Humbucker Music by Nick Storring

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"Ever since I started moving away from using a lot of processing and synthetic sounds in my work, and sticking to acoustic/ electromechanical instrumentation, I've been fascinated by different idiosyncratic ways to record and amplify sound.

Around 2019 I became fascinated with the possibilities of humbucker pickups, particularly the prefabricated ones designed to go into the sound holes of acoustic guitars. After purchasing one, I discovered that they can variously serve as weird and unpredictable contact mics, or amplify vibrations directly adjacent to them, and even act as a means to strike, or "bow" objects (especially with a little rosin!) I started by composing the last piece on this collection, but that simply did not satisfy my curiosity, as their strange behaviour with ferromagnetic objects and instruments excited me a lot. In addition to collecting various compatible materials and playing them in my home studio, as the pandemic hit, I started bringing them and my field recorder on my daily walks. Using a battery of mallets, eBows, and bows, I would capture performance field recordings playing various public structures I would encounter: railings, signs, sculptures, fences, cabling, and bridges. In one instance, I even transduced humbucker recordings I had made at home through a resonant sculpture in my neighbourhood, treating it as a sort of weird plate reverb. Later, a certain pedestrian bridge (captured with humbuckers, contact condenser mics and geophone) became the subject of an extended piece released by Seth Graham's Avant Lard imprint, "Sleepwalking Through Lambton Woods."

Those familiar with my work will notice that "Sleepwalking" and the pieces collected here deviate audibly from my other output, yet for me they share a similar underlying spirit. I have continued to employ these approaches both in recording and performance."

Nick Storring is a composer and musician residing in Toronto. His music has been presented and performed by Eve Egoyan, Quatuor Bozzini, Beijing's Musicacoustica Festival, AKOUSMA, Arraymusic and appeared on labels such as Entr'acte, Scissor Tail, Notice Recordings and Orange Milk.

"Storring HAS IT, his compositional prowess only eclipsed by his sense of atmosphere and space." -Tiny Mix Tapes

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