GreyWing Ex Machina ProjectThe project was a survey of works for instruments and mechanical sound by Erickson, Rawes, Truax, Hannan, Saunders, Meadowcroft, di Scipio, Ablinger and Vickery publicly performed, recorded and released by the Ensemble GreyWing on the Tone List Label. Artwork and program notes were created.
Works spanned 7 countries, 50 years and a range of approaches to interaction with the mechanical world: exploring raw and edited field recordings. Such a survey has not been completed before. Integration of acoustic instruments included transcription of harmonic and inharmonic sound into notation. Scores used traditional and spectrographic transcription and included examples of Ablinger’s “Phonorealism” and di Scipio’s “sound is the interface” concepts. For the performances software was developed allowing the precise synchronisation of video, audio, scores and. external speakers and live environmental recording without a technician. . Concerts at all three New Music series Tura, Tone List and Outcome Unknown. An A6 concertina score, featuring laser cut metallic bookends with a concertina score of Vickery's “takadanobaba”, postcard and liner notes. GreyWing Ensemble Kirsten Smith - flutes Lindsay Vickery and Eljo Agenbach - clarinets/saxophones Jameson Feakes - guitar Catherine Ashley - harp Dan O'Connor - trumpet Ewan Potter - trombone Annika Moses and Dobromila Jaskot - voice Nate Wood - violin Kathy Potter - viola Melanie Robinson - cello Phil Waldron - double bass Ben Stacey and Vanessa Tomlinson - percussion |
Works performed and/or recorded
Peter Ablinger - Book of Returns [2013] (part 1) 13:35 Peter Ablinger - Book of Returns [2013] (part 2) 06:15 Agostino di Scipio - Impedance [2014-] 07:53 Joanna Bailie - Trains [2014] 10:40 Robert Erickson - Nine and a Half for Henry (and Wilbur and Orville) [1968] 10:05 Camilla Hannan/Lindsay Vickery - Telescope Turbine [2018 10:00 Thomas Meadowcroft - Monaro Study [2011] 15:09 Ian Rawes/Lindsay Vickery - Bascule [2016] 07:00 James Saunders - instruments with recordings [2012] 08:05 Barry Truax - Steam [2001] 08:37 Lindsay Vickery - mechanical inefficiency [2019] 07:32 Lindsay Vickery - takadanobaba [2018] 11:11 Lindsay Vickery - [opi'lka [2017] 10:51 Dane Yates - Vinosity [2018] 09:21 |