Data Garden is an arts organization and

independent record label An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels and artists are often represented ...

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 Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMoA) is an art museum originally chartered in 1876 for the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. The main museum building was completed in 1928 on Fairmount, a hill located at the northwest end of the Benjamin Fr ...

, The Noguchi Museum, Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia, SXSW Festival, and

Bartram's Garden Bartram's Garden is a 50-acre public garden and National Historic Landmark in Southwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, situated on the banks of the Tidal Schuylkill River. It is a venue for art, an access to the tidal river and wetlands, an outdoor ...

in Philadelphia, among others. Data Garden has received grants from

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage is a nonprofit grantmaking organization and knowledge-sharing hub for arts and culture in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US established in 2005. In 2008, Paula Marincola was named the first executive director. The ...

. In 2014, Data Garden launched the MIDI Sprout, a bio-

sonification Sonification is the use of non-speech audio to convey information or perceptualize data. Auditory perception has advantages in temporal, spatial, amplitude, and frequency resolution that open possibilities as an alternative or complement to visual ...

device. The converter enables musicians to use plants and other living matter as

MIDI MIDI (; Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a technical standard that describes a communications protocol, digital interface, and electrical connectors that connect a wide variety of electronic musical instruments, computers, and re ...

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 Grover Cleveland "Cleve" Backster Jr. (February 27, 1924 – June 24, 2013) was an interrogation specialist for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), best known for his experiments with plants using a polygraph instrument in the 1960s which led t ...

and Mileece.

Discography

*Alex Tyson, ''Aquaglass'', DG013 *Beep!, ''Too Physical'', DG012 *Telequanta, ''Metaverse'', DG011 *Greg Fox (

Guardian Alien Guardian Alien is a music project started by drummer Greg Fox. There have been many collaborators since the project's inception in 2010, and it is currently the duo of Fox and Alexandra Drewchin. Background Guardian Alien was formed in 2010 by ...

, Zs), ''Mitral Transmission'', DG010 *Ben Warfield, Songs of Light & Dust, DG009 *Moan (Shinji Masuko of

Boredoms Boredoms () (later known as V∞redoms) is a rock band from Osaka, Japan formed in 1986. The band's sound is often referred to as noise rock, or sometimes Japanoise (Japan’s noise music scene), though their more recent records have moved towar ...

), Bookshelf Sanctuary, DG008 *The Thangs, ''Wedodo'', DG007 *Data Garden, ''Live at the Switched-On Garden'', DG006 *

King Britt King Britt (born 1968) is an American educator, DJ and record producer from Philadelphia. Biography Britt is a 1986 graduate of Central High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1987, he started working at Tower Records, as a buyer for th ...

, ''The Bee & The Stamen'', DG005 *Spaceship Aloha ( Christopher Powell of

Need New Body Need New Body is an avant garde music collective band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and beyond, numerous members of which have gone on to become members of the band Man Man. The band was formed from members of the defunct progressive rock/neo-psy ...

Man Man Man Man is an American experimental rock band from Philadelphia currently based in Los Angeles. Their multi-instrumental style is centered on the piano playing of lead singer, songwriter, and lyricist Honus (Ryan Kattner). Honus is accompanied ...

), ''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

References

{{Authority control American independent record labels Record labels established in 2011

Label activity

Discography

Curated events

Sound installations

See also

References