2004
The piece is the interaction between, and mixture of, these feedback channels which are set up by resting contact microphones on various percussion instruments that are standing in front of loudspeakers. Although the varying of the individual intensities of these channels, which is extremely gradual throughout the performance of the piece, is done according to the score and the same in each of these performances, the actual sounds which make up piece are determined by the interactions of the sounds upon themselves, the acoustics of the room, where the mikes are resting in relationship to the loudspeakers and instruments at a specific moment (the vibrations set up cause them to move around during the piece) - in short, factors which are complex enough that even if the piece was performed twice successively in the same room with the same audience, the same instruments and the same loudspeakers, it would have completely different sounds and structures.
Max Neuhaus,1966
'Feed' is the title of my score made from the material given in Fontana Mix. The piece is the interaction and mixture of feedback channels set up by resting contact microphones on various percussion instruments that stand in front of loudspeakers. Although the individual intensity of these channels is controlled from the score, the actual sounds that make up the piece are determined by the acoustics of the room and the position of the mikes in relation to the loudspeakers and the instruments at a specific moment. (The vibrations cause the mikes to move around.) In short, the factors here are so complex that even if the piece were to be performed twice in the same room with the same audience, the same instruments, and the same loudspeakers, it would have completely different sounds and structures each time.
Max Neuhaus Estate