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On the 29th of September I’ll be performing a live sound track to the 1920’s film ‘The Cabinet of Dr Caligari’ as part of the Radio Reverb Orchestra. The 20 plus strong orchestra will be conducted by Grant Newman the images and the performance will be pretty much free form with little rehearsal. I’m not sure which instrument I’m going to use but I think I can pretty much take anything along. I think its all electronic but don’t quote me. Expect to see lots of weird and wonderful sound making devices. This event is also part of Brighton Live the free music festival taking place between the 24th and 29th of September.

The Radio Reverb Orchestra event takes place at the Duke of Yorks cinema on the 29th of September at 23.00.

UPDATE: I went along to the first (and only) pre show meeting last night where I found out a bit more about the event.

Well firstly I decided which instrument I am going to use. Because there is already someone playing Theremin I am going to use a little analogue synthesizer that I will control with my Theremin. I’m also going to prepare some tape loops filled with weird and wonderful sounds. Other instruments in the orchestra include Grant Newmans Radio organ, which is an old Lowry organ that is hooked up to an assortment of antique radios. Each key on the organ triggers a radio, each of which is tuned to a different frequency. There will be some more traditional instruments too such as piano, accordian, guitar, flute and vibraphone.

My next plan is to sit down and go through the film making notes on where I might add something sonically interesting to the mix.

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