This is an RM Tempo portable reed organ manufactured sometime in the 1960s(?) which I bought from a salvage yard in mid-1999. Since 2005 it had been in the possession of some friends and I recently procured it back. As you can see on a cosmetic level the instrument needs some work done and as a starting point I’m looking to find some replacement keys so it doesn’t look so toothless. The spartan electrics also need an overhaul – I did electrocute myself once on this rig…mid-performance.
Over the next few weeks the blog will be dedicated to the RM Tempo as I fix it up, explore its sounds and incorporate it into a new Garden Ruin EP, an electronic LP and a project for 2012.
Fun fun fun.
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Tristan Louth-Robins (*1981, Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian artist working principally in the medium of sound art. Ideas of sound and its signification are key elements in Louth-Robins' work, traversing the space between the visual and aural his sound art is realised through the mediums of recordings, installation and performance. He is interested in sound and its associative implications - including its relationship to objects, technology, urban space and the natural world. Since 2005 Louth-Robins has performed and exhibited work in Australia and internationally as a solo artist, whilst occasionally collaborating with visual artists, musicians and performers. In 2010 he completed his MA at the Elder Conservatorium of Music, University of Adelaide, South Australia.
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