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Here's a random reason to visit Karlsruhe:

NaN: Computer Music Festival
28-30.11.2025

“Not a Number” is an error — not expected and doesn’t fit in.

The three‑day NaN festival celebrates computer music with all its errors and beyond, featuring two club nights, one experimental concert, one live‑coding workshop, and one unconference—loaded with the most conceptual conjectures and hyper‑mixtures of music, sound, imageries, text, textures, algorithms, rhythm, errors—and togetherness.

A small pinch of nostalgia for the 10(+2)-year Algorave in Karlsruhe (OK, maybe not so small — don't ask how much we’ve missed the Mandelbrots), and a more generous amount of spicy speculation for the years to come.

Artists joining: Benoît and the Mandelbrots, Sofi, EVOL, Shelly Knotts, Friday Dunard, lime68k, nervousdata, Alo Allik, Lain Iwakura, úā, dkyuh, Michele Samarotto, Andres Corsair, eddyflux, Haelmo, Yunfei Zhang, neg, grainn, stroboalex, jiyeong lee + david tanner et al.

More details: n-a-n.info

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On Saturday, 21 June, for the 4th edition of Iterative ßpace, we welcome computer musician Naoki Nomoto along with old and new local friends.

Born in Japan 1975, and based in Tokyo, Naoki Nomoto is a self-taught computer/electronic musician and programmer with 20 years of experience in sonic art in Japan. His work explores the intersection of modular synthesis and algorithmic composition, using SuperCollider alongside modular systems.

Iterative ßpace is a concert series in Karlsruhe featuring experimental algorithmic and live computer music. It started in 2023 with a focus on live coding and aims to include diverse practices of electronic music and sound performance.

Lineup:
Naoki Nomoto
irel.ier
Jia Liu @luiiuuuiiiii@mathstodon.xyz
Michele Samarotto
Daniel Höpfner @daniel_kurosch@social.toplap.org

Some related releases etc.:

sp64 - Naoki Nomoto “Synthesis Performed by Anonymous Performers at Ideala”: https://superpang.bandcamp.com/album/synthesis-performed-by-anonymous-performers-at-ideala

sp118 - [ _ _ _ ]: https://e—e.bandcamp.com/album/-

sp177 - strwüü: https://superpang.bandcamp.com/album/semipermeabeler-kriechstrom-tiefflug

irel.ier: https://disk.bandcamp.com/album/irel-ier-gua-ng-gua-i-li

dkyuh: https://soundcloud.com/dkyuh

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