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 Material Sequencer I sound sculpture | 2020-2021

Material Sequencer is an 8-step electromechanical sequencer, designed to emphasise the physical materiality of sound and sound production. the simple usb-powered sound-sculpture re-investigates one of the most elemental tools of electronic music production–an 8-step rhythmic sequence, by taking the sequencing process outside the black box and into the acoustic realm, flaunting its materiality and physicality. all the interface components are presented on a custom-designed circuit board that is fully exposed, and the sound-generating mechanism is reduced to solenoid percussion in its most basic form. different rhythmic patterns can be entered using a small 8-position dip switch and an on-board dial can be used to change the tempo. using a microcontroller, the patterns are converted into a series of electrical impulses that are then used to actuate the solenoid, which in turn strikes a block of solid matter, making audible clicks.

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Material Sequencer comes in 5 editions: aluminium, copper, wood, steel, brass.

the project stems from an expanding body of work that is connected through the thread of sound-based brutalism: a reductionist celebration of unadorned raw material through rigorous functionalism.