courtesy of Alter Image 
courtesy of Alter Image 
courtesy of Alter Image 
courtesy of Alter Image | Concrete Barges (1986) |
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Bow Gamelan Ensemble We were invited to make a piece specifically for television by Alterimage, Channel 4. We chose to work with the concrete barges near Greenhithe where we had previously explored sound on several of our many escapades downriver. This enabled us to work over ten hours as the tide ebbed and flowed and to investigate the significant changes of sound at different states of the tide - particularly as the resonant chambers of the barges filled up - as well as the massive energy of this amount of incoming water and ways one could use this power to shift and shape sound. Passing vessels obliged us by blasting their horns and adding to our own foghorns and hooters. Sonically the performance seemed to bring to fruition the wildest dreams of Luigi Russolo and other futurist musicians… Full of ingenious ideas. The Guardian Some of the most enchanting ethnic music on the planet. Haunting, enthralling stuff. Time Out It is a cross-media project bringing together sight and sound in a context that is dramatically appealing. And yet they are so obviously flying in the face of popular culture simply because there are no concessions made to familiarity, to tradition. New Socialist A rustic ethnic music of the modern day west. Unmissable. City Limits The tribal Rituals of a culture in terminal decline where machines have become detached from their original functions and turned into accessories of some mysterious cult. The Independent The trio explore sounds and actions which are both a celebration and an assault... Harsh aural poetry. Performance Magazine The bridge between improvised/avant garde music and performance art had never looked quite so convincing. City Limits Deeply serious and deeply silly in their attempt to undermine - indeed detonate - traditional notions of ‘music’. Time Out Back to the Bow Gamelan Ensemble main page.
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