Joel Chadabe, Jan Williams
Rhythms For Computer And Percussion
Rare & Collectible Vinyl Records

Sealed, Rare 1981 Original. Joel Chadabe, Computer/Synthesizer System; Jan Williams, Percussion, Vibraphone, Marimba, Log And Slit Drums, Wood Blocks, Temple Blocks, Cowbells & Galss Bowls. Rhythms Was Chadabe’s 3rd LP Release After Ideas Of Movement At Bolton Landing On Opus One In 1974 And Echoes/Flowers On CP2 Records In 1976. Recorded In 1980, Rhythms Is A Set Of Rhythmic Variations For Computer-Generated Sounds And Live Percussion – The Computer’s Live Interaction With An Acoustic Instrument Being The Pioneering Aspect Of The Record. Developed By Chadabe, The Program Is Based On An Original Rhythm Structure Whose Parameters Can Be Modified By The Composer, And Able To Interact With Live Sounds From Percussionist Jan Williams – Something Chadabe Had Already Experimented In His Duo With Violinist Paul Zukovsky In Echoes/Flowers. Consisting In Looped Midi Sounds, Mellow Rhythm Patterns And Light Percussion Interjections, The Music On Rhythms Isn’t Radical Or Cutting Edge As Such – It Can Even, To Some Extent, Function As Musique D’ameublement, Or Furniture Music. Midi Sounds Emulate Glass Or Gamelan Instruments, And Rhythm Programing Often Denotes Exotic Touches – Chadabe Quoting Caribbean And African Influences.