Wilko the last days
The pop art centre in a Leighton Buzzard empty retail store finally came to a close. Despite the efforts to create a much needed community resource for a range of creative and social activities. The space is to return to being a shop. However it had a fantastic send off for the positive impact it had on the local community. Some of it's past events can be seen here https://culturecolb.uk/events/
For the finale the space held a number of Sound and Vision events. On Friday 21st it was the turn of Tony Gee the resident sound artist who had spent his time scouring the vast retail site for scrap materials which could be transformed into musical instruments for a site specific concert. Which was performed by the aptly named 'Found Sound Collective'. There were also poetry readings, artworks on display and an impromptu audience participating choir.
Here's a clip of the Found Sound Collective playing.
Further clips of the Collective playing can be found on Tony's Facebook and Instagram pages.
I was invited to perform and briefly explain the musikinstrument I was using.
My short improvised piece of music was based on the idea of mechanical/ analogue verses digital. The piece starts off with the mechanical rhythms of the musikinstrument which is then modified digitally. Here I was using a loop pedal and the Gristleizer*. My performance ends with the Arduino Theremin. Here are the closing moments.
* The Gristleizer is a legendary sound effects pedal used by Throbbing Gristle. I made mine using a kit from Fuzzdog pedals.
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