INVENTIONS by Ben Carey
Ben Carey has released his newest material with Sydney's Hospital Hill label ( his third with them ) and I was quite keen to ask him a few questions before properly listening to ''Inventions'' which is beautifully published in a gatefold cover with just stunningly appropriate set of graphics. I give you, Mr Benjamin Carey: 1. How does the new album place itself in your discography? INVENTIONS is a departure for me, because of the breadth of sound materials used, and the depth of practical research I undertook in working with the various historical machines on the record. My previous solo record on Hospital Hill, METASTABILITY, was a deep dive into one large, unwieldy machine - the La Trobe Serge Paperface. Being relatively new to Serge systems at the time, this record documented my experiments of patch programming the serge, and ignited concurrent interests in historical machines, as well as how to understand my practice through the lens of the philosophy of tech...
