Sten Hanson's Toothpick
Text-Sound Composition by Johannes Bergmark
Recorded at EMS 2014.
All sounds (except my voice) come from Sten Hanson's toothpick.
I made one recording with voice and one without.
The text is:
The last words of Alfred Jarry, the inventor of King Ubu and Doctor Faustroll, were "bring me a toothpick." I don't know what the last words of Sten Hanson were, but in the early sixties, he used a toothpick as a tool to manipulate a tape recorder to be able to record several layers of voice on top of each other. In this piece, we will hear his toothpick sing its own song.

First performance as a live piece at Geiger's Sten För Fan Festival 2014-09-27.
Sten För Fan poster by Geiger 2014
http://bergmark.org/stenhansonstoothpicken.html

Sten Hanson's Toothpick Without Voice

The sound of the robotic Yeti awakening (probably due to a vulcanic outbreak somewhere in Japan).

The Super Robotic Yeti Awakens

Föhnfrau is written, performed and produced by Agnes Mercedes.

Recording and mixing:
Karin Elowsson

Photo: Nini Hansen


Föhnfrau

Music by Agnes Mercedes

Co writing, arranging and production:
Agnes Mercedes and Karin Elowsson


Montage: Agnes Mercedes

Dive Deep

Hanna-Maria Strand: Vocals
The song is an old gregorian one. I've forgotten which one...
While recording the voice a Roland RE-201 tape echo was used.
Erik Högström: Farfisa Partner 15 organ and a Moog Prodigy. 
The organ recording is made from three (?) parts put together 
while using very much tape echo to create the ambient, almost 
floating sound.
The Moog Prodigy drone is made from six  parts put together.
Recorded in the summer of 2002 in my apartment, Smedjegatan 
in Malmö. 
One of my very earliest studio recordings.

Benedictum (2002)

Erik Högström

Related tracks