We love composer and sound artist Tristan Perich. His 1-Bit Symphony did more to literalize and de-black box electronic music than most anything we can think of. In it you find sounds generated by a programmed electronic circuit on a microchip such that the act of turning on the device — housed winkingly in a CD jewel case — delivers current to the chip, which is itself the instrument. It’s then amplified. Imagine that in order to hear the sounds of a trumpet, you were required to provide the trumpet with pressurized air. Of course, the trumpet would have to be “programmed” to produce organized sounds in some way, but you get the idea. I talked to Perich for Motherboard back in 2010 and it’s definitely worth revisiting. Italian website ShooTV recently did this interview with him. Enjoy.Reach this writer at michaelb@motherboard.tv, @everydayelk.
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