Light Bulb Music

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Flickr is an electronic duo based on Michael Vorfelds light bulb music, an audio-visual performance dealing with sounds, generated by the use of different light bulbs and actuating electric devices. Uli Böttcher connects his live-sampling machines to the bulbs using light-sensors, enabling the bulbs to control part of the electronic audio input. The Ffickering of the various light bulbs is transformed into a rich world of noises, crackels and buzzing, into bits and pieces, reconstructed in new order. Once the setup runs the players interfere here and there, changing the direction of the ON and OFF. Performed in the dark Flickr establishes a pulsating ambience, a percussive texture of light and sound.