In our past December issue, Jason Hutter reported on Bobby Skinner of the New Leviathan Oriental Fox-Trot Orchestra. Skinner plays the theremin, an instrument unusual even by New Orleans standards. In this video, filmed by Elsa Hahne, Skinner performs on the theremin in his home, accompanied by his player piano on the song “I’ll See [...]
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Music from Thin Air
December 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
Playing the theremin transforms Bobby Skinner’s entire body into an instrument. “I am part of an electronic bubble,” he says, “pulling pitch with the right side of my body while my left side manipulates the notes.” He conjures music through a ballet of hands, fingers, and arms, and the body movements are not arbitrary since [...]
