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Author Archives: Berkus
Enough, Enough! (Stock Market Report)
Some weeks ago, Bellows found an electronic toy which makes car and talk noises in a charity shop. He hacked and bent the circuitry, and I recorded the sounds of it and produced some glitchy audio files – originally in … Continue reading
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Warming Up And Starting To Boil – And Some Thoughts On Improvisation
A free improvisation with Metalizer on Electric Guitar, Sonikjahz on Bass, and Self on Waterphone. I remixed the live recording: adjusted the volume and sound for each individual player and added a track of Cork City Gamelan percussion – while … Continue reading
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With A Nod At John Cage: Leave No Traces
Leave No Traces (4.7 MB to download, in the iTunes/iPod MPEG format, opens in a new window) All I needed to make the sounds for composing this music were the two pieces of common Cork City Street Litter which I … Continue reading
Scythian Chit-Chat
Warning: Children, please don’t try this at home with your Mom’s good Wok – use beans instead of pebbles! It seems that some of the most interesting percussion sounds around the city are available from things which people throw out … Continue reading
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Anticipating My Meeting With Evelyn Glennie
Before I go any further: many thanks to Dame Evelyn for indulging me. Artists and celebrities grant interviews to promote themselves, and they get paid for endorsing products and activities… but there was nothing to be gained for her through … Continue reading
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Not Exactly “Light Entertainment”: Solar Sailing
This is an older composition of mine, probably one of my least “easy listening” pieces of music. I originally scored it for massed string sections, up to about 50 ensembles of about 40 players each, each of them doing more … Continue reading
Evelyn Glennie: Recital at CIT School Of Music
Dame Evelyn Glennie, the highly respected profoundly deaf percussionist, is playing a solo recital on Thursday November 24th at the CIT School Of Music – brought to you by the Cork Orchestral Society. COS members can buy tickets now (as … Continue reading
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New Cork City Gamelan Music: Fluid Mechanics
It is sort of lengthy and complex – but it develops, has an obvious structure, and is probably quite easy to listen to. Fluid Mechanics in the iPod and iTunes MPEG 4 Format (AAC / .m4a), 9:20, 7 MB to … Continue reading