dis.playce is a collaboration between Maximilian Marcoll and Hannes Seidl. They started working together in Essen / Germany in 2002. Since 2003 several live concerts were added to the studio work as well as collaborations with other musicians (e.g. Theo Nabicht, Erin Gee, Denovaire). dis.playce played live at the Klangwerkstatt Berlin, at Diskurs '04, in the IEM Graz and the ICEM in Essen.

For live concerts dis.playce develops sound structures, formal parts etc. out of improvisations which are then transcribed into a score. The details are then improvised on this basis. On stage dis.playce uses two laptops with a software environment called COOPER developed by Maximilian Marcoll. They also use building parts of standard electro-technical equipment like small coils, piezos or alarm signals, serving as external sources.

Maximilian Marcoll (born in 1981) studied drums and composition in Lübeck / Germany. Since 2001 he lives in Essen and studies composition at the Folkwang University. He won several prices and played numerous concerts as a composer, laptop performer, conducter and percussionist.

Hannes Seidl (born in 1977) studied composition in Essen and Graz. He collaborated with internationally well known ensembles and won several prices and scholarships. He lives as a freelance composer in Giessen / Germany. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.