Mechanical Sound Orchestra

MATT HECKERT [SURVIVAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES]

CD Jewel-Box (CS-002) -

Matt Heckert has been working as a performance and sound artist since 1978.
In the 80"s he worked as one of the directors of SURVIVAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES building robots and designing soundtracks for the performances and for film.
In 1989 he began working on the Mechanical Sound Orchestra, a group of computer controlled mechanical sound instruments.
He has presented this in the USA and in Europe since that time, working solo and in collaboration with others.

Tracklist:
1 Salt Train 1:55
2 To The Trough 3:43
3 Resonator Run 4:47
4 Big Boxer And Cymbals Crash 0:56
5 Life's Railway To Heaven 1:55
6 Disc Cable Machine 1:09
7 Blastoff!! 3:59
8 Heartbeat 3:06
9 T1M ASR Bug 3:06
10 Munich Samba 4:45
11 Wheeoo!! 2:55
12 Marchtime In Holland 4:29
13 Salt Dig 3:44
14 ASR Solo 1:38
15 Bang Crash 3:34
16 The Resonant Slap 2:44
17 Poppin' Panderos 1:47
18 Tank Beat 0:41
19 The Large Room 2:29
20 Tank Beat 2 2:40