Ben Neill: Mutantrumpet Ninja

Ben Neill is the sole player of an instrument called the mutantrumpet. It has three different bells, two sets of valves, a mini-trombone slide and electronics. Neill deploys this contraption in electronica forays full of morphing rhythms and melodies that shift through timbral voices as if they were injected into a kaleidoscope.

Ben Neill has been playing the mutantrumpet for about two decades and he talks about his latest moves in an album called Night Science. This piece is part of "Echo Location: Soundings for New Music," the weekly digest from producer John Diliberto. You can listen to it at the Public Radio Exchange.