This is a terrific use and extension of a standard drum kit. I think that this performance by Berz is interesting on a number of levels, and it really communicates both to art snobs like you and I, and to lay listeners.

Both this video and the Maja Ratkje video were shown to me yesterday by [...]

performance is on a faculty composers concert at bowling green state university, november 12, 1991. burton beerman-composer/clarinetist. celesta haraszti-choreographer/dancer. [1]

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Mutations (megamix) is an interactive work, exploring notions of the ‘DJ set’, ‘mashup’ and ‘remix’ through the integration of various ‘streams’ of piano-based material in live performance. Integrating three core components: live piano (notated and semi-improvised material), Disklavier/MIDI playback, and soundfile playback (with or without live electronics), Mutations (megamix) has the capacity to be [...]

Electronic musical instrument guru Tim Kaiser hardly needs an introduction. Since he began posting his homemade instruments, he has been a popular feature on the electronic music blogs. Here he is performing live in Cincinnati last December.

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