Vibraphone and fixed media
Anything Worthwhile is Perishable uses randomized echoes and manipulated repetitions to create a lush soundscape. Several notes on the vibraphone are “prepared” by placing various metallic objects on the keys. The buzzing this creates mimics the mbira, a traditional African instrument associated with the Shona people of Zimbabwe. This movement starts with an mbira solo and the scale used by the performer is based on the traditional Nyamaropa tuning of the mbira.
Anything Worthwhile is Perishable was commissioned by a consortium lead by Matthew Lau