Johnnyrandom - Bespoken

Listen and Download:

"Bespoken" on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/id762672957

"Bespoken (Inverted MTB Remix) on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/bespoken-inverted-mtb-remix/id762668615

"Bespoken" - A brakedown of selected sound elements: https://soundcloud.com/johnnyrandom

Composer Johnnyrandom brakes new ground with musical compositions made exclusively from everyday objects. His debut single, "Bespoken", explores the full potential of sounds generated from bicycles and their components, transcending the role of traditional instrumentation as the accepted method for creating beautiful and thought provoking music. The following video gives a glimpse into the creative process behind this unique composition.

Featuring:

Johnnyrandom

Specialized Allez

Specialized StumpJumper FSR

Production:

Original Music Composition & Sound Design: Johnnyrandom twitter.com/_johnnyrandom_

Mastered by AudibleOddities: audibleoddities.com

Director of Photography: Devin Whetstone devinwhetstone.com

Editor: Blake Bogosian, Beast blakebogosian.com

Colorist: Eric Pascua, Beast

Motion Design: Chris Kelly chriskel.ly

Producer: Flip Baber

All sounds created, recorded & composed exclusively by playing bicycles:

Derailleur & brake cables - tuned, bowed, ebowed & picked

Tires - hit with mallets, picked, air valves released & inflated

Rear derailleur pulleys - engaged, forward & reversed

Disc brake rotors - hit with mallets & rubbed together

Floor pump - valve head levered, inflated, deflated

Saddle and seat post - brushed & finger tapped

Front brake calipers - engaged & stopped

Chainrings - engaged, forward & reversed

Freewheel hub splines - spun & clicked

Handlebar - open tubing hit with hands

Shoes - velcro opened & boa dialed

Brake levers - engaged & released

Spokes - tuned, bowed & picked

SPDll & SPDlll - clipped in & out

Chain - grazed with a slide

Pedals - spun, hammered

Rims - hit with mallets

Shifters - clicked