Ethnotechnological Music

Apr 16, 1982
Field:

Concert, Performance

Location:

Grand Luxe Hall, Western Front

Time:

8:30 p.m.

Description:

Ethnotechnological Music was a concert by Martin Bartlett, Doug Collinge, and Dan Scheidt. They performed two original electroacoustic works: Accumulator and Travellers’ Tales. The compositions made use of homemade electronic instruments, including Bartlett’s black box, and a number of flutes, rattles, gongs, and other percussion instruments from China, Indonesia, and Myanmar. 

Presented as part of the New Musica series.

Video and audio documentation available upon request.

Captions:

Western Front is a non-profit
artist-run centre in Vancouver.

We acknowledge the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations as traditional owners of the land upon which Western Front stands.