'io: the fat albert concert'
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inspired by the surveillance blimp named Fat Albert tethered to Cudjoe Key to monitor the Florida Straits and Cuba on behalf of the U.S. Information Agency, 'io: the fat albert concert' is a document of a live performance featuring composer David Font on percussion and electronics, Alfredo Triff on electric violin, and Quint Lange on percussion.
radio signals drift over the ocean and transform into subdued rhythmic vamps, urban percussion workouts, and a communion between the ocean, binary electronic systems, drums, and a violin.
performed live at ps 742 in Miami as part of the 14th Subtropics New Music Festival on March 8 & 9, 2002 in quadraphonic (four-channel) surround sound with video projection. mixed down to stereo by David Font from an eight-track digital recording engineered by Gustavo Matamoros and an ambient recording by Steve Malagodi. special thanks to Lebo for illustration.
total playing time: 19' 25"