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Eli Wallis | Solo
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The titular House of Usher stands in Poe's story as an afterdream in a singularly dreary stretch of country, its large and lofty rooms haunted by remote feudal times and a minute fungi sentience.
Melville Webber & James Sibley Watson's 1928 silent film adaptation envisions the house as a labyrinth of dark rooms looping back into themselves, ghostly recursions adrift with hypnotized inhabitants.
Autumn in the House of Usher was performed on an Allen & Heath Zed-10FX mixer fed into itself. The first two pieces consist of two overlaid improvisations, and the title track was performed in four takes responding to the Webber & Watson film.
Swum to Phasis began as three performances on no-input mixing board and radio, which were then arranged in reverse chronological order and responded to with amplified (and mostly muted) trombone. The rain grew from drizzle to downpour, then dissipated.
no-input mixing board, radio, trombone
Made on mmm