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Thrum

by Keith Lo Bue

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1.
Swarm 03:36
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Thrum, Pt. I - Supernumerary Disambiguation 06:10
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Thrum, Pt. II - Snapchatter 03:31
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Thrum, Pt. III - Oscillon 02:46
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5.
Ascension 08:10
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about

Many people around the world have known my visual artwork using found materials for the last quarter-century.

Almost no-one knows, however, that for even longer than I've been making my found-object artworks, I've been recording, collecting and collaging sounds into audio soundscapes.

As a boy with my shoebox cassette recorder, I fabricated long audio narratives, many with multiple tracks created by playing several tape recorders at once in the room to re-record the 'scene'. This long-standing fascination found more organized form in 1985 with the creation of The Collective Ear, an open-ended audio ensemble with good friend Nick Osborn and myself at its core. Recordings were made for our own enjoyment over the next decade under that umbrella, often still with that crude 'analog' overdub / homespun effect ethos.

Now, twenty-six years on, the first of my musical experiments can be heard by more than friends and family.

'Thrum' is a 24-minute EP of acoustic objects and instruments, found sounds and field recordings. These were then manipulated, collaged and woven together. No electronic keyboards were used. Any instruments and materials used are completely acoustic in origin.

I hope those who know my visual work will hear the sonic threads that bind my creative textile together; certainly they are one and the same garment to me.

Listening on headphones is highly recommended.

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released February 5, 2014

Keith Lo Bue - Thrum

1. Swarm (2013)
The Wilkins Primary School’s Infants’ String Orchestra.

2. Thrum, Part I - Supernumerary Disambiguation (2014)
Tibetan singing bowl, sound effects 78rpm record, tongue drum, double-rainbow man.

3. Thrum, Part II - Snapchatter (2014)
Fingers, wine glass, timer.

4. Thrum, Part III - Oscillon (2014)
Bottle, voice, fingers, wine glasses, Tibetan singing bowl.

5. Ascension (2011)
Kalimba.



Cover image: The Beacon Light (detail), ©1990 Keith Lo Bue

All recordings and instruments by Keith Lo Bue, except Paul Vasquez and his ‘double rainbow’ recording, courtesy of YouTube.

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Keith Lo Bue Sydney, Australia

Lo Bue is an American found-object artist living in Sydney, with his fingers in many creative pies.

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