MUSICAL WORKS

HUI Steve Ngo-shan / 許敖山

2010

Aeolian FX – Airport / 風流城聲 - 機場
[feng liu cheng sheng - ji chang]

Birth Y: 1974 Birth C: HONG KONG Gender: Male

Dest: Concert

Media Specification: Mixed music

Commission: Contemporary Musiking

Performer(s): Steve Hui

First perf.: Black Box Theatre, Kwai Tsing Theatre, 29 Jan 2010

Duration: 15:00

Perf. Country: HONG KONG

Instruments: electronic

Perf media: Software: Ableton Live, Cycling '74 Max/MSP, Hardware: Zoom H4

Prog. notes: Based on the idea of Aeolian harp, a Greek invented musical instrument which creates sounds through wind blowing over strings stretched across a wooden box, I developed a system which generates musical texture through the manipulation of environmental sounds. It consists of a microphone, computer and custom software. The software on computer processes audio signals through twelve audio effects in real time during performance. It is my attempt to rediscover the musical structure in the movements of our city. (The image and sound were recorded at the Hong Kong International Airport on 9 January 2010 by domtng.)

Editor: Ka Lun CHEUNG

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