Included in a new batch of things that came in from a favorite distributor in
Japan are some recordings of a young composer named
Kenta Masuda who
customizes already existing instruments (ex: a valved instrument) and
those not considered instruments (ex: a bicycle). "
19 Cycles" is kind of
an extension of
Richard Lerman's "
Travelon Gamelon"<sic> (or some
may remember
Zappa playing a bicycle on the
Steve Allen Show in 1963).
Starting this morning with these two (the first one is already sold out):
