Machine for Living, by Pete M. Wyer

Machine for Living

by Pete M. Wyer

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1.	Orphaeum (Sliding Geometry) 10:05	buy track
2.	The Howling Machine 01:45	buy track
3.	Room of Intersecting Lines 07:29	buy track
4.	Second Geometry 07:14	buy track
5.	The Room of Whispers 02:56	buy track
6.	Insect Highway 06:37	buy track
7.	Subwalk 01:13	buy track
8.	Cardioid Hangman 03:27	buy track
9.	The Baying Machine 05:12	buy track
10.	Cars and Cockroaches 03:22	buy track
11.	The Captured Sky 04:49	buy track
12.	The Turning World 10:38	buy track

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This album was originally created as a dance score in 2000 for Carol Brown and Esther Rolinson's collaborative work at the Corn Exchange, as a part of the Brighton Festival.
I am especially fond of it; it was recorded at a strange time, I had no studio or instruments so I used my Dad's Atari computer (souped up to 2Mb from 500 bytes!) a 2Mb EMU sampler, a borrowed arch-top guitar and I managed to persuade Melanie Armitstead, soprano, to come and sing one afternoon.
At the Corn Exchange I had the speakers flown above the crowd with the bass bins on the floor (the piece used huge metal plates throughout the space as part of Esther's design). It's still one of my favourite scores, 21 years later.

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released October 26, 2021

Music written, performed and programmed by Pete M. Wyer

Featuring Melanie Armitstead, soprano

Featuring:
2Mb Atari computer (running cubase)
2Mb sampler (EMU)
Korg 5RW module
Arch-top (jazz) guitar
various fuzz boxes

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Pete M. Wyer New York, New York

For information about Pete M. Wyer please visit www.pmwmusic.com

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