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Farabi is an homage to the Arabic musician and philosopher Abu Nasr Al-Farabi (c.850-950). It is a live performance piece written for micro-computer system with 5 analog performer inputs and midi. The midi sound generating device is tuned to 31 tone equal temperament, a system of dividing the octave into 31 equally spaced steps instead of the usual twelve. The performer's actions regulate tempo, rhythmic regularity, mode, tessitura, and midi key velocity, which controls both sound volume and timbal intensity. In this performance the midi data stream is also sent to Scot's computer/synthesizer system, where it is used to rhythmically coordinate his free analog synthesizer playing.

Tim Perkis

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from THE HUB (ART 1002, 1989), released July 30, 1989
Composer: Tim Perkis
Performers: Tm Perkis, Scot Gresham-Lancaster
Recorded at New Langton Arts, San Francisco 11/5/88
Engineer: Philip Perkins

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Artifact Recordings San Francisco, California

ARTIFACT RECORDINGS is a project of Ubu, Incorporated, an artist-run, non-profit organization supporting experimental and electronic music based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Our download and compact disk series is dedicated to representing a living experimental music tradition that continues to thrive in the cracks between the commercial, academic and classical music establishments. ... more

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