KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Vietnam Hamburger by David Berry

Analog Audio

Event Type

Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

P.BER.DAV.01.c1

Program Length

8 min

Dates

| broadcast
| 402 | created

Description

This is a chillingly evocative musique concrète composition featuring live battle recordings of a variety of machine gun and artillery sounds mixed with feedback and a Moog Synthesizer on a multi-track recorder. This is one of many anti-war pieces produced by David Berry while at Mills College in Oakland CA, during the Vietnam War. Some of the sounds heard include those of a Gatling gun, 30mm caliber machine gun, 20mm automatic, 20mm vulcan aircraft cannon, and a 75mm cannon.

Genres

Electro-Acoustic / Electronic

Musical Selections

Vietnam Hamburger (1972) (07:38) / David Berry

Subjects

Electro-acoustic
Electronic music
Musique concrète
Music, concrete
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Battle sounds

Acknowledgment

Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by the GRAMMY Foundation.

Related place

Oakland (Calif.) (was recorded at)

Related Entities

Berry, David