Richard Lerman
Travelon Gamelon: Music For Bicycles
Label: Smithsonian Folkways, Folkways Records
Format: CD
Genre: Experimental
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2024 stock. This early (1982) project from Arizona “Audio Artist” Richard Lerman presents musical composition performed with bicycles. Lerman explains: “A gamelan orchestra is a large group of percussive instruments, usually metallic, from SE Asia. In fact, the sound of such a group is not unlike the timbre of amplified bicycles.” With such an idea, he embarks on a project that captures the amplified sounds of moving bicycles in harmonious rhythms creating songs. Liner notes include detailed information on how the album was recorded (i.e. 25 individual battery powered amplifiers attached to each bike), with photos and diagrams.
Release notes
Track 1 - Recorded at the opening of the Boston Museum of Transporation. Track 2 - Recorded at the 3 Rivers Arts Festival. Tracks 3 & 4 - Performed at the Melkweg (The Milky Way Multi-Media Center) for the 'Toekomst (Future) Festival' Packaged as a standard jewel case, in a generic Smithsonian Folkways slipcase, with copies of the pages of the original booklet.
| 1 | Promenade Version - Boston MA - July 2, 1979 | 6:13 | |
| 2 | Concert Version - Pittsburgh PA - June 6, 1981 | 14:15 | |
| 3 | Promenade Version - Amsterdam, The Netherlands - April 27, 1982 | 5:16 | |
| 4 | Concert Version - Amsterdam, The Netherlands - April 27, 1982 | 14:30 |
- Bill Burke
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- John Sale
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- Richard Lerman
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