Longplayer is not tied to any one form of technology and can be performed equally by computer or humans playing singing bowls and following a graphic score.

It began as an original commission by arts organisation Artangel and is currently maintained by the Longplayer Trust,[1] and is located in Trinity Buoy Wharf on the north bank of the River Thames.

It is played on a single instrument consisting of 234 Tibetan standing bells and gongs of different sizes,[2] which are able to create a range of sounds by either striking or rolling pieces of wood around the rims.

Performers included David Toop and Ansuman Biswas, and the piece was played on what Finer described as a "giant synthesiser built of bronze-age technology.

[6] Four excerpts of Longplayer were released on vinyl LP which accompany a book of the same name written by Finer, along with essays by Kodwo Eshun, Janna Levin, and Margaret and Christine Wertheim.