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BlogMonthly Archive: May 2007Scrap metal orchestraPosted on 23 May 2007
Yesterday Rambert performed Anatomica #3 by Andre Gingras to a score by my old friend and colleague Joseph Hyde. After chatting with Rambert's principal percussionist Rob Millett, Jo discovered Rob was an avid collector of scrap metal instruments. Jo's score featured four percussionists playing scrap metal percussion of various kinds and the music was influenced by Gamelan and minimalism, but it sounded quite unique, I was very impressed. Jo and I are dreaming of setting up rival scrap metal orchestras, and after hearing what he managed to acheive with this piece, I'm definitely inspired! Update Jo's kindly allowed me to post an excerpt of the piece here: later on, with a wonderfully distorted electronic sound: I asked Jo for a list of what the four percussionists play: Performer 1 6 alloy scaffolding pipes 5 square-section iron pipes 1 long iron pipe small shaker 2 metal drums tam-tam (as large as poss) Performer 2 shaker lensdrum 7 cowbells large Chinese cymbal, 20 heavy Turkish cymbal circle of drums comprising: large orchestral bass drum, 18 floor tom, 16 tom, 14 tom, 12 tom, low timbale, high timbale, low bongo, high bongo large field snare, snares off Performer 3 shaker kalimba 3 cowbells 9 kitchen bowls 3 temple bowls 18 light Turkish cymbal with sizzles, 14 light Turkish cymbal,7 light Turkish cymbal Small set of standing drums: small, damped bass drum, small snare (snare on), 14 tom, 12 tom, low bongo, high bongo Performer 4 49-key Keyboard, playing a variety of pre-recorded samples Groanbox boysPosted on 12 May 2007
My friends Michael and Cory, aka the Groanbox Boys have just been featured in The Independent - their footstomping mix of accordion, banjo is really something special. They're planning a new US tour this summer and a UK and Ireland tour in the autumn, I recommend checking them out at groanboxboys.com Archive Cage TV appearancePosted on 01 May 2007
Here's an unbelievable performance of John Cage performing his piece 'Water Walk' on a popular US TV show in 1960. (via therestisnoise) Archive2013: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2012: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2011: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2010: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2009: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2008: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2007: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2006: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec |
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