'When I got the initial email about the comp and saw the list of artists available to cover I immedialy thought about Eno's Music for Airports. I often think about different airports are from when that piece was initially composed. I thought about how frantic and chaotic airports are now, how overwhelming they can be. From there I began thinking about how to best realize a cover.
I chose to "transcribe" Eno's recording using ableton audio to midi tools. After some cleaning of the midi I ramped the tempo to 999 beats per minute and recorded it being performed by a computer controlled upright player piano.
To me track somehow still maintains an ambient feel due to the new cluster formations that appear due to the insane speed.
I went with the player piano, over synths, as the instrument because my favorite performance memory from Moog fest was my 4 hour durational performance for player piano and electronics. I actually bought the piano off Craigslist specifically for that Moogfest set.'
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