Tristan Perich 1-Bit Symphony
'Tristan Perich's 1-Bit Symphony is an electronic composition in five movements on a single microchip. Though housed in a CD jewel case like his first circuit album (1-Bit Music 2004-05), 1-Bit Symphony is not a recording in the traditional sense; it literally "performs" its music live when turned on.'
Genius! The actual 'performance' ain't bad neither!
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..wil, Thu 24 Jun 2010, 11:18,
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Saw Tristan Perich perform with a couple of other guys at Sonar festival last week where they constructed a similar circuit (but more complex) on an overhead projector.
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Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Thu 24 Jun 2010, 12:26,
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I'm hard pressed to quite imagine how that works, is the projector just showing what his hands are doing
and the sound generated by the circuit he builds!? I can't imagine that being terribly melodic or pleasant to listen to but maybe in this instance more concept than content?
Anyhoo I love the idea of music you plug into that isn't a recording but a program, there's so much you could do with that, like wouldn't it be fun if it was multitracked with a button or volume for each track and you could mix it about a bit live!? If you could save the settings everyone's version of the album could be personalised to suit their tastes, sweet!
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..wil, Thu 24 Jun 2010, 12:37,
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They put components (ICs) on the OHP (which showed up in silhouette) and soldered wires between them, building up a circuit live which changed the sound it produced as they went (a bit like live circuit-bending).
The music was more generative and aleatoric than his 1-Bit Symphony, but I like that kind of stuff.
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Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Thu 24 Jun 2010, 12:56,
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