TERRA COTTA
Track 16: Terra Zona
(Barry Hall & Richard Smith) 4:59
Richard and Barry: flowerpotophone


flowerpotophone

Listen to an excerpt of "Terra Zona"

My introduction to clay music came through the building of this instrument – a set of garden-variety terra cotta flowerpots mounted on a stand. These pots, made in an Italian foundry and intended for growing plants, are instead exploited for their innate, but unintentional, tonal beauty.

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from the CD "TERRA COTTA" by The Burnt Earth Ensemble ©2005 all rights reserved