Six Things #6 for Henri Vaxby
by John Lely Musical Process On the 19th of February 2005, John Lely, composed
Thing #6 for Henri Vaxby . Lely's instructions (for
analogue clock and guitar) are as follows: “When the
second hand of the clock crosses the hour hand, play
a note. When the second hand crosses the minute hand,
play a harmonic.” Coincidentally, on the 19th of January
2006, Seth Kim-Cohen composed "Six Things #6 for Henri
Vaxby by John Lely." The instructions – for analogue
clock, guitar, microphone and multi-track recording
device – call for six performances of John Lely's Thing
#6 for Henri Vaxby. The first thing is recorded. Then the
second thing is also recorded, while the recording of the
first thing is played back. The third thing is recorded,
while the recordings of the first and second things are
played back, and so on. By the time the sixth thing is
recorded, it is accompanied by the previous five things.
The organization of sound events is determined by the
movement of the hands of the clock, with the intervals
between sound events shifting as the relative positions
of the hands change. |
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