ANDY WEBSTER
CHIMES
CHIMES [2021]
12” Black Vinyl. Edition of 25 [+ 2 AP]
Four moving-head lighting fixtures and one hazer are driven by a sound work composed of Apple startup chimes arranged chronologically from first to last release. While listening to Girl Drop, the electronic steps in Gamble's track felt strangely familiar—almost akin to old Macintosh startup chimes. This prompted the thought: what would happen if I reimagined Gamble's composition using stretched startup sounds as source material?
The work was created by time-stretching the Apple chimes to match the pattern, intervals, and duration of Lee Gamble's Girl Drop from the Kuang EP. The resulting sound work drives four moving-head lighting fixtures and a hazer, translating audio into movement and atmosphere, while revealing hidden harmonic content within Apple's brief, utilitarian tones.
The artwork was developed with the support of Liam Jolly and shown at Auction House in Redruth, UK. 2021.