With this. (the steel pan was placed upside down over a foam covered desk fan that bounced three ping pong balls randomly around projecting them onto the inside of the pan to create the percussive sounds)
A mechanically produced composition resulting from the random interaction between a steel pan, three ping pong balls and a desk fan combined with the effects of rust and decay on half the insides of a piano played by a set of small motors.
Made by combining this (filmed onto VHS tape),
With this. (the steel pan was placed upside down over a foam covered desk fan that bounced three ping pong balls randomly around projecting them onto the inside of the pan to create the percussive sounds)
This is the sound of the steel pan on its own.
The piano strings were then cut in half.
The interaction between overtones created by sounding piano strings, cymbals and a metal sheet with small motors. (the piece builds over a period of two minutes and then continues for 16 minutes before fading out over two minutes)
These are the sound making devices used in the recording - small low voltage motors with strips of tape attached used to vibrate cymbals and piano strings and with a small weight added to vibrate a steel sheet.
One sixth of the piano insides.
Combined with a large stainless steel disk played by a small motor.
Two sixths of the piano can be seen here on either side of the stage with resonators attached. (with the insides of another whole piano, a steel sheet, three cymbals and a bicycle wheel).
A recording of all theses devices was used as the sound for this sound painting for projector and speakers. The video was derived from a fireworks display.
The four cut up sections combined for the Bath festival in the UK.
Further string pieces in a more classical tradition utilising guitar and violin.