There’s a wonderful, beautiful simplicity in the ideas that unfold to create the works of Tristan Perich. He gave me a copy of his most recent assemblage – 1-Bit Music – which consists of a standard CD jewel case (with the tray removed) and an internally attached electronic circuit. You listen by simply plugging a set of headphones into a jack that is already attached to the side of the jewel case. The sound is from the most minimal of digital audio sources – a single bit of audio – thereby presenting a clean interface that complements the most basic circuit-based sound output.
He’s taken his love of 1-bit electronics a step further by incorporating them into compositions for various ensembles and soloists. Active Field is for ten violins and ten-channel 1-bit music. Here’s an excerpt from a performance that I attended.
(thanks to ramsy2)