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: Naiff
I’ve had a bit of a break from working in my studio – part of which was a week away working with children with special needs. This is a week long project that I run from time to time on behalf of Eyemusic (best known for the wonderful Colourscape structure and new music festival).
At the end of the week I was performing in Colourscape on Clapham Common with Lawrence Casserley, Phil Wachsmann (violin) and Simon Desorgher (see the image below) . There were some lovely soundscapes created, which makes it a pity that we didn’t record any of them!
So I decided it was time to do another studio improvisation with my “sunday morning” software, but using some different sound sources. I decided to start with a plucked kitchen knife (hence the title of the piece) as I wanted short rather than sustained sounds to start off with. To this I then added a bowed and struck brass rod. As I use this software more, I’m starting to get more of an idea of how the input sounds are going to turn out, and when to start them running.
This is a more peaceful piece than some of the previous ones, and as the source sounds are natural (as opposed to the electronic noises from the Cracklebox), the resulting sounds have a lot more internal variation.
Enjoy!
Here’s a recent picture of Simon performing in a giant bubble floating on the Thames, as part of the 2009 Thames Festival…
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