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 | 190 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 on a mountain overlooking the village [...]
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 [...]
By tyler on Jun 13, 2008 in Homemade/DIY, Inventions, Metal, Noisemakers, Strange Combinations | 0 Comments
ADACHI Tomomi, an accomplished musician and instrument inventor from Japan, invented this spectacle called the “tomoring.” Springs, bars, wires, and strings are mounted on an acrylic board to be joyfully plucked, bounced, pulled, flicked, scrubbed and otherwise manipulated in any way imaginable! This odd instrument is completely physical (not electronic) with only piezo [...]
By tyler on May 12, 2008 in Contemporary, Electronic/Digital, Nature, Noisemakers, Percussion Instruments, Performances, Public, Vegetable Instruments | 2 Comments
Incredibly innovative with their sound and style, the Vienna Vegetable Orchestra plays nothing but vegetables and kitchen tools. Consisting of eleven musicians, one cook, and one sound engineer, the orchestra incorporates a spectrum musical styles including contemporary music, free jazz, noise, dub, experimental electronic, and house beets. Some of their instruments include onion [...]
By tyler on May 6, 2008 in Electronic/Digital, Homemade/DIY, Inventions, Machines/Robots, Noisemakers, Stringed Instruments | 0 Comments
Another wonderful homemade instrument from Ranjit on vimeo. The pitch of the note is controlled by a solenoid motor which changes the tension of the wire as it is strummed by an automatic strummer. Check out Ranjit’s actual website at moonmilk.com
