MARIMBAideefixe from amplifications by Seb S

2 prepared pianos + 5.0 octave marimba

with the marimba, i found that the pianos were quite receptive to many of the notes and harmonies i would play. even though the marimba is tuned to 442, or maybe because of it, notes would pop out and rattle metal discs and bells inside the piano, sometimes the same note, sometimes a more distant one. the marimba makes the pianos roar, swell to life, a sort of homunculus, a marionette. a bell swirls around inside the body of the piano, providing a rounded, tumbling ostinato. a ghostly chamber ensemble. i describe the track as an idée fixe as the main motivating phrase is such a focus of my playing. the piano seems to like it very well.

I'm Seb, I love to put out music, and do so frequently.

Much of the music I make is experimental stuff exploring low-fidelity playback, feedback, or simple acoustic phenomena. Sometimes I make ambient or pop stuff.

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