Eight loudspeakers of different shapes and sizes will hang from the steel gantries in the Turbine Room and play slow-moving musical sounds at random on Sunday 2nd February
A South Woodford-based sonic artist Andrew Booker is to hold a one-day ambient music installation in the Turbine Room of the Walthamstow Wetlands Engine House on Sunday 2nd February.
Randomatones are an ongoing musical sonic art project by software developer and musician Andrew Booker. In this installation, eight loudspeakers of different shapes and sizes will hang from the steel gantries in the Turbine Room and play slow-moving musical sounds at random. The loudspeakers will be lit with LEDs gently flickering to the sounds.
Walthamstow Wetlands is a 160 hectare nature reserve around a network of Thames Water reservoirs that provide a habitat for a wide range of wildlife. They also provide drinking water for over three million people and are the largest fishery in London.
The Engine House is a grand Victorian building that once contained steam pumps for filling the reservoirs.
Andrew says: “The Randomatones are an electronic musical sound source, and the Turbine Room is the perfect setting for them. It has a lovely acoustic, making the room effectively part of the instrument. Peaceful electronic sounds inside, wintery windswept reservoir landscape outside, it’s going to be lovely!”
Explaining how he chose the site for the Randomatones’ first ever installation: “I love Victorian industrial architecture, and the best surviving examples around London are from water infrastructure. I’ve passed this one on the train a few times and always wondered about it. It was recently restored and looks stunning inside. And because the Turbine Room is all brick walls and tiled flooring, it sounds fantastic!”
This unique one-day installation is free of charge to visit and will be open between 10:30am and 3:30pm.
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