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David Behrman – On The Other Ocean

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“On the Other Ocean is an improvisation by Maggi Payne and Arthur Stidfole centered around six pitches which, when they are played, activate electronic pitch-sensing circuits connected to the “interrupt” line and input ports of a microcomputer, Kim-1. The microcomputer can sense the order and timing in which the six pitches are played and can react by sending harmony-changing messages to two handmade music synthesizers. The relationship between the two musicians and the computer is an interactive one, with the computer changing the electronically-produced harmonies in response to what the musicians play, and the musicians influenced in their improvising by what the computer does.”

  1. greg on August 3rd, 2008

    i just finally scored this on LP when i was up in seattle recently.
    i think its my favorite lovely music release.
    i used to listen to it every night before going to sleep when i was in grad school….
    SO GOOD!!!

  2. nay nay on August 3rd, 2008

    this is beautiful!

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