Deranged Drums on Digital Vistas, by Mixed Metals Percussion Ensemble

Deranged Drums on Digital Vistas

by Mixed Metals Percussion Ensemble

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1.	Vista C - beat your heart out 01:50	info	buy track
2.	Vista 2 Timpani tunes and talking toms 02:18	info	buy track
3.	Vista D - blocks and tocks 01:06	info	buy track
4.	Vista 3 - jumpy 00:12	info	buy track
5.	Vista E - tings and scrapes 00:58	info	buy track
6.	Vista 4 - dreaming 01:02	info	buy track
7.	Vista F - sand and scrape 01:58	info	buy track
8.	Vista G - hands and tings 01:54	info	buy track
9.	Vista H - weaving, burling and mending 01:33	info	buy track
10.	Vista 7 - swinging jazz waltz 02:50	info	buy track
11.	Vista I - almost a paso doble 00:28	info	buy track
12.	Vista 8 - gentle drum solos with sympathetic accompaniment 01:19	info	buy track
13.	Vista J - cymbiotic 01:28	info	buy track
14.	Vista 9 - singing marimba in mild peril 02:10	info	buy track
15.	Vista K - rolls 01:18	info	buy track
16.	Vista 11 - revolutions 01:29	info	buy track
17.	Vista N - metal 01:59	info	buy track
18.	Vista 12 - talking drums 01:54	info	buy track
19.	Vista O - fingers and bows 01:04	info	buy track
20.	Vista P - metallic shock 01:30	info	buy track
21.	Vista 15 - sentimental 01:14	info	buy track
22.	Vista Q - wind power 02:00	info	buy track
23.	Vista R - bowls and tings 02:15	info	buy track
24.	Vista S - for Jan 01:03	info	buy track
25.	Vista 18 - in a quiet place 01:40	info	buy track
26.	Vista A - fanfare of tambourines 01:11	info	buy track
27.	Vista 1 - waltz for five 01:29	info	buy track
28.	Vista B - machine like 00:52	info	buy track

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Percussion: drum soloist, keyboards, timpani and a whole store full of sounds feature in Deranged Drums on Digital Vistas. Composed for two percussion ensembles, a trio (Vistas A to S) and a quintet (Vistas 1 to 16). The order of performance is determined by the audience just before the start and I am happy for you to create your own version of the work. There is no charge for the tracks although please consider making a donation towards the musicians who produced these sounds for you. If you wish to include any of the sounds in your track(s) please email peter.birkby@talk21.com to discuss terms. All music, the recordings and the performances are copyrighted worldwide 2014.

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released August 24, 2015

Produced by Peter R. Birkby, recorded by Al McNichol

The first performance was on the 26 June 2014 at the Joseph Bramah public house in Barnsley performed by the Mixed Metals Percussion Ensemble; Peter Fairclough - drums, Steve Kohut - timpani, Peter Birkby - glockenspiel, Leo Le Hu - marimba, Philip Steventon - vibraphone, Mat Dabbs - percussion, Keith Ramskill - percussion and Nigel Chapman - percussion. “no vestige of a beginning, - no prospect of an end.” (Hutton 1795).
The audience chose to start the piece at Vista 11 (percussion trio) followed by Vista J (percussion quintet) and we continued in number and alphabet order from these points. With possibilities of over 600 versions of this music, depending on different starting points, there could be a few more albums to come or you could just order the tracks to suit your preferences.

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Urban Skyline Wakefield, UK

The music of Peter Birkby, created and recorded during the transitionary period from analogue to digital and the mix that followed.
Percussive, melodic fusion of orchestral, jazz, and traditional music from various cultures with a spark of irreverent mischief. ... more

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