Adrian Rew: Slot Machine Music

Capturing the engineered soundscapes of Midwest casinos

I remember being terrified when I first set foot into a Japanese pachinko hall, one of those popular gambling spots where the constant whirring and clanging of machines creates a cacophonic wall of sound.

When the experimental composer Adrian Rew first visited the Horseshoe casino in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, a monstrous gambling establishment of 100,000…