TITO (Trans Industrial Toy Orchestra) was founded during the winter of 2001 / 2002 as a platform for TI-performances.
The basic idea was to use toys that made noise and which were thrown away by parents when their children become older.
But TI artists never get older, definitely they like all these childish games. Very soon we had a wonderful and big collection of strange & noisy toys, and after two rehearsals in Amsterdam and Hamburg we had our first public performance in January 2003 in ZAAL100/Amsterdam. Since then TITO performed in cities like Hamburg, Amsterdam, Bremen, Tokyo but also in villages and rural areas like Veenhuizen and Narrandera VIC. From some of these performances and studio recordings are also CD's and a vinyl LP available.
The pieces which TITO play are some historic FLUXUS pieces or written by the members of TITO.
This track composed by herr penschuck should be used as a looped track was recorded on february 23th, 2008 in the st. gertrude Studio in Oldenburg (D). Players were herr penschuck and frau $.it is also part of a series of tracks that are accompanying the photographic project THE BIG DERIVE. "socializing simone" is a photograph taken at the national route B211 in lower saxony, showing a cactus-decorated window with messy foregarden. (to be seen at http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2346/2087526386_6dd028a51d_o.jpg )
also visit the TI-website: http://www.transindustriell.de
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