From Kent Williams Sent Thu, Oct 22nd 1998, 22:58
From Kent Williams Sent Thu, Oct 22nd 1998, 22:58
On Thu, 22 Oct 1998, laerm wrote: > > > that of Nicolas Collins assisted by a modified compact disc player. > > and what the hell ARE "trombone-propelled electronics"? Nicolas Collins is the shizznitt -- He has a record out on Trace Elements that is one of my all time favorites. Trace Elements was run by Band of Susan's Robert Poss -- I don't know if he's still keeping it going. According to the liner notes for "It was a dark and stormy night": "The sounds are processed through my 'trombone-propelled electronics' -- a digital signal processor that is controlled from the movements of a trombone slide, and uses the brass instrument as an acoustically malleable loudspeaker." His 'modified' cd player basically does short loop skips that are somehow controlled. It sounds like kicking it into fast forward is an important part of what he does... Another interesting thing that Collins does is 'backwards guitar' -- he feeds audio signals into a guitar pickup, which causes the strings to vibrate. Then he picks up the sound of the vibrating strings with a second pickup and amplifies it. If anyone's interested, the CD facts are: IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT (Trace Elements TE-1019CD) "Broken Light" (A piece performed by the Soldier String Quartet, along with a modified CD player) "Tobabo Fonio" (A piece that samples a south american brass band, and he feeds the sound through the aforementioned trombone) "It Was a Dark and Stormy Night" (spoken word and small ensemble, including backwards guitar) Ben Neill and Robert Poss play on this one.