PPIEL

Percussion Performance with Interactive with ELectronics

PPIEL (sounds like piel, which is the word in Spanish for skin) is a system that I have been developing for the last two three years. The system is my attempt to join my years of experience playing percussion and my practice in electronic music. It is a flexible setup that typically has percussion instruments or objects and a series of MIDI and wireless controllers connected to a computer. It can also include analog devices such as step sequencers and synthesizers. 

Currently, my system runs in Ableton 10 and includes a series of Max for Live instruments that I created. These instruments area also controlled by a series of MIDI devices. Here’s a pic of how looked during the initial development in 2018.

Currently, PPIIEL has evolved and I have added some other elements and devices. Mainly, I changed the two regular congas for two LP compact congas, I added a couple of MIDI devices, a second iPad, and a PO-33 step sequencer/sampler. This is how it looks two years later in November 2020.

Amongst the projects that I have developed with PPIIEL are Piel Elástica, Malfunction (Error del sistema), y Atavism(o). More collaboration are on the works as the system is flexible enough to toggle many aesthetics and collaborations. If you want to learn more about some of the M4L objects, Lemur interfaces or other technical aspects, feel free to reach out to me through the contact area.