Yo! Super excited - sorry I'm late - here goes!

Here is my latest PAT project, an installation for 452 (like Sam's rainstick vid). 

The description at the beginning: 

"Wooden boxes were given to three close friends, instructed to carry them for a day. The boxes became a part of their enviorment, listening and recording moments. To engage with a box’s memory, look for a key to turn."

This is a part of what I do (electronics / building things), but I also play a bunch of music (guitar/vox in a band called Rooms, electronic stuff, other stuff).

As far as collaboration goes, I'm really into each artist getting to thrive in their craft / environment. It's easy to find music that's hot glued together - i.e. violin slapped on top of a techno groove, electronics/looping slapped on a piece of new music. Regardless of whether or not this method is meaningful or effective (I think it can be!), I'm not so interested in that. 

Below is a video of a number of works - performed/made by the London Contemporary Orchestra. Though Johnny Greenwood is the famous name, I would argue that the musical relationship between him and the other performers is equal/authentic/effective. Here is an electronic musician and guitarist playing music out of his own experience with a group of chamber musicians doing the same. I love the result! I also love the aesthetic of much of this.



As far as fixed media goes, I would also point to Drones and Large Cycles as a similar equality between Nico Muhly and Valgeir Sigurðsson.