From his personal collection of electronic instruments, Reimann picked out gear that he reckoned would be fun and accessible to people with no previous experience making electronic music – hardware like the Yamaha Tenori-On, Korg Kaossilator, and Frostwave SpaceBeam. Reimann recounts that by 2007 he had acquired a bit of electronic gear, which he soon sold to finance a Mac Powerbook and Ableton Live. He found it with the music workshops, a space that got Reimann thinking about the accessibility of modern musical interfaces, and how he and collaborators could help shape future instruments for differently abled musicians. Reimann, who characterizes music programs for disabled people as lazy and patronizing “singalongs”, wanted an approach to music that was deeper – something more complex and adventurous. When Randolf Reimann, frontman of Tralala Blip, a group of differently abled musicians from Australia, started teaching experimental electronic music to people at workshops at a disability service, he never thought it would evolve into a band.
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