Album · 2001
Tracklist
1 Tuning Up 8:33
2 Introduction To The Violin Factory 1:14
3 Admire The Machine! 3:04
4 Factory Guide Explains... 1:08
5 The Master Power Switch 2:04
6 The Machine Marches On... 2:27
7 Factory Guide Warns... 1:40
8 Revolutionary Working Songs And Techniques 1:39
9 The Machine At Maximum Efficiency 0:40
10 Er-hu Player... 3:44
11 A Glue Sniffer Is Caught. 2:19
12 Bow Making Department... 4:37
13 Workers Do Keep Fit Excercises... 1:47
14 Cutting And Finishing Department... 2:29
15 Power Surge Causes Short Disruption. 0:31
16 Close Up Of A Rasping Violin Worker... 4:12
17 The Factory Never Stops... 6:09
18 Entertainment For The Masses... 1:20
19 The Workers Are Tired... 1:48
20 Next Shift Of Workers Arrive 2:05
21 A Workers "Squeaky Belly" Discussion And Criticism Group 1:18
22 The Workers Sing Revolutionary Slogans... 2:09
23 Tour Guide Discusses The Reasons Behind The Decline Of Factory Violin Making... 3:10
Line-up/Musicians
Composed By, Conductor [Interactive], Musical Bow [Midi Bow], Violin [Relative Violin Samples], Violin [Accelerometer] – Jon Rose
Erhu, Voice – Hu Xin Hang
Orchestra – The Orchestra of Ancient Guts
Performer [Live Sampling] – Kaffe Mathews
Performer [Video Manipulation] – Tom Demeyer
About this release
HEyeRMEarS/DISCORBIE – HDCD 001(Slovakia)
Edited recording of Rose’s interactive multimedia project for the Kunstradio in Vienna in 1999, based on the concept and original film footage of violin factories in China
Thanks to snobb for the addition