Tarek Atoui, THE SOUND MASSAGE KIT

As part of the project WITHIN, Tarek Atoui has developed nine new instruments and a sound massage kit which expanded notions of hearing, beyond orality and are activated on the occasion of concerts and exhibitions.

The kit is a synthesis of Madiot’s 16 years of work with sound massage techniques and practices to expand our experience of sound, through the ears or through the body. This kit is more then an instrument. It can be used therapeutically, recreationally, artistically and/or pedagogically, and functions as a device where several persons play for one listener laying on a special table. 1

The Sound Massage Kit
Tarek Atoui
Conceived by Thierry Madiot

Top image : The Sound Massage Kit by Thierry Madiot, photo: Thor Brødreskift, Courtesy Bergen Assembly

1. The Sound Massage Kit, Tarek Atoui, Conceived by Thierry Madiot

Work

The Organ Within
– Tarek Atoui with Léo Maurel and Vincent Martial

The SubBass Prototone
– Tarek Atoui with Johannes Goebel

The 0.9
– Tarek Atoui, Greg Niemeyer, Perrin Meyer and Jeff Lubow

4 Iterations on Drums
– Tarek Atoui with Thierry Madiot

The Sub-ink
– Tarek Atoui

The True Laptop Quartet
– Tarek Atoui

The T1
– Tarek Atoui

The Ouroboros
– Tarek Atoui with Espen Sommer Eide

33 Soft Cells
– Tarek Atoui with Kari Telstad Sundet

The Sound Massage Kit
– Tarek Atoui with Thierry Madiot
Readings

When We Met
— Sandra Terdjman & Tarek Atoui