Spacebow Big Waves (Noteworks  NW 5001 2) 1995 1. Warm Waves [8:50] 2. Long Waves [6:03] 3. Slow Waves [10:18] 4. Storm Waves [2:40] 5. Big Hum [11:40] 6. Big Waves [12:40] 7. Deep Waves [7:15]

Carsten Tiedemann: bow chimes, tunings
Robert Rutman: steel cello, bow chimes, voice

Tracks 1,2,3,4 & 7 recomposed and assembled by Carsten Tiedemann, performed by Robert Rutman and Carsten Tiedeman; Track 5 performed by Robert Rutman.

All compositions published by Noteworks Music Publishing/Artelier Music (GEMA).
Recorded 1993 at Rutman's Loft, Berlin.
Recording Engineer: Glenwood.
Mixed and mastered by Carsten Tiedemann.
Produced by Carsten Tiedemann.
Artist/Cover Phot Uwe Martin.
Design by Alexej Werschbizkij, M4-Media.

The instruments used on this recording were invented by Robert Rutman in the early 1970's. The include the Bow Chime, a six-foot sheet of stainless steel in a horizontal curve, with an iron bar. The rods are then bowed near their centers to produce deep, resonant tones, or close to their points of attachment, producing high-pitched chiming note; and the single string Steel Cello, an eight-foot sheet of steel suspended vertically from a stand. A wire attached to the top and bottom right corners is pulled taut to form a generous curve in the steel; the string is bowed with one hand and fretted with the other, producing a range of sounds from low bass to the highest falsetto.

Steel Cello

Bow Chimes