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Frozen Microwave Music
Gasthof at Manifesta, Frankfurt a.M 2002
2002 Frozen Microwave Music
Gasthof at Manifesta, Frankfurt a.M, Germany (in collab. with Villa Magica Records)
A recording of a live-performance where frozen meals (we freshly cooked during another performance 4 weeks before) were served from an orchestra of Microwave ovens, which were affixed with contact microphones.
”…Originally a 3-hour live performance by John Armleder and Team404, this 74 minutes of musical experimentation with microwaves as instruments project, is definitely groundbreaking. The piece basically consists of a live electronic composition based on heating deep-frozen meals with an orchestra of twelve microwave ovens attached with suction-cap microphones and a conductor unsealing the packaged dishes with a pair of scissors connected to a microphone as well…”
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