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They Didn't Know What They Were About To Play
Overview
They Didn't Know What They Were About To Play --- 2019-08-23
About the Musical Tracing Ensemble: An ensemble of musicians is gathered. Each musician has their own instrument, means of amplification (if needed), and pair of headphones. All musicians' headphones are plugged into one outputting sound source (usually an ipod with many headphone splitters and headphone amps). Music (often of the Popular Music Canon) is played from the sound source and the musicians are instructed to play something, anything that they hear in their headphones as accurately as they can on their own instrument. The musicians never know what songs or sounds they will be hearing in advance. The audience only hears what the musicians are playing and none of the original sound source, thus creating a "tracing" of the sound source material. There is no rehearsal, everything is live. They didn't know what they were about to play, AND THEN THEY PLAYED IT.
Tracklist
They Didn't Know What They Were About To Play (Opening Theme)
Fail In Holy Plutonic Wavelength
On Elm Leaf Relay Week, I Am Oak
Known Rotating Pup
He Spells
Ye, Pig Demon
Oily Rum Bill Error
Tarps User
Yo Baobob Boy
Volcanic Red Morns
Meltdown Noted
Trite Fame Item
And Then They Played It (Closing Theme)