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Re: post weird instruments/sound devices
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 6:01 am
by chrisdermo
bloatedsack wrote:No anti-tank guitar?
There's also room for Einstuerzende Neubauten who've sort of made their mark by using whatever they could find. The story was they couldn't afford real insturments, so they made their own. They've used things such as tap dancers, high way overpasses, power tools, jet engines, diesel engines, and the like to make music since 1981, and are still at it although a bit more refined.
This is a picture of a full length Japanese video "Halber Mensch:"
They are in fact "playing" all of those there. The guy in front is hammering on a gas cylinder next to the mic'd up shopping cart (the angle grinder gets used pretty heavily back then, too), the one in the back is playing a piece of sheet metal sort of like a slide and hte ducting next to him was used for percussion. To the rear right is someone flexing and sawing at another piece of sheet like a big wobble board.
This is one of my favourite music films ever, and has been a massive inspiration on me making music since i was a teenager. If you like the idea of these instruments Electro Lobotomy makes little portable versions of spring drums, metal spoke scultpures for bowing and hitting etc. They aren't hard to make yourself either, just strings/springs/metal roads, wood and piezo discs. Some of his come with preamps built in too which is great.
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ElectroLobotomy
Re: post weird instruments/sound devices
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 6:03 am
by chrisdermo
Also Blixa has the most badass haircut in this film. 80s Mullet attacked by blunt breadknife
Re: post weird instruments/sound devices
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 4:39 pm
by bloatedsack
The part where they mic Mark Chung's head then record the sound of the razor shaving the bristles off has always stuck with me.
Re: post weird instruments/sound devices
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 4:58 pm
by Ugly Nora
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Re: post weird instruments/sound devices
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 5:15 pm
by Chankgeez
Nice.
Ugly Nora wrote:
This was right outside the barn entrance. I need one of these outside my house.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdqfHQjxwHU[/youtube]
I think UG's gettin' one of those.
Re: post weird instruments/sound devices
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 5:28 pm
by D.o.S.
Love it. Thank you for the photos and clips!
Re: post weird instruments/sound devices
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 5:42 pm
by Chankgeez
Ugly Nora's vids led me to these:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9EF_zO5ihs[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR_raCp6SWY[/youtube]
Re: post weird instruments/sound devices
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 6:04 pm
by moid
Thanks for posting those videos Ugly Nora. Is the barn a museum that is open to anyone or was this a specially arranged visit for lovers of wondrous sounds?
Also thanks to Chankgeez - that Spell Casting performance was great, I loved the way he walked around the barn like a gun slinger with those beaters
Re: post weird instruments/sound devices
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 7:00 pm
by Ugly Nora
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Re: post weird instruments/sound devices
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 7:42 pm
by bloatedsack
I think my little town had one or two of that guy's peices outside our library; unsure if it's still there. I definiatly remember the weird little rods with the weights on top of them.
Re: post weird instruments/sound devices
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2016 8:33 pm
by Ugly Nora
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Re: post weird instruments/sound devices
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2016 4:35 pm
by themagpie
Re: post weird instruments/sound devices
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2016 5:42 pm
by MrNovember
Ugly Nora wrote:Ok, so I did the Harry Bertoia Sonambient Barn today. It was great. Highly recommended.
Holy shit, this looks amazing! I definitely want to check this out in person some day
Re: post weird instruments/sound devices
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2016 8:53 pm
by Chankgeez
Dude, why didn't you tell me this shit cums in purple?
Re: post weird instruments/sound devices
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2016 6:26 am
by DRodriguez
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJudRvR3FBk[/youtube]