Re: Analog looping in L.A.

[Eric Leonardson <eleon@ripco.com>]

Hi Richard,

Thanks for detailing Joseph Hammer's (non-repetitive) looping 
technique. Using recorded sound-as-art material, or non-musical 
devices as instruments, served my point departure from painting to 
sound and performance in the late-70s.

I saw Joseph perform last August with Cindy Bernhard at Beyond 
Baroque, in Venice. It was Part of Brandon LaBelle's: "Beyond Music" 
festival. They performed just after dusk on the steps outside the 
venue. Cindy was handling light projection: slowly changing color 
fields on a screen set up behind Joseph. I don't recall what the 
light source was, however.

Regarding the visual aspect...As the outside temperature dropped fog 
off the ocean, which is only a mile or two away, began enveloping the 
audience as we stood or sat on the lawn out front. Joseph wore white 
gloves while handling the tape.

He also had a laptop next to his Ampex deck. I couldn't tell how it 
may have been used to manipulated the sound. Maybe it was generating 
color for the projection instead. I could certainly observe 
correlations between Joseph's tape manipulation and how they effected 
the source sounds of music and voices.

Best regards,
Eric

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