Cyril Laurier
Co-founder. PhD in music AI, Sony CSL researcher. · Barcelona
His PhD at the Music Technology Group of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra used machine learning to detect emotions in music. Before that, he studied acoustics, signal processing and computer science applied to music at IRCAM (ATIAM master), where he wrote a generative algorithm for automatic music improvisation.
He was technical director of the European research project PHAROS and research coordinator of the European project MusicBricks, worked in research and development at IK Multimedia and Eventide, then on deep learning tools for music at Sony CSL Paris from 2018 to 2024. A member of the Music Tech Fest community since 2012, he loves new technologies, solving problems and building small robots.
With Maya, he signs artworks as Mouawad + Laurier.
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Work
- Retour aux Sources · Maison Ruinart · an artwork by Mouawad + Laurier
- La Traversée du temps · Moët & Chandon · sound and light journey, with Fisheye
- Alpine, Paris Motor Show · Alpine, Paris Motor Show · interactive screen, with Fisheye
- Cupra, giant LED screen · Cupra · real-time tracking for a giant LED screen
- Red Bull Batalla, beyond language · Red Bull Batalla · live AI translation and voice
- OX · Romain Tardy & Hand Coded · a machine that feels music
- MGNTRN · Romain Tardy · software, engineering and robot
- Peupler / Populate · Mouawad + Laurier
- Rising · Mouawad + Laurier
- Hors du temps · Mouawad + Laurier, with Art Explora
- Future Ruins · Romain Tardy · software and engineering
- Ledotron · Our tool for creating and driving light
- Gyrotope · Pablo Valbuena · light and sound spatialisation
- Être Absorbé · Maison Ruinart · an artwork by Mouawad + Laurier
- Tientos al tiempo · Pablo Valbuena & Patricia Guerrero · coding and sound
- Beardyman · Beardytron 5000 · live composition software
- Maestro · Hand Coded & TigreLab · three interactive experiences
- Viktoria Modesta · Music Tech Fest Berlin · interactive mapping and light costume
- S.A.T. · Romain Tardy · software and engineering
- Methods · Pablo Valbuena, Durham Cathedral · creation and control tools
- Kinematope · Pablo Valbuena, Paisaje Técnico · a tool to drive 5,000 LEDs
- Upperground · Mouawad + Laurier
- TGIC · Romain Tardy · original software
- Albatros · Mouawad + Laurier, with the CNRS
- Slush · Music Tech Fest Labs · generative visuals
- Mouvement de l'air · Adrien M & Claire B · real-time generation
- EKO · Maotik & Ezra · interactive tools for the stage
- Bionic Orchestra · Ezra, Organic Orchestra · technologies for live beatbox
- RAS Ubiquitous · Mouawad + Laurier · Ars in Campania exhibition, Maison Ruinart collection
- Nestlé Crunch, Human Beats · Nestlé Crunch, Human Beats · interactive installation
- Audi Mind Race · Audi & FC Barcelona, with DDB · brain interfaces and tracking
- Eruption of the end · Rossella Piccinno · interaction
- Sonaris · AI music search engine
- Prometheus · Music Technology Group, UPF · an augmented philharmonic orchestra
- Augmented Paper · Organic Orchestra · collective residency with 30 artists
- Echo · Guillaume Faure · a mirror for talking to yourself
- Poussière d’étoile · A 700 m² exhibition project, with Fisheye and Jean-Luc Monterosso
- Complete Revolution · Residency with Raquel Gualtero
- Kinematope (Pommery) · Pablo Valbuena · technical support on the control software
- MusicBricks · Music Tech Fest
- Mood Cloud · Cyril Laurier’s PhD thesis
- Music Mood Detection · Eventide
- Music AI · Sony CSL
- Wizz · Voting by dancing, with a smartphone, in a club
