The Aloft Hotel Musical Playground is an immersive installation incorporating analog and digital instruments. Anyone can play, loop, record, and share their music. Housed in a 24-foot geodesic dome, the Musical Playground will consist of several instruments by Critter and Guitari, as well as a host of sequencers, theremins, synthesizers, and pedals. The instruments are arranged in a circular configuration on a series of sculptural pedestals to prompt collaboration. All instruments are simultaneously powerful, playful, and intuitive. Speakers play back sounds for those in the tent. Attendees are able to build layers of sound, pass sounds from one another, play with resonance, invent new musical games, alter playback speed, and explore new harmonies. In the Musical Playground, the possibilities are endless.
Critter & Guitari designs and manufactures musical instruments and video synthesizers. After meeting in school, Critter & Guitari’s founders, Owen Osborn and Chris Kucinski, began playing music together. It wasn’t long before they started building musical instruments too. Their... Read More →
George Langford is one half of the eclectic collage-pop band Javelin. Signed to Luaka Bop, a world music label started by David Byrne, Javelin is known for its high-energy performances, left-field remixes and all over the map catalog. They are Moogfest alums, class of 2010. When not... Read More →
Christopher Powell (aka Pow Pow, aka PayPow, aka Powserati) is a self-taught rhythm scholar, producer, and beat-maker living in Philadelphia, PA. As a main contributor in the Philadelphia art and sound collective Need New Body, which fused improvisation with popular song structures... Read More →
