@rummaging

http://rummaging.org.uk/

I'm an Information Technology undergrad @ NSIT, New Delhi.

“play a vibration in the rhythm of the universe” — Stockhausen, Aus den sieben Tagen (1968) • The purpose of rummaging is the creation of noise. • The approach is straightforward: objects placed in a container are played by the hands. The act of rummaging creates sound through the collision of objects both with each other and their container. • Safety equipment may prove useful. • The disassociation of rhythmic intuition or instinct is paramount. • The focus is on a constant, consistent, noise. • The aspiration should always be the creation of the purist sound possible. • Any attempt to ‘shape’ the sound in any way is to be avoided at all costs, with perhaps the exception of dynamics to shape a performance when in a group. • When performing with others, listen but do not allow another’s performance to influence your own. Interplay should be purely coincidental. • Allow the sounds to improvise with each other of their own accord — when given the opportunity, they will do so. Listen for and enjoy these moments as you enable them to exist. • Rummaging favours duration. • Rummaging is truly free improvisation. • Rummaging is the rhythm of the universe. Henry Collins and Robin Foster, 2014.

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