SOUND ON SOUND

[Martin Walker]

Hi All
This post has prompted me to hastily put up a Bandcamp site featuring my more experimental stuff, as, like others, I have no work at the moment.
So far I have put up one track that was made entirely from photo & image files from various places.More to follow. Here it is if anyone is interested:

https://shadowofmyformerself.bandcamp.com/releases

Oh, lovely inventive work Ian - it's a treat to hear some 'different' yet 'musical' sounds in experimental work, rather than an industrial cacophony. I suspect this also makes it easier to dance to ;)


Martin

[Ian Shaw]

Thanks Martin,

I have to say that working with dancers led to the most inspiring times I've had. They are so open to anything you give them as long as they have plenty of audio cues to work with.

I've put up a couple more pieces now

All the best

Ian

[Martin Walker]

Unique Circle Guitar equipped with a spinning disc for picks

Now here's a novel idea that actually worked out well:



"Musician Anthony Dickens has created a unique guitar equipped with a mechanical step sequencer allowing it to create a wide variety of different sounds, textures and rhythms that would be impossible on a conventional electric guitar.

Thanks to a motor-driven spinning disc in the body of the guitar, rotating at up to 250 beats-per-minute under the strings. The guitar has 128 slots for guitar picks to be placed in, and these strike the strings instead of a player’s pick hand. To add even more scope to the music, the force the picks strike the strings can be set by the musician."

Now click here to see it and hear it in action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dtrvc6 ... e=emb_logo


Martin

[blinddrew]

Fascinating device. Now if someone could just automate the left hand as well I could get the hang of this guitar thing...

[Martin Walker]

Watch Simone Giertz building a Musical Instrument out Of Teeth



This one is a bit weird, even for me, and Simon's project goal gets a little morphed en route as well, but hey it's still lots of fun, AND it uses the dadamachines Automat! 8-)

It's also well worth a watch if only to hear a large theatre audience clacking their teeth rather than clapping their hands.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83yXCMH ... e=emb_logo


Martin

[Martin Walker]

ELECTRONICOS FANTASTICOS! 電磁祭囃子 in NEO TOKYO 2020

Well things don't get much more innovative than this crew!

Now click here to experience the full majesty and madness:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0VYsiMtrNE

Here's the full lineup:

Ei Wada - CRTelecaster
Maiko Aoyama - TV Drums
Akira Ataka - Barcoder
Manami Tada - Emergency Beller
Rika Kawashima - Telelele
Sampei Yamaguchi - TV O-daiko
Etsuko Ichihara - TV O-daiko
Sonosuke Yamamoto - Electric Fan Harp
Kitsu Kaori - Vocal

And thanks to ManFromGlass (Eric) for bringing this one to my attention!


Martin

[blinddrew]

Brilliantly nuts!

[blinddrew]

I've seen similar things before but I don't think this has been shared here already:
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2019/01/ ... 35f46e0b0b

[Martin Walker]

Brilliant! 8-)

[Arpangel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=471gwai3yaM

Another great video from Hainbach, shows how tape is still the best when changing playback speeds, you get a solidity with tape, and no digital artefacts, and it sounds great with slowed down effects.