{"id":2535,"date":"2013-12-22T23:46:58","date_gmt":"2013-12-22T23:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plopesresearch.levelup.webfactional.com\/?page_id=2535"},"modified":"2025-06-06T00:51:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T00:51:30","slug":"bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/plopesmusic.org\/","title":{"rendered":"bio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pedro Lopes<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>is a Chicago-based <strong>musician that plays turntables<\/strong> as a full-fledged musical instrument, which means they are bowed, percussed, scratched, subversed &amp; hacked.<\/p>\n<p>Pedro has played in venues such as Transmediale, Jazz em Agosto, Serralves Foundation, Ljubljana Jazz Festival, Experimental Sound Studio, Fylkingen, CCRMA, OutFest, Knockdown Center &amp; Rescaldo and collaborated with many lovely artists: <a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carlos_Zingaro\">Carlos Z\u00edngaro<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">, <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addacsystem.com\/\">Andr\u00e9 Gon\u00e7alves<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">,\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/artist\/1603306-Gabriel-Ferrandini\">Gabriel Ferrandini<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">, <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/bruno_silva\">Ondness<\/a>, <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Pedro.Sousa.Musician\">Pedro Sousa<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/djsniff.com\/\">Dj Sniff<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"> and in ensembles conducted by <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/williamwinant.com\/\">William Winnant<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"> (<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Zorn\">Zorn&#8217;s Cobra<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">), <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reinhold-friedl.de\/\">Reinhold Friedl<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"> &amp; <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/artist\/282712-Ernesto-Rodrigues\">Ernesto Rodrigues<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">. Since 2023, Pedro has been learning\/playing gamelan with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagogamelan.org\/\">Chicago Javanese Gamelan<\/a>. Listen to some of Pedro&#8217;s music on <a href=\"https:\/\/plopesmusic.bandcamp.com\/\">bandcamp<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/plopesmusic\">soundcloud<\/a> or buy it on the <a href=\"https:\/\/plopesmusic.org\/?page_id=2763\">store<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next\/recent concerts?<\/strong> Check <a href=\"https:\/\/plopesmusic.org\/?cat=189\">this page<\/a> for upcoming or recent performances.<\/p>\n<h6>(This page is about Pedro&#8217;s music, if you are looking for Pedro&#8217;s research in the field of human computer interaction please check Pedro&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/lab.plopes.org\">lab<\/a>.)<\/h6>\n<p><div class=\"videoContainer\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u3DCrJk32lY?rel=0&amp;start=160\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/plopesmusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Pedro_Dotolim_Korea.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3121\" src=\"http:\/\/plopesmusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Pedro_Dotolim_Korea.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"4608\" height=\"3456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plopesmusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Pedro_Dotolim_Korea.jpg 4608w, https:\/\/plopesmusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Pedro_Dotolim_Korea-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/plopesmusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Pedro_Dotolim_Korea-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/plopesmusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Pedro_Dotolim_Korea-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/plopesmusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Pedro_Dotolim_Korea-220x165.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4608px) 100vw, 4608px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"videoContainer\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/427515771#t=10m45s\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/plopesmusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/a.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3100\" src=\"http:\/\/plopesmusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/a.png\" alt=\"a\" width=\"1126\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plopesmusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/a.png 1126w, https:\/\/plopesmusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/a-300x88.png 300w, https:\/\/plopesmusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/a-768x226.png 768w, https:\/\/plopesmusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/a-1024x301.png 1024w, https:\/\/plopesmusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/a-220x65.png 220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1126px) 100vw, 1126px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 0 0 0 0; position: relative;\"><div class=\"videoContainer\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/293455339?title=0\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<p><div class=\"videoContainer\"><iframe title=\"Pedro Lopes (turntable percussion) live at Ochiai Soup in Tokyo (2023)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J94uNy5tMYY?start=461&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"videoContainer\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/578697018?h=6e2d5194a4&amp;title=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p>If you are looking for my research in the field of human computer interaction (wearable devices, muscle interfaces, VR\/AR, etc.) please check my <a href=\"https:\/\/lab.plopes.org\">lab&#8217;s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To contact me email me at <em>pedrolopes -a.t.- uchicago.edu<\/em><em><br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\np.s.: I am faster by email than with DM&#8217;s in social network, but you can find\/follow me there too: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/plopesresearch\">twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/pedrolopes.org\">bluesky<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hci.social\/@pedrolopes\">mastodon<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/plopesresearch\">facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pedro Lopes\u00a0is a Chicago-based musician that plays turntables as a full-fledged musical instrument, which means they are bowed, percussed, scratched, subversed &amp; hacked. 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