"The music for Flip: 12 Pieces for Drums, Cymbals and Percussion was recorded at Radio Studio Zurich in Switzerland. Studio 2 - where these recordings were realized - is a generous room with a high ceiling and very natural acoustics."The drum set pieces (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7) are free improvisations and were mixed directly to two-track with no overdubs. The other pieces - connected improvisations - were recorded in a way that the components would finally form the desired compositions: Track 2 is a combination of three layers of cymbals. For track 4 three different flatride cymbals were recorded in slightly varying tempos to result in a constantly changing time pattern. Track 6 consists of several layers of woodblocks. Track 8 is composed again with multiple layers of cymbals but also with the sound of rubbed woodblocks (with added reverberation, the only electronic effect on this CD). Track 9 features a juxtaposition of two recordings on the same drum set, once played only with the left hand using a brush, the second time with the right hand using a normal drum stick. In track 10 I just added the cymbal background and track 11 - featuring 4 dampened cymbals played with different sticks - was played straight to two-track. Again, track 12 consists of multiple layers of cymbal sounds."The instruments I used for these recordings are an ayotte drum set consisting of a bass drum (18"), a snare drum (12"), three tom-toms (6", 8", 10"), a set of 5 woodblocks, a variety of cymbals (small to large), and a hi-hat."On the drum set I applied all kinds of dampening devices such as cloth, metal plates, chains etc. I also used some of the smaller cymbals in a double layer fashion; for instance, a small bell cymbal covered by a splash cymbal of the same size. For track 10 I used a collection of noise and sound devices which I have collected over the years, most of them every-day objects."The cymbal installation for ocean one, two and three consis