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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 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 Aug 11, 2008 in Experimental, Metal, Nature, Noisemakers, Percussion Instruments, Performances | 0 Comments
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
By tyler on Aug 7, 2008 in Contemporary, Noisemakers, Percussion Instruments | 1 Comment
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, [...]
By tyler on Aug 6, 2008 in Art, Electronic/Digital, Inventions, Metal, Nature, Noisemakers, Public, Technology | 139 Comments
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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 [...]
By tyler on Jul 15, 2008 in Art, Contemporary, Homemade/DIY, Metal, Noisemakers, User Submissions | 0 Comments
This morning, to my pleasant surprise, I received an email full of wonderful instruments from the artist/sculptor Bruce Gray. I love it when this happens!
Hi Tyler,
I love your site, and thought I would send in some of my instruments and musical sculptures. The most elaborate one is still in progress, but here are [...]