The project was instigated by Secret Mommy who of course tries his hand at a track - this sort of thing is Andy Dixon's speciality after all – and the sample was then passed around to a variety of electronic musicians - Jason Forrest aka Donna Summer, Greg Davis, Elephant Power, Son OK Papi K.O., Aelter, Wobbly, Romanhead, Jac Mica Och El, Tum M, and Uské Nio.
The result was was a mix of styles – some tracks are almost danceable of the microhouse/drill 'n' bass/IDM/glitch/whatever-they-call-these-sorts-of-things-nowadays variety, while others are more abstract or conceptual; Davis for example rode his bike around town while both playing the original samle and rerecording the combined results. One thing that is consistent pretty much throughout: these artists have stretched this one sample to the limit of recognition and produced some extremely music results from a sound source that could not be considered musically rich in anything but a post-Cage, post-Pierre Schaeffer/Pierre Henri era.
Fans of electroacoustic envelope-pushing – and I do mean that literally! – and the sort of concept-driven electronica of artists like Secret Mommy and Matmos will find Project: Bicycle a fascinating listen.
