The Pavilion bar serves afternoon tea, then segues into tropical cocktails as the evening settles in, the stars light up, and a steel-drum band takes the stage.

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It functions as a wonderful mix of the mechanical and the organic, as a steady drum machine and languid pedal steel ring out side by side.

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Raw rubber is heated and extruded on to the drum, followed by successive layers of steel wires and strips as the tyre takes shape.

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Sonically, this treatment of America comes across via a grouping of pedal steel guitars (instead of the usual string section), banging titanium and steel sculptures, and organizing "a who's who of drummers" in a 12-member drum circle, including Jason Bonham, Sheila E. and Pharrell Williams.

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