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The
orchestra make music with their new cd automate, a cuke-o-phon and
radish-marimba instead of laptop and sampler. The music presents
a transfer of electronic music pieces and structures to the instruments
of the vegetable garden.
Automate
presents the vegetable orchestra's second cd and their logical further
development. The work on the organic sound bodies and refinement
of the playing and recording techniques have made audible a new
vegetable sound universe.
Along
with cover versions of Kraftwerk, the cd is a compilation of tracks
influenced by the most diverse contemporary electronic music styles.
An amazing affinity of the organic and digital world becomes clear
on the one hand whereas on the other, an unmistakably unique veggie
sound is created, which could not have been created with any other
group of instruments.
For
several months prior to the studio recording, the 10-member ensemble
composed and arranged the pieces, and most importantly, discovered
instruments. Inventions such as a radish-marimba and a water radish
were added to such long-standing sound generators as the cuke-o-phon
and the carrot recorder.
The
compositions range from rhythmic house tracks to noise music to
dub and glitch pieces.
The
vegetable orchestra, which comprises 9 musicians and a sound technician,
was founded in February 1998 and has played numerous concerts throughout
Europe.
Since
September 2003, the orchestra have embarked on European tours offering
a live presentation of their new cd - with soup for the audience
after the concert...
They
will be playing Wednesday
and Friday in the Club Marquee.
Henley
Festival 2004 runs from 7th to 11th July and tickets go on sale
to the general public from 8th March 2004. For further information
and tickets contact the Festival Box Office on 01491 843404. For
online information visit the website at
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