BREATHING ORGANS 2023-2024

Short excerpt of long form work currently in process, composed/recorded with the instruments, Cité des Artes, Paris.

‘BREATHING ORGANS’ CONSISTS OF A SERIES OF HOMEMADE INSTRUMENTS AND RESONANT VESSELS. THE ORGANS THEMSELVES ARE SOURCED FROM OLD ACCORDION REEDS AND HARMONICAS, RE-TUNED AND DE-TUNED, SET INTO METAL TUBINGS IN VARIOUS PHYSICAL COMBINATIONS. THE VESSELS ARE SOURCED FROM FLEA MARKETS, METAL SCRAP AND THE GARDENING SECTION OF A HARDWARE STORE. THE VESSELS AND ORGANS SOUND VARIOUS PITCHES AND THEIR PARTIALS, DEPENDING ON THE POSITION AND MOVEMENT OF THE MOUTH, BREATH, AND HANDS.