Works (1995-1997)
An-Harmonic Canon: 1997; an all string incarnation of the group
featuring long string Zitherums, mechanical toy drummers and long
wire installation elements.
Bellpole Hocket 1996; exploits the natural harmonics of aluminium
poles ranging from dense textures of improvised sound to rapidly
interlocked rhythmic sequences.Handbells and Vocal hocket 1995;
highlights timbral qualities of the`tuned-tongue' aluminium hand-bells
and voices of the performers. The instruments exploit a tuned tongue
principle whereby the two ends of the tube length, slotted and resonator
ends, are matched to reinforce one another. A range of playing techniques
are used to give tonal variety, and the use of intricately hocketed
rhythmic patterning gives a unique spatial quality to the sound.
The tuning is in equal seven tone, a tuning traditionally found
on Malaita in the Eastern Solomons Islands and in Thailand.
Fingerpot Rag 1995; an expanded percussion piece featuring a range
of unique handheld instruments such as small scale `fingerpots'
and `song-stones' in combination with the long-string `Zitherum"
( a piano-wire zither and drum combination using polystyrene resonators)
and the 3 large percussion stations, featuring the bass pipe PVC's,
2 sets of `eye-drums' and tuned-tongue aluminium bells and gongs.
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