For a start, the “studio” is actually a converted barn deep in the English countryside. The woman playing the “instrument” is Grammy Award-winning musician Imogen Heap. And the drum she’s beating doesn’t exist.
Pioneering the fusion of wearable tech and music, Heap is in a completely different octave thanks to what she calls her Mi.Mu Gloves — gloves that put the power to create an entire musical composition right at her fingertips.
“In the past the only way that I could interact with the computer (to make music) was by using a mouse and a keyboard and this is very two-dimensional,” explains the musical trendsetter.
“I wanted to be able to have something which … was directly from (the) brain — to quickly be able to manipulate sound just by intuitive gestures.”
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Heap adds: “The gloves have certainly changed the way I make music. I’m not going to say it’s going to change the world. It’s certainly part of a big movement of wearable tech and I really hope that we can move forward the game.”
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