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The Anta Project: Playing the US/Mexico border with instruments of mass percussion »

An interesting sound project by Glenn Weyant:

“The Anta Project is a series of recordings blended in a multi-track laptop environment to create a single sonic collage of the U.S./Mexico border near Nogales, Arizona.”
Watch a video here: King David’s Wall

Frame drum from space? »

From Ganesh and Fingerworks.

How to play a building »

If you haven’t heard about this already, it’s a pretty cool idea. Basically, David Byrne attached a bunch of lopsided motors and solenoids to the structural steel in an old ferry station/slaughter house in New York City. The motors/solenoids, controlled by a recycled organ, vibrate/strike different elements of the building such as pipes, [...]

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Telemegaphone Dale is a 23-foot-tall wind-powered loudspeaker sculpture that picks up incoming calls and projects them into the nearby surroundings. This Telemegaphone, created by the Swedish designers at Unsworn Industries, is located [...]

Mike Evans’ spiral instrument »

Mike Evans is an incredible sculptor in Santa Fe and this is one of his more abstract works. It is made of stainless steel tubing which, if purchased today, would cost $1500-$2000 instead of the $150 Mike spent ten years ago.

“Acoustic radars” and listening trumpets »

Before the advent of radar and hearing aids, hearing “trumpets” and the like were used to amplify distant sounds. Acoustic radars were invented during war time to locate ships in the fog and approaching airplanes. These listening devices not only enabled the listener to hear subtle, distant sounds, but also allowed for great [...]