Trimpin (born Gerhard Trimpin) is a singular musician and artist who uses computer technology, found objects, conventional and retrofitted musical instruments and an unfettered imagination to create remarkable sound sculptures and musical compositions that no one else can reproduce. Influenced by Conlon Nancarrow, the experimental composer who used player pianos to perform compositions that were beyond the limitations of human musicians, Trimpin has designed and constructed machines than can "play" a variety of instruments, and using MIDI programming he's constructed towers of self-tuning and strumming electric guitars, kettledrums that create effects no percussionist can match, makeshift marimbas made from rescued wooden shoes, and droning glass spheres that can seemingly hold a note forever. A major part of Trimpin's constructions is his care in how they react with the acoustics of their environment, so conventional recording techniques cannot accurately document most of his works, but while only a small handful of music buffs have heard his pieces, he's developed a small but passionate following and has collaborated with Nancarrow and the Kronos Quartet. Filmmaker Peter Esmonde presents a look into the creative world of a true original with the documentary Trimpin: The Sound of Invention, which received its world premiere at the 2009 South by Southwest Film Festival.
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