Kristof Lauwers first studied classical guitar with Ida Polck and then experimental composition with dr. Godfried-Willem Raes at the Ghent Royal Conservatory. He specialized in electroacoustic music, music with live electronics and algorithmic composition. Currently he is working at the Logos Foundation, a centre for experimental music in Ghent, where he collaborates to the development of <GMT>, a programming language designed for real-time algorithmic and interactive musical applications. He is also a member of the Logos <M&M> (man and machine) ensemble, where he has the possibility to work with cutting edge technology like a complete robot orchestra, radar and sonar movement sensors and a polyphonic pitch detection device. This allows a completely new composition paradigm, abandoning the traditional linear score concept. Most compositions he writes for the <M&M> ensemble are real-time interactive pieces, computer programs that make musical decisions dependent on the actions of musicians or dancers that play/dance live together with the orchestra. Next to his work with <M&M> he also creates electroacoustic / ambient music and chamber music with live electronics, mostly using open source software likePure Data and <GMT>. Together with Laura Maes and Leen Gyselinck he created the audiovisual piece ‘Kitch’n Glitch’ and the installation ‘WhirlWash’. With Nan-Ping Chan and Yvan Vander Sanden he created the multimediaperformance ‘C0de‘. Further he collaborated with Phill Niblock, Champ d’Action, the Medusa ensemble, Anne Faulborn, Jelle Meander, Maja Jantar, Olaf Risee, yvan vander sanden, Nan Ping Chang, Emilie De Vlam, Eli Van de Vondel, Thomas Smetryns, Dirk Moelants, Matthias Troffaes. His music can regulary be heard in and around Flanders, but has also been played on festivals in the Netherlands, France, Poland, Switzerland, Germany and Portugal.
