Slit

Clarinet w/delay and Soundfile (Soundfile comes as an audio CD that is usable for playback)

One genre of "fringe-pop" I like is often referred to as industrial music.  
This includes "bands" like Skinny Puppy, Ministry, Helios Creed, Beat Meat 
Manifesto, and most visibly, Nine Inch Nails.  Industrial music is 
characterized by using looped sounds of machine noise, samples of 
(typically undesirable) ground noises, and recording techniques such 
as clipping (distorting) things other than guitar and the use of purposely 
lo-fi sounds.  In Slit (rev. 2000) I hope to preserve much of the energy 
and intensity of this genre while lending to it more traditional techniques 
of craftsmanship like thematic manipulation and imitation.  In live 
performances I seek a blurring between the performer and the electronics 
by having the clarinet start a sound and the recorded part taking over that 
sound and morphing it into a sound not possible on a clarinet.  The clarinetist 
is asked to glissando, play mutiphonics, and sync her playing with the recording
 and a delay (echo) of 500 ms.
									---Rusty Banks