Fetish: Bent Leather's palpable, visceral instruments and Grainger

Authors: Favilla, Stuart; Cannon, Joanne

Source: Contemporary Music Review, Volume 25, Numbers 1-2, -2/February–April 2006 , pp. 107-117(11)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

This article presents Bent Leather Band's gestural embodiment of Percy Grainger's Free Music language and experiments. The authors present their perspectives on instrument-making within the paradigm of live ensemble improvisation. The article investigates the nature of playability and expert control. It considers that these elements should be in governance with a musical language. It examines the visceral and palpable aspects of the instrument purpose-built for virtuosic Free Music play. This is presented through the ensemble evolution of the Bent Leather Band and the adaptation of our instruments to Percy Grainger's remarkable sonic language: `beyond the constraints of conventional pitch and rhythm'.

Keywords: Fetish; Control Interface; Playable; Free Music; Expert Control

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1080/07494460600647519

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