I am delighted to have been asked to perform live in the soundspiral. It’s hard to explain just what this is so visit the link and have a look, it’s an amazing creation, and a unique immersive sound experience.
It’s a new challenge for me, to play a mono instrument in a surround-sound environment so I’m going to have to come up with some clever ways of using the space. It’s not quite the first time I have done surround-sound violin, I did play The Quahog Stalker in quadraphonic in 2011, but that way mainly violin in the front and spooky effects at the back, this needs to be something much more of course.
My plan is to do a version of An Evening With Ada using some of the pre-recorded old computer sounds and some judicious use of a looper (or several) to fill the space, maybe with some live diffusion. I will have a wireless pack attached the violin so that I can wander around the place too.
I’ll post more details as they emerge but at the moment I’m still working on ideas … and being very excited!
Also playing the soundspiral is my good friend (and producer of the Helicopter Quartet album) Stuart Russell.
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