Marie Nishiyama Mamoru Fujieda: Patterns of Plants

The composition series "Patterns of Plants" by Mamoru Fujieda is an ongoing project of which first album was released in 1995. Throughout the series, a method of composition has constantly been taken, which converts the data from variations in electrical potential obtained from two electrodes attached to leaves and stems of plants into melodic patterns. This works performed on a Renaissance harp modeled on a sixteenth-century Italian harp and on a seventeenth-century Italian harpsichord. The performer is Marie Nishiyama, who is very popular in Japan.