Bertoia, Harry — Sonambient

New York, Sonambient, 1970. vinyl record LP. black & white illustrated record sleeve w/ text. Sculptor Harry Bertoia's experimental, ambient sound recordings. Factory Sealed LPs. LPS 10570. Back sleeve photo by Guy Tomme. "Sonambient is the name of a series of vinyl LP albums recorded, designed, produced and released by mid-century modern sculptor Harry Bertoia himself. Known for his architectural design as well as his sculptural-style art work. In the later period of his career, he began to focus on sculpture that interacted with viewers and/or the elements, like the wind and weather, and as he built smaller pieces in his studio, he began to explore the ways in which the metal and other materials could be manipulated by hand to produce sound. By stretching, bending, striking, and in other ways moving the materials, he made them respond to wind and/or to touch to create different sounds or tones, which he then taught himself to "play", and recorded a series of pieces which he later released as this series of LPs. He also performed with the pieces in a number of concerts. --wikipedia. New/Sealed .