November 5, TrowBridge.
Travis, Sam and I went to a church near Bristol, in a small town called TrowBridge.
The owner of the church has a collection of harpsichords and pianos. We took a field recorder and a ambisonic microphone.
The church had a nice natural reverb, Travis played each harpsichord, some improvisations guided by a visual score made by himself. After doing these recordings, we made a group improv, me playing a steinway and sons piano, Sam playing an organ and Travis singing.
My favourite part was when I got to play the organ. I played long sustained notes on the keyboard and on the bass pedal, while I was moving the ‘knobs’, I found this crazy, since I noticed the air inside the organ being modulated to my movement. I could hear it clearly since I was standing right in front of the pipes.
It was a good day of sonic exploration.