bagatelle concrète

bagatelle concrète is a pinball machine turned into a musique concrète game. the term bagatelle points to the history of pinball games. bagatelle was an ancestor of modern pinball created in 1770 for king louis XVI and queen marie antoinette of france. inside the pinball machine, microphones record samples. a complicated audio analysis deduces the style of play from the realtime-recorded material. the samples are then played back, looped and manipulated according to the style of play. playing bagatelle concrète is like playing an instrument - a pinball machine instrument.

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