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Longplayer Listening post launched at La Casa Encendida, Madrid
11 February 2025Longplayer can now be heard at its newest listening post at La Casa Encendida, a unique social and cultural centre in Madrid with an incredible public programme of exhibitions and workshops on cultural, social and environmental issues. Visitors can listen to Longplayer’s composition unfolding amongst the beautiful greenery and scenery of La Casa Encendida’s rooftop,…
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Take part in Longplayer Live
30 January 2025Applications are now open to 18-25 year olds for an opportunity to train and perform as part of Longplayer Live, a 1000 minute performance of a 1000 year long piece of music, taking place at Roundhouse in April. As part of Longplayer’s 25th anniversary celebrations, we are offering a rare and unique opportunity to take…
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Longplayer’s algorithm available on GitHub
21 January 2025Longplayer’s score can take many forms, from graphic representations to computer code. A version written in Python, with the Raspberry Pi in mind, can now be found on Longplayer’s GitHub page. A score composed to play for a 1000 years requires long term thinking and planning across multiple scales. A key consideration for the Longplayer…
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Sound system update at Longplayer’s London listening post
17 January 2025For the past twenty five years, Longplayer has been heard resonating in the Trinity Buoy Wharf lighthouse in East London. To celebrate reaching this milestone, at the end of 2024 we updated the entire sound system for an optimal acoustic experience. You can now hear Longplayer immediately upon entering the 19th century lighthouse, resonating in…
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A thousand-year-long composition turns 25
31 December 2024As of midday today (GMT), New Year’s Eve, Longplayer has been playing continuously, without repetition, for 25 years. Playing since the cusp of the new millennium, at midnight on 31 December 1999, the composition will continue without repetition (if circumstances permit it to) until the last moments of 2999, when it will return to the…
