“Matilda” the Electroacoustic Zither

Electric Earth Music

I spent the Summer of 2019 traveling around Europe in a Mercedes-Benz estate car we named “Matilda”.  At the end of the Summer, and after putting more than 13,000 km on the odometer, we sold the car, but kept the license plates as souvenirs.  Recently, I made one of the license tags into an electroacoustic zither, which joined the “Orchestra of the Unwanted,” my collection of musical instruments made from recycled materials and found objects.  Here’s a little demo:

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Author: john hardin

Artist bio: The writer in me says: “Don’t tell them who you are, show them what you do.” The artist in me says: “It must be strong, simple, bold, yet rich with detail, but above all, original.” The filmmaker in me says: “We need to contextualize your work by weaving the roots of the Psychedelic Revolution, the Environmental Movement, Gaia Theory, Future Primitivism and musical influences from Iannis Xenakis to Bart Hopkin into a narrative that portrays an iconoclast's struggle for cultural relevance from the forested hinterlands of rural Northern California within the greater post-industrial, post-post-modern, post-reality mind-fuck of the 21st Century.” The critic in me says: “Will that guy ever shut up?” The comedian in me says: “It has to make me laugh at least once.” The engineer in me says: “Don’t forget to tell them that you do it all off-grid, with solar power, using recycled materials.” And the improvisational musician in me says: “Cut! Great job everybody!”

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