Category: Recordings

Happy mbira »

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Beethoven’s 9th Symphony x 22.15 = very, very slow classical music »

Leif Inge, an idea-based artist from Norway, stretched Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony to last 24 hours without any pitch distortion. “[The source music] lasts approximately 65 minutes, hence the applied expansion-factor is about 22.15.” This rendition, entitled ‘9 Beet Stretch,’ is unrecognizably slow, creating an entirely different mood than that of the [...]

Listen to a sunrise »

Richard Widerberg from Göteborg, Sweden has some very odd and interesting sound recordings on his website including a track entitled “Sunrisescape” which makes use of light sensors and two oscillators to record the gradual illumination of a rising sun. You can find this recording here.
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Glass music from the Glass Duo »

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.

“Carol of the Bells” on array mbira »

A beautiful rendition of the song “Carol of the Bells,” played on array mbira (which, like all fixed-at-one-end tongue instruments, is classified as a lamellophone).

Latex-glove bagpipes and more from Catalonia »

L’Atrapa-sons is a television program from the Tv3 network in Catalonia. Check em out..