By tyler on Aug 26, 2008 in Bands/Musicians, Glass, Idiophones, Recordings | 0 Comments
The Glass Duo is composed of Polish musicians Anna and Arkadiusz Szafraniec. Apparently they have built the largest glass harp in the world which covers four and a half octaves!
A beautiful glass harp melody entitled “Promenade” by the Glass Due:
Please enjoy several more recordings by the Glass Duo.
By tyler on Aug 16, 2008 in Bands/Musicians, Noisemakers, Recordings | 1 Comment
L’Atrapa-sons is a television program from the Tv3 network in Catalonia. Check em out..
By tyler on Aug 15, 2008 in Bands/Musicians, Bowed Instruments, Experimental, Homemade/DIY, Inventions, Metal, Nature, Noisemakers, Oddstruments, Percussion Instruments, Performances, Strange Combinations, Stringed Instruments, Wood | 3 Comments
Ken Butler’s “hybrid instruments” - Axe, crossbow, and assault rifle violins? Shovel tablas, easel guitars, umbrella igils, and toothbrush violas? Oh my! Watch Ken put a mic in his mouth and play his entire face!
Instrument ridiculousness!
By tyler on Jul 28, 2008 in Art, Bands/Musicians, Nature, Traditional, Wood, Woodwind Instruments | 1 Comment
From Wouter Baeck, an amazing musician, sculptor, painter, and musical instrument creator.
“An ancient instrument came to live. Based on a thin long straight bamboo reed tied up with a thread on a small bamboo mouth piece. Protected by a gourd. Double pipe made out of bamboo or elder wood, and always with [...]
By tyler on Jul 18, 2008 in Bands/Musicians, Electronic/Digital, Recordings, Technology | 0 Comments
iBand is a trio of techie musicians who play two iPhones and an iPod Touch (and occasionally a Nintendo DS).
By tyler on Jul 6, 2008 in Bands/Musicians, Nature | 0 Comments
Speaking of animal musicians, The Thai Elephant Orchestra is just that. Composed of up to sixteen elephants, this wild group of musicians perform human-guided musical improvisations on enormous xylophones, harmonicas, drums, gongs and other instruments.
The animation below is a 4 minute music video featuring The Thai Elephant Orchestra’s music and paintings.
“Temple Music” from the [...]
