Alpha Xiao is an experimental musical group using a portable electroencephalograph (EEG) and microbial activity to modulate designed audio samples in real time as well as a traditional Chinese flute called a Xiao. The two person constellation focuses musically on connectivity through rough sketches of compositions, sounds and themes. As brain waves and non-human life expressions influence certain dynamics of the sound, and vice versa, a type of feedback loop is generated between the activities of the technology and sound produced ad infinitum.
Alpha Xiao has been active in its musical exploration of mental and musical space since 2020. They often collaborate with other musicians and artists in different constellations such as Sebastian Campbell of God Mother, Petri Kuljantausta and Olav Westphalen. They have played extensively in various Stockholm venues, in Paris and they are preparing for a concert i Helsinki. Alpha Xiao has also created music for Fabien Guillermont and Toan Van Che’s full-length documentary “Reality Check” in 2024.
Alpha Xiao will be in residency at La Generale in Paris March 26 – April 1, 2025. During the residency they focus on new technology to modulate the flute’s sound in real time and make the influence of the EEG and microbes’ activity more central to their sound.
Listen to Alpha Xiao on Soundcloud.
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