Brisvegan Ross Manning probably misses their mild-mannered winter now that he’s based in Melbourne, but the cold fingers haven’t stopped him from continually tweaking new sound-machines into existence, most recently at the Lost Gardens exhibit where his drill powered turntable sculpture was a highlight of the show. He has also self-released his first 4 Layers of 9 album – Trundle Clack, and is both performing and demonstrating instrument building workshops at the upcoming Liquid Architecture festivals around the country in July.
Clatterbox.net.au ‘Meatwave’ profile & contact details.
( Clatterbox is a site profiling many Australian experimental musical instrument makers )
Review of 4 Layers of 9 ‘Trundle Clack’ CD in Cyclic Defrost
>>What attracts you to repurposing old technologies for making music with?
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