Data Garden is an arts organization and independent record label formed by Joe Patitucci and Alex Tyson in 2011.
Label activity In conjunction with releasing music downloads on plantable artwork, Data Garden has produced installations and events at The Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Noguchi Museum, Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia, SXSW Festival, and Bartram's Garden in Philadelphia, among others. Data Garden has received grants from The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.
In 2014, Data Garden launched the MIDI Sprout, a bio-sonification device. The converter enables musicians to use plants and other living matter as MIDI triggers for electronic music and research. The device was developed with engineer Sam Cusumano and was inspired by the work of Richard Lowenberg, Cleve Backster and Mileece.
Discography Alex Tyson, Aquaglass, DG013 Beep!, Too Physical, DG012 Telequanta, Metaverse, DG011 Greg Fox (Guardian Alien, Zs), Mitral Transmission, DG010 Ben Warfield, Songs of Light & Dust, DG009 Moan (Shinji Masuko of Boredoms), Bookshelf Sanctuary, DG008 The Thangs, Wedodo, DG007 Data Garden, Live at the Switched-On Garden, DG006 King Britt, The Bee & The Stamen, DG005 Spaceship Aloha (Christopher Powell of Need New Body, Man Man), Universe Mahalo Vol. #1, DG004 Data Garden, Quartet: Live at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, DG003 Cheap Dinosaurs, Cheap Dinosaurs, DG002 Ray & The Prisms, Timelapse in Colour, DG001 Tadoma, Field Notes, DG000
Curated events The Switched-On Garden 001, Bartram's Garden Computer Groove, Little Berlin Gallery The Switched-On Garden 002, Bartram's Garden Hidden City Festival (Contemporary Archives, A\V Archaeology, Heritage Electronics) Art Splash at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Sound installations Data Garden Quartet, The Philadelphia Museum of Art A\V Archaeology, Hidden City Festival Duet, Center for PostNatural History Personified, Noguchi Museum Hexidecibel, CCNH Personified, Institute of Contemporary Art – Philadelphia Duet, Bang Pop Festival/ SXSW
See also List of record labels List of electronic music record labels
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