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Ok, this might be a stretch, but I'm playing in an ensemble tonight that uses mechanical looping - hand cranked instruments. http://www.myspace.com/crankensemble Thursday, Nov 29 2007 8:00 PM Outsound Presents Luggage Store Gallery New Music Series 1007 Market St. @ 6th Street San Francisco 8-10pm, $6-10 sliding scale 8pm: Larnie Fox's Crank Ensemble 9pm: Toychestra The Crank Ensemble is a San Francisco-based performance group whose musicians create rhythmic and repetitive patterns by using handmade crank-operated machines. The instruments are constructed by artist Larnie Fox; each has a mounted piezo (contact microphone) to amplify its sound. The ensemble of cranks creates layers of sound, resulting in a range of a sparse new-music style "plinking" to melodic loopiness and hardcore noise. Toychestra is an all-women musical ensemble that plays toys. Some are actual instruments like toddler-sized pianos and xylophones and drums. Others just make great sounds, like the pink zoo train or Boo Megaphone or the acoustic, multi-sonic Activity Center. Still others are used for percussion, like the washboard, Don't Wake Daddy, and woodblock. Each instrument is individually amplified with contact microphones and the collection is mixed live for a bigger electronic sound. This creates a sophisticated aural experience that is a far cry from a bunch of kiddies banging around. Toychestra performs original compositions ranging from stark to upbeat, from percussive to melodic, to ambient, avant-garde and kitsch. In the past the band was known to do a few covers ranging from Dvorak to Kraftwerk to Black Flag. www.toychestra.com Matt Davignon www.ribosomemusic.com