TALL POPPIES RECORDS New and classical music by Australian composers and performers

Chris Mann

Performing as Machine for Making Sense

Machine for Making Sense is an Australian performance ensemble whose five players weave voice, text, winds, violin, hurdy-gurdy, live electronics and tape into dense interlocking textures rather than conventional song forms.

Front cover art for Machine for Making Sense: On Second Thoughts

Machine for Making Sense: On Second Thoughts

Twenty-six short pieces lettered A to Z. By 1994 Machine for Making Sense had toured worldwide for several years. The five players weave dense, highly textured material that fuses music and text in startling ways.

Performer: voice and text