The TOOB is a wireless electronic 'hyper-trumpet' I created to bring some of my trumpet playing skills into the electronic music realm. The instrument is created not out of a desire to emulate or build upon the trumpet itself, but to take some of the familiar gestures and memes of trumpet performance to a whole new place. The goal is to have the same fluid control of sound that I feel when playing the acoustic horn, but with a diverse sonic palette and the ability to incorporate and process environmental sounds on the fly in an improvisational or composed setting. The TOOB is flexible enough to be used in many contexts and quick and easy to setup or break down.
For more technical information about the TOOB, see the Instruments Page
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This quick video demonstrates the TOOB's interface and capabilities.
In September of 2008, I worked with Butch Rovan to produce a concert at Brown's Grant Recital Hall called "Trouble With TOOBs" that included solo TOOB performance, a duo with Butch Rovan [sax], and a sextet performance.
Since September of 2007 Arvid Tomayko-Peters has been playing trumpet and TOOB with a group of musicians known as Metropolis. Usually six in number, Metropolis crosses the lines between jazz, rock-n-roll, electronica, dance grooves and improvisational experimentation. Metropolis performs at least once every 2 weeks in Providence venues, as well as occasionally in Boston.
You can learn more about Metropolis and listen to recordings at The Metropolis Website
Karlheinz Stockhausen's Expo has an idiosyncratically obtuse score. This performance of Expo took place in 2006 at Brown New Music's Aural Fixation (or Kristmas mit Karlheinz) concert.
Expo - excerpt - 5:12