Of Aluminum and Wind (disquiet0485)

The Assignment: Remix the pure sounds of Chris Kallmyer’s traveling wind chimes to your own musical purposes. -Used the first 3 minutes of the original, unedited -Converted that audio to midi and triggered a crystal chamber bowls sampler. -Added 3 wind chimes I own (build by my father in the 80's out of aluminium tubes) -Improvised an acoustic piano part -Improvised a synth pad Paris, Friday 16th April 2021 in the morning; First, some background: Kallmyer’s “Two hearts are better than one” is a pair of wind chimes, one of which is depicted in this week’s cover image, crisscrossing Los Angeles at the height of the pandemic. Installed at homes for week-long listening sessions, the chimes formed a duet across a city and provided intimate experiences with sound for 16 families sheltering at home. (More at chriskallmyer.com.) https://disquiet.com/0485/ @disquiet