This has been a great project!

Kaffe and myself come from the opposite ends of the music making spectrum and that in itself was a challenge, fun and a great learning experience for both of us. Kaffe comes from a purely electronic, atonal, a-structured, machine led fabulous world of soundscapes and experiential noises and vibrations. I come from a world of song structures, multi-instrumentalism (bass, tablas, flute etc), Indian classical, Jazz, break-beat, groove, funk and drum&bass, using machines only as a recording and sequencing tool to achieve the end result of a piece of music to go on a CD or be heard live.

The point of confluence was mutual respect (first - funnily enough) and a thorough understanding of each others worlds, a need to be moved by sound - be it music in the traditional concept or tones and vibrations, and a keen sense for filmic drama in the work. From here everything was an eye-opening experience and learning for both. Sounds dramatic? - it was!!

The final outcome (which I have recently stopped calling a 'piece' or 'track') is the best of both our worlds meeting, colliding, discussing to eventually create a physical-audio experience. The music is three dimensional in dynamic and sound but also having the 'listener/experiencer' create the 4th and maybe even 5th dimensions within themselves by engaging with it. The 'music' is based on a piece of software, written by programmer David Muth, 'almost' randomly selecting all the sounds, tones and performances by Kaffe and myself in a self combining and ever evolving way.

In simple terms the idea is to get down to the installation, take your shoes off, lie in the bed as comfortably as possible (maybe with strangers most of the time), then let the physical-audio take charge of your senses. Most people tend to crowd around the bed imagining they totally understand what the whole thing is about - but then they lie down in it,

ah ...

It works - it really works,

Shri 28/09/06 Rich Mix