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A Table of Opposites These pieces are from A Table of Opposites which was originally released in 2000. Brings Ether Harmonies (8:33) Brings Ether Harmonies: Every sound was made with an electric guitar and a Boss DD-5 digital delay pedal. The pedal has a two-second maximum sample length, so a careful listen will reveal that each looped sound is no more than two seconds. There's a loop that sounds like some kind of electronic bird song; it was made by pressing the buttons on a TV remote control while pointing it at the guitar's pick-up. The high-pitched drone sounds were a chance encounter. The original idea was to have them be more subdued. They were played by bowing the highest guitar string with a steel slide. At some point, the mixer's gain was mistakenly turned up on one of these drone tracks and out came the sound that is heard. A chance encounter that stuck. Study: Helix: A small spring, the pick-up of an electric guitar, and a delay pedal with stereo output. Recorded and heard exactly as it was played; nothing added or removed. Rhythm 6: The title refers to a setting on the Boss DD-5 pedal and is also an oblique reference to the artist Marina Abramovic. Tourbillion: Mostly made by bowing the lowest guitar string with a steel slide with the sound pitch-shifted down four octaves. Might be hard to hear in a noisy environment given the very low frequencies. The part that sounds like the ambience of a factory is processed guitar feedback. Sunspots: A real-time performance for guitar and Boss effects processor. Two tracks of guitar feedback were recorded directly to tape. Then each track was processed in real time directly to tape. |