Prepared & processed music box, based on the Lutheran Hymn "From heaven above to earth I come."  I used an antique Thorens music box, inherited from my great aunt, as the starting point for this piece.  The slightly bent disk give the playback an off-kilter, stop & start quality.  I recorded this, and then treated the sounds using Ableton Live.  This was one of several music box pieces created for the "Dream Percussion" event at National Film & Sound Archive in Canberra.  The music box recordings were played through the speakers of a "Mr. Whippy" (antique ice cream) van.

From heaven above (2009)

Erik Griswold