Aphex Twin - Aisatsana - Player Piano

Composed by Richard D. James (Aphex Twin), ’aisatsana’ is a Satie-esque piano piece inviting stillness and careful listening to one’s surroundings. This mechanical and acoustic reproduction of ’aisatsana’ uses a 100-year-old player piano to play a custom-made roll of the piece. Set in Hadden Park, the piano is recorded alongside visiting starlings and crows in the canopy above, creating a “live“ version of the bird song heard in Aphex Twin’s original version on the 2014 ’Syro’ album. An homage to Richard’s