Causality and striking the right note

From the very beginning, for me, electroacoustic music was about performance. Studio work certainly played an important role, but that role was primarily to prepare material for the stage. I wanted, and therefore built, instruments that were portable (well, at least as much so as an old Altec-Lansing bass reflex speaker), and let me perform with others. And by performance, I mean both "scored" material, as well as the ability to improvise. This was both physical and emotional, where gesture, action, and reaction were key.