Bellacode: localized textual interfaces for live coding music

In May 2018, the collective RGGTRN presented a series of live coding workshops focused on the development of localized live coding esolangs, targeting the underlying affordances of TidalCycles via the Estuary web-based environment. This paper focuses on the interpretation of the live coding esolangs La Calle and Sucixxx created during the workshops. We expose these languages here as they engage critically with both live coding practice and the specificity of the artist-programmer. This paper ends with a brief analysis of an anonymous survey deployed during the workshops and a brief discussion of future work. On the basis of this account, we suggest localization as an aspect to be further explored in live coding practice.