And The Mexican Jumping Beans

Tracklist

1	Soundcheck	12:16
2	Raw Components	20:25
3	Mr. Bean	16:27
4	Skip Hip Hop	23:50

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Het Apollohuis
• Manufactured By – www.tapes.nl
• Printed By – Van de Steeg Packaging
• Printed By – PlantijnCasparie Breda

Credits

• Design – Ton Homburg
• Illustration [Cover] – Nick Barker , Sappho Panhuysen
• Liner Notes – Herman De Vries, Paul Panhuysen
• Liner Notes [Translation] – Lucas Van Beeck
• Mastered By – Frank van Donkersgoed, Paul Panhuysen
• Photography By – Hélène Panhuysen
• Recorded By – Paul Panhuysen

Notes

Recorded at Het Apollohuis, August 1999.

"Before leaving Mexico City I bought 200 jumping beans and immediately after our return to Eindhoven I started to experiment with them. In the past I've worked often with animals, with birds, crickets and goats. I also use sensors, timers, solenoids, motors, galvano-meters, solar cells and oscillators to produce sounds. … Jumping beans are magical living creatures. I worked with them for a couple of weeks, tried out various recording modes and different effects. The final selection on this CD is rather straightforward. There are four different pieces. For each recording I put 16 jumping beans in 8 containers. Clothes-pins glued on piezo discs were used as contact mikes on each of the containers, which were placed on a sheet of soft foam plastic. The signals on the DAT recordings were mixed on Mackie mixer 1202 ULZ. The beans were activated by a halogen lamp over the table."

1 - The beans are jumping in 8 containers, bowls and baskets made of various materials: reed, drumhead, bronze, plastic, enamelled iron, tin, aluminum and wood. The recording starts with the adjustment of the volumes of the various pick-ups.

2 - The beans are recorded in the same setting as in the previous piece. The recording is made without electronic manipulation or human intervention.

3 - The beans are recorded in the same setting as in the previous piece. In this piece I allowed myself to vary the volumes of the pick ups and the overall volume.

4 - The beans are jumping in 8 wineglasses of different shape and size. The recording is made without electronic manipulation or human intervention.

Packaged in a Digipak with a 12-panel insert.

CD manufacturing: TAPES Rotterdam
Printing CD cover: Van der Steeg Packaging
Printing booklet: PlantijnCasparie, Breda
Edition: 1000 copies

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society: STEMRA
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Matrix / Runout: TAPES Mediaproducties F8761 CD

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