Penumbra CD017 features duet improvisations by cellist Matt Turner and instrument inventor Hal Rammel (playing amplified palettes).
Fractures & Phantoms
New solo CD by Hal Rammel
Agog (Penumbra CD016) is Hal Rammel’s third collection of solo works for amplified palette, an instrument he first designed and built in 1992. All seventeen percussion pieces on this collection were recorded in realtime, without overdubs or processing, using set-ups of multiple palettes arranged as a tabletop instrument and played with a wide variety of homemade mallets. Each palette has its own unique arrangement of vertical metal and wooden rods producing a rich resonant space that varies dramatically within the selections on this new recording.
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The Penumbra Music Store is now online!
Visit the new Penumbra Music Store for online purchases of Penumbra Music CDs, 7″ singles, and books by Hal Rammel.
Intricate Machines in a Small Enclosed Space
Now available from Car Wash Tapes, Intricate Machines in a Small Enclosed Space, featuring duo improvisations by Peter J. Woods and Hal Rammel.
Here’s a track from this new cassette release:
Seeded Plain + Hal Rammel
Just released by FRIENDS & RELATIVES RECORDS:
Seeded Plain & Hal Rammel / (D)(B)(H)- split LP
Seeded Plain features Bryan Day and Jay Kreimer playing invented amplified instruments along with Hal Rammel on amplified palette. Recorded at Penumbra Studios in April of 2011.
FRIENDS & RELATIVES RECORDS is selling copies of the record for $12 (postage paid in the U.S. — intl. shipping charges upon individual request). Those interested can Paypal funds through the e-mail address below, or e-mail for info on how to order via check/cash.
A video about the Baschet Brothers’ aluminum piano
Aluminum Piano concerts, part of Motor Cocktail from MCA Chicago on Vimeo.
Video produced by the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, July 2011.
The Baschet Brothers’ aluminum piano in performace
Trio featuring Baschet piano from Hal Rammel on Vimeo.
Hal Rammel (aluminum piano), Eric Leonardson (springboard), and Ed Herrmann (instruments by Tom Nunn) in a trio performance at the MCA in Chicago, July 1, 2011. Video by Gina Litherland.
