Transcending the musical present: Speculative design for the future of music.

Welcome to the Traginer Music Research Lab.

Under the direction of Carlos Traginer Gómez, our laboratory embarks on exploring the potential futures of musical instruments through speculative design. We immerse ourselves in experimental contexts, fostering interdisciplinarity to drive innovation from a wide range of technologies and materials to create musical instruments that challenge conventions and explore new frontiers in the world of music.

Each of these projects seeks to expand the limits of creativity and technology in the musical field, contributing to the understanding and development of new frontiers in music and its relationship with technology and science.

Hypate

2020 ➜ Active

Manufacture of musical instruments using lunar and Martian regolith simulants.

Aurikus

2020 ➜ Dormant

Design of musical instruments using the golden ratio.

Ingravitas

2023 ➜ Active

Implementation of electromagnetic levitation systems in musical instruments.

Symbiotika

2023 ➜ Dormant

Manufacture of musical instruments using biological structures.

SymphonAI

2023 ➜ Dormant

UX and UI design for AI-powered musical instruments.

Echion

2023 ➜ Dormant

Speculative reinterpretation of the Divje Babe flute.

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We are the stable core of the Traginer Music Research Lab. We oversee creative direction, speculative research, and experimental design processes that drive all of the lab’s projects.

Carlos Traginer Gómez

Speculative Musical Instrument Designer
Creative Director at TMRL

Xia Vélora

Cognitive Designer of Sonic Futures

Visual and Digital Development Team