  This paper presents the soma design process of creating Body Electric: a
novel interface for the capture and use of biofeedback signals and
physiological changes generated in the body by breathing, during singing. This
NIME design is grounded in the performer's experience of, and relationship to,
their body and their voice. We show that NIME design using principles from soma
design can offer creative opportunities in developing novel sensing mechanisms,
which can in turn inform composition and further elicit curious engagements
between performer and artefact, disrupting notions of performer-led control. As
contributions, this work 1) offers an example of NIME design for situated
living, feeling, performing bodies, and 2) presents the rich potential of soma
design as a path for designing in this context.
