From: Varsinais-Suomi, Finnland
Instruments: Ten Roland TB-303 bassline synthesizers and either one TR-808 or TR-707 drummachine.
Conducted by: Jori Hulkkonen
Facts: Ten men in black suits sit in a row, wearing headphones and each one holding a Roland TB-303 synthesizer on his knees. For ten years, Jori Hulkkonen has had the idea of a symphony for synthesizers. All these synthesizers are monophonic which means they can only produce one note at a time. The Association for Experimental Electronics in Helsinki built a special machine to synch the ten synthesizers. The big appeal to Jori Hulkkonen is improvisation: he has a mixer on stage, a drum machine and he controls what everybody is feeding from their Roland TB-303. At the springnine festival, the Acid Symphony Orchestra will play their first concert in Austria.
