steve roden one hour as bumps of surfaces

steve roden one hour (as the bumps of surfaces), 2003 created for the radio series : one hour as... , curated by benjamin green broadcast date: 28.02.03 resonanceFM: www.resonancefm.com "2 one hour drives were recorded in real time through a lap steel guitar (through the pick-up) and a banjo (through a contact mic) laying on the back seat of my car. the drives were then layered on to 8 tracks, with some laid down backwards. total sound is 42 vibrating strings following the movement of my car over the freeways, driving from los angeles to santa barbara and back. some of the tweaky radio frequency sounds were simply coming from the lap steel pick-up. likewise some of the talking near the end of the piece is the car radio being picked up from the contact mic. the two original tracks were laid down without any processing, the other layers were processed. the piece is very soft for the first several minutes."		home bio exhibition & performance history images discography interviews press contact