hwaet is a collaboration between vanessa niwi rossetto (the mighty acts of god, pulga) and steven flato (solo, and mouth to mouth).
the duo is based in free improvisation, but due to their long distance collaboration, this is heard within the context of recorded compositions that are informed by the initial improvised material. tracks will usually start off as one long improv from one of them, and
then the other will craft a response to it through improvisation,
musique concrete cutting, or a mix of both. the duo uses a mix of
conventional and unconventional instruments, from viola played with
loose bow hair, tilt tray, and amplified room sounds (niwi) to bowed acoustic guitar, open mixer circuits, and amplified small objects processed live in max/msp (steve).
steven
flato resides on long island, new york and vanessa rossetto resides in
austin, texas.
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selected list of instrumentation:
peiohr - vanessa created the base recording, and played a tilt
tray. steve then improvised recordings of bowed microphone and rosined
seltzer bottle.
gwnbld - vanessa plays violin and field recording and created the base recording. steve playd open mixer and bowed guitar.
mmqrit - vanessa plays violin and created the base recording. steve plays bowed acoustic guitar and open mixer.
july 17 - vanessa plays violin outside on the porch and created the base recording. steve plays bowed acoustic guitar.
fpdgtv - steve plays bowed acoustic guitar into laptop and created the base recording, vanessa plays viola and accordion
x4mukr - vanessa plays viola with loose bow hair and conch,
steve plays bowed banjo, scissors, tape measure processed live in max/msp.
