JAZARI

JAZARI: "Patrick Flanagan serves as the token human in cyborg percussion ensemble Jazari, which fuses African rhythms, algorithmic composition, sound synthesis, and electro-mechanics into beat-driven steamfunk. Besides percussion music, Jazari is influenced by funk, house, drum n bass, jazz, academic computer music, and spectral composition. Equally influential is the technology itself. Much of what Flanagan does in Jazari arises from explorations of what is possible and idiomatic with the machines and software that he has created. Jazari has been featured on numerous tech blogs, has played at tech conferences, and has appeared on NPR’s All Things Considered. Before diving into the robot band business, Flanagan studied composition and computer music and played jazz guitar."