Baroque Harpsichord, Meet Laptop

Take baroque harpsichord, add some laptop-generated loops and rhythms, what do you have? A collaboration between Canada's John Kameel Farah (said by the The Toronto Star, to be "redefining electronica") and Germany’s Volker Bertelmann, a.k.a. Hauschka (the prepared piano guy). It's part of The Signal's broadcast (10 p.m.) of highlights from a concert recorded at the Music Gallery in Toronto.

Speaking of pianos, and their occasional evolution, did you see the picture of the black & white, 16-foot grand designed by architect Daniel Libeskind for the Royal Ontario Museum's "Crystal" space? Here's the Globe and Mail piece about it, In the Key of Libsekind, and Blog TO's entry - a better image. Pretty wild. In my opinion almost anything would make the controversial Crystal more interesting -- were I of the beat generation, upon entering for the first time after hearing all the hype, my response would have been, "Dullsville." So I look forward to the piano, though thousands do not.

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