Blondena Music has released the live recording of the first concert of original music performed on original instruments at the Racine Art Museum, by Hal Rammel, Wilhelm Matthies, the Kenosha FreeGagaku Ensemble, and myself. Download or stream the recordings and see photos of the instruments and performers here on Blondena Music.
Tag: Experimental Instruments
Baschet Brothers Musical Sculpture
Experimental musicians Hal Rammel, Eric Leonardson, and Ed Herrmann will play and accompany François and Bernard Baschet’s Aluminum Piano (1962). Free with museum admission.
Seeded Plain at Enemy
Sunday, March 13 at Enemy 1550 N. Milwaukee Ave., 3rd floor Chicago IL 60622 www.enemysound.com Seeded Plain is Bryan Day (Decorah, Iowa) and Jay Kreimer (Lincoln, Nebraska), two experimental instrument makers who have been performing with new and unusual sounds on instruments made from everyday objects and materials. Their Entry Codes CD on Creative Sources… Continue reading Seeded Plain at Enemy
Video: “CHARLES COHEN AT THE BUCHLA MUSIC EASEL”
This is a wonderful video of CHARLES COHEN at The BUCHLA MUSIC EASEL a new short film by Alex Tyson on Vimeo. Since our first meeting back in 1997, Charles has a way with this synthesizer that’s been nothing but a pleasure for me to hear. This colorful video features sound artist Charles Cohen improvising… Continue reading Video: “CHARLES COHEN AT THE BUCHLA MUSIC EASEL”
Shapes of Sound exhibition online
Hal Rammel inspired me to make my own instruments in 1990. Tonight, I learned from him that a web page about the wonderful exhibition of experimental musical instruments and their inventors, The Shapes of Sound: Musical Instruments and the Imagination in the Midwest, curated by Hal is now online. I was honored to be among… Continue reading Shapes of Sound exhibition online
New Interviews on Gearwire
More video interviews with students from my 2008 Instrument Construction course at SAIC have been uploaded. SAIC Student Rob Martens: Evil Brother Of Snap, Crackle and Pop Martens? http://www.gearwire.com/theramin-instrument-construction.html (Part 1) SAIC Student Bethany Childs Tempts The Fury Of Neptune http://www.gearwire.com/conchshell-instrument-construction-001.html (Part 2) SAIC Student Bethany Childs And Playing An Interfaced Conch Shell http://www.gearwire.com/conchshell-instrument-construction-002.html Stuart… Continue reading New Interviews on Gearwire
Instruments Featured on YouTube
One highlight from 2007’s Instrument Construction class remains the “Bubble Organ” designed and built by Aaron Wendel. Below is a short, unedited video clip of Aaron’s instrument.
Newly invented instrument videos on Gearwire
On Friday, May 2 SAIC’s Waveforms presented videos and performances by students from the Sound Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Gretchen Hasse from Gearwire came and interviewed many of the students in my Instrument Construction course, who opened the evening with an ensemble performance on their new instruments. The video… Continue reading Newly invented instrument videos on Gearwire
SAIC’s Waveforms, Looptopia
SAIC’s Waveforms presents sound works and performances by students from the Sound Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, on Friday, May 2 at the Fine Arts Building (Curtis Hall) 7:00-10:00pm, 410 S. Michigan Avenue 10th floor, Curtis Hall, FREE ADMISSION Students in my Instrument Construction course will open, performing as an… Continue reading SAIC’s Waveforms, Looptopia
Leonardo Music Journal “Joy of the Gizmo”
“The Springboard: The Joy of Piezo Disk Pickups for Amplified Coil Springs” is now published in Leonardo Music Journal, Volume 17 on The MIT Press.