It's been a huge year for ingenious instrument inventor and self styled sound mechanic, Neil Feather. The former Baltimore resident, who now calls Auckland home, combines experimentation, curiosity and physics to create his instruments for himself and bandmates to play. Since arriving in Aotearoa a couple of years ago Neil Feather's collaborated on several projects with local musicians, including Rosie Langabeer. New Zealand will host the premiere of a documentary about Neil, called Sound Mechanic, and filmed in 2019-2020 just before he left the States. There's also an exhibition of his drawings and videos on show at the Audio Foundation in Auckland, and a double album called Instrumentory. Lynn Freeman caught up with Neil to find out where the moniker "Sound Mechanic" came from.