Marla Hlady is an artist working with drawing, objects, kinetics and sites most often thinking through sound. She is based in Tkaronto, Canada and is represented by Christie Contemporary.

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Warm Weather with Soundballs is a protracted version (without the lyrics) of I See Warm Weather Rollin’ In, a song written by Eric Chenaux for the Ryan Driver Quartet. Another version of the tune appears on Michelle McAdorey and Eric Chenaux’s Love Don’t Change. This version was written for Arraymusic with soundballs designed by Marla Hlady. A soundball is a six inch perforated stainless steel ball containing a speaker and many bright lights. When activated by a musician via a footswitch, the ball lights up and plays pre-recorded audi tracks: whistling, humming and modified guitar sounds. Five soundballs, each mounted on a stand, were located between the audience and musicians.

Warm Weather with Soundballs, 2003

Sound work in collaboration with Eric Chenaux using Soundball #3 

Performed by Arraymusic:
Robert W. Stevenson- bass clarinet, soundball
Blair Mackay – percussion, soundball
Peter Pavlovsky – double bass, soundball
Michael White – trumpet, soundball
Eric Chenaux – soundball

Recorded live at the Music Gallery on January 2004 by Paul Hodge

Listen in full here.