based on the work of Vaast Colson, Principium 1.0 was a hacked one-octave Casio keyboard, to be played by placing magnets on a coloured playing field.
on friday we're presenting the second version at The Player, Rotterdam. stoked!
the kind people of De Player asked me if i wanted to do a record of the Principium 1.0.
needless to say, it turned into a different beast. based on the same grid of colours, we ended up with a single set of 12 records - one for each note of an octave.
the sound of these records is, like in the first Casio version, to be turned on and off by magnets again. only this time the rotation of the turntable provides the sequencing - magnets are to be placed around each 10" record, their presence picked up by a sensor, activating or blocking the sound.
speaking of which, the sound on the first record is a 10 minute composition centered around a C note, varying in timbre and octave, recorded on organ an the trusty MS-20.
this recording then got pitched up a semitone for each subsequent record, making each next record just that little bit shorter.
see you on friday.. and if not, i hope to 'play' the full set in antwerp sometime soon!
