Tue 22nd Nov 2022 8:00pm (Europe/London)

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We are dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), or technology choices. This applies both in person or via online media. Please check the full code of conduct here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lKHS-tbKSSrF364Psk4JyRacrYEcGKDJXvLB9EkqnOs/edit

A meetup for people interested in ‘algorithmic patterns’, in live coding and other creative practices.

For this first meet we’ll take a beginner-friendly look at TidalCycles (https://tidalcycles.org/), the free/open source live coding environment for live coding and algorithmic music, and in particular the newly released version 1.9. The session will be lead by Alex McLean, the instigator of the TidalCycles project.

Feel free to bring a laptop to get hands-on with TidalCycles. Please try to install TidalCycles in advance, but help will be on hand if you have problems getting it going!

We’ll also take a quick look at Strudel (https://strudel.tidalcycles.org/), a port of TidalCycles for the web browser.

Participation is free, but please sign up so we know how many to expect, and can let you know of any last-minute changes!

Algorithmic pattern meetup: live coding music with TidalCycles 1.9

A meetup for people interested in ‘algorithmic patterns’, in live coding and other creative practices.

A meetup for people interested in ‘algorithmic patterns’, in live coding and other creative practices.

For this first meet we’ll take a beginner-friendly look at TidalCycles (https://tidalcycles.org/), the free/open source live coding environment for live coding and algorithmic music, and in particular the newly released version 1.9. The session will be lead by Alex McLean, the instigator of the TidalCycles project.

Feel free to bring a laptop to get hands-on with TidalCycles. Please try to install TidalCycles in advance, but help will be on hand if you have problems getting it going!

We’ll also take a quick look at Strudel (https://strudel.tidalcycles.org/), a port of TidalCycles for the web browser.

https://algorithmicpattern.org/events/sheffield-livecode/

https://forms.gle/EBZKa9emvAf4Neno8

Wed 28th Sep 2022 6:00pm (Europe/London)

Wed 28th Sep 2022 8:00pm (Europe/London)

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We are dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), or technology choices. This applies both in person or via online media. Please check the full code of conduct here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lKHS-tbKSSrF364Psk4JyRacrYEcGKDJXvLB9EkqnOs/edit