The Integra Project
Jøran Rudi, Jamie Bullock · 2011
The paper describes the ideas for the Integra project, discusses the project in relation to similar initiatives, and describes the current development of commissions, performances and the supporting software Integra Live. Archival and preservation issues are getting more attention as the heritage of technology- dependent music is growing, and it is sadly quite common for historically important and interesting works to disappear from concert bills, simply because the technology needed to have them performed is no longer easily available. These works can be less than twenty years old, and still have a place in contemporary memory. Several initiatives have been taken in order to address the concerns rising from this decimation of the repertoire, and to increase the re-performability. The approach taken in Integra has been to develop a software layer that the works will be migrated into; a software intended to make it possible to replace the underlying DSP engine when that might be needed, while retaining the music sounding as when it was composed, and with an identical interface. The final issues addressed in the project were the contemporary music scene and its audience. Integra has commissioned a number of new works for ensembles and the Integra Live technology, and trained composers and musicians in this development of the repertoire. The chosen composers have a good standing in the European contemporary music scene, and the