A Kitchen Sink Event (composed from only the sound of water dripping ...) by Cork City Gamelan published on 2016-01-29T16:18:13Z Another piece of music for life performance - it would be cool to do it with a real kitchen sink - or perhaps with water dripping into one of my Waterphones. The sound of water dripping was all it took to create this soundscape. A while ago, Fluxus was mentioned on my favourite radio show (Nova - http://www.rte.ie/lyricfm/nova/). Rendering some of the Fluxes scores (curated by Danny MacCarthy) in the 1980s at the Triskel Arts Centre in Cork City (Ireland) was one of the activities which started me off on my present musical journey. This mention of Fluxus inspired me to compose and perform a fluxus-like event score. >>>>> Capture and play the sound of water dripping. The drops may be evenly spaced or not. Make it so that the sound of each drop falling selects an electronic effect according to a selection algorithm of your choice. Any or all of the effects may be null effects, making no changes to the sound. Route the sound of each drop to its selected effect. Capture each of the resulting sounds into a continuously repeating loop of arbitrary length, sound on sound, while continuously playing back the contents of the loop Add further effects or not as desired. When the output reaches the desired density, fade or cut off the sounds as desired. Repeat as many times as desired. <<<<< I used four different delay effects and an envelope follower in order to side-chain a bass sound into the mix. To perform this music back in the 70s or 80s would have required at least five (ideally nine) tape machines and four synthesiser modules. I used a small computer and Max/MSP software for this single take recording. Please feel free to perform or to record your own version and to credit me as the composer. This is a tribute to the few survivors from those days with whom I am still in touch, and who are still making music: https://soundcloud.com/chewedupsounds , https://soundcloud.com/mixile , and Danny himself. It is inspired by the drip music of George Brecht, and it somehow seems resonate with Ligeti's piece for Metronomes. Genre exprimental Comment by Eggplant Purple Moves Fantastic! 2017-06-12T18:34:52Z Comment by Tony Langlois Lovely work Gunter! 2016-06-13T11:57:37Z Comment by nikea bustla amazing! 2016-02-05T11:03:32Z Comment by In Mobile Makes also want to try the concept on different sound sources ! 2016-02-05T08:52:22Z Comment by AA Surfers Well done 2016-02-01T13:51:12Z Comment by Wilhelm Matthies I also enjoyed the sense that the piece was breathing and getting excited and then eased out at the end,then...a new cycle begins..., very nice! 2016-01-31T17:55:04Z Comment by Wilhelm Matthies beautifully recorded and produced! 2016-01-31T17:50:15Z Comment by In Mobile This is a pretty wild idea. I totally dig this. Brilliant. 2016-01-30T20:26:07Z Comment by r369improv Very nice! 2016-01-29T23:59:36Z Comment by chicago_word_brigade outstanding piece of work here...ACES!...faved reposted 2016-01-29T23:41:24Z Comment by bartonmusic Wonderful sonic journey! 2016-01-29T22:27:59Z Comment by anONE nice conclusion 2016-01-29T22:27:16Z Comment by pytchblend Stunning 2016-01-29T20:08:42Z