97 BPM Dream Chord Prime Number Search
by Michael R. Bernstein
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This album presents a live recording of an installation for which I designed and composed a special piece, along with an 'in the box' rendering using a Nord Electro 2 Sixty-One and a Mellotron Micro, and then the two combined.
The installation included two chord organs actuated with 8 solenoids, and two custom built pipe organs, fed by special plenum box air supplies. The instruments are sequenced via an Oxi One MKII sequencer, and MIDI is translated into mechanical actuation via custom 'brain boxes' I built using microprocessors and Python software.
This album explores La Monte Young's Dream Chord: G, C, C#, D
Installation Description: For as long as Minimalist music has existed, one weakness has persisted - the need for human involvement. The BTHLO imagines a future where the purity and pleasure of music can exist without the petty and profane need for human intervention. With its twin slogans of “Save Humans from Music” and “Save Music From Humans,” the BTHLO interrogates the infinite possibilities of this perfect... more
credits
All design, software, hardware, and compositions by the artist. Special thanks to Michael Krzyzaniak, Meghan Raham, and Patrick Cain for design inspiration and technical assistance. Thank you to Will Robin for the gracious invitation and the staff of the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library in the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center: Stephen Henry, John R Davis, James Michael Homme, and Drew Barker.
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Michael R. Bernstein Washington, D.C.
Composer and track-maker investigating the boundaries.
Formerly a Double Leopard, a Religious
Knife, and Heavy Tapes head honcho.
Now record guy at HR Records and sometimes Model Home collaborator.
discography
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May 2026 -
Dec 2025 -
Aug 2025
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