Comments on: 100 volts. And what you can do with them.

100 volts. And what you can do with them.

flapjax at midnite — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 05:31:03 -0800

Time once again to pay a little visit to Japan's ever-engaging electro-mechanical music overachievers, Maywa Denki. Here's some of their latest and greatest efforts.

By: swordfishtrombones

swordfishtrombones — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 05:47:08 -0800

Excellent find. Don't miss the instruments in action. I found some background info here.

By: pracowity

pracowity — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 06:07:39 -0800

I like that.

By: tentacle

tentacle — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 06:14:30 -0800

Neato. Thanks.

By: MtDewd

MtDewd — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 06:17:42 -0800

I like the use of household current and regular sized plugs and outlets. All this could be done neatly and safely with 5-12VDC, but it's much more fun to have to wear rubber gloves and create sparks.

By: pracowity

pracowity — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 06:18:19 -0800

Yes. "You need to wear gloves to prevent electric shocks." (When playing the Ultra Folk electromechanical guitar.) Not 'UL Approved'.

By: Blazecock Pileon

Blazecock Pileon — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 06:38:57 -0800

Those tap dance shoes were hilarious. Great find!

By: Herr Fahrstuhl

Herr Fahrstuhl — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 07:05:12 -0800

Very nice!

By: EricGjerde

EricGjerde — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 07:15:46 -0800

This absolutely made my day! utterly fantastic. Yet more proof that MetaFilter should replace CNBC on the news feeds at my workplace...

By: cosmicbandito

cosmicbandito — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 07:16:10 -0800

This reminds me of the mechanical orchestras at The House on the Rock, only this doesn't suck. The singing robots are particularly creepy.

By: potch

potch — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 07:16:45 -0800

Absolutely fantastic stuff.

By: Artful Codger

Artful Codger — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 07:21:07 -0800

I so want to work there.

By: Tiresias

Tiresias — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 07:31:26 -0800

Does anybody know Tom Waits' e-mail address, because he...actually, no, no, forget about it. That would be almost harmfully good.

By: gomichild

gomichild — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 07:46:19 -0800

面白い〜！　ども！

By: rlk

rlk — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 07:59:07 -0800

This knocks.

By: DU

DU — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:04:36 -0800

Yes.

By: spec80

spec80 — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:29:54 -0800

I can totally see their singing and xylophone machines scaring the crap out of me if they were the background of a Kubrick film. This is really awesome!

By: snarfodox

snarfodox — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:36:15 -0800

Using a large hissing, slightly leaky steam engine generator would be more fun than plugging their gear into the wall, but that looks fun nonetheless.

By: vronsky

vronsky — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 09:41:27 -0800

excellent

By: SageLeVoid

SageLeVoid — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 09:47:04 -0800

I saw them live about 5 years ago, it's a great show. Basically it plays like a company presentation, they introduce each instrument as a product and they make music as a demonstration. The big finish is their company song. The group is lead by two brothers, now i think only one is still working on it. Originally it was their father electrical appliance company but when they inherited it they tranformed it into a weird art project while keeping with the company image.

By: clockwork

clockwork — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 10:28:31 -0800

Offhand, I can't think of anything better than this. Thank you.

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:29:14 -0800

Loved those xylophone flowers and flamenco tap shoes/castanets. Totally delightful and fun.

By: cathodeheart

cathodeheart — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:16:21 -0800

God, I love these guys. One of my exes has a live video of one of the presentations that Sage LeVoid mentions, and it's fantastic. Always great to see some new stuff from them.

By: Jilder

Jilder — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:10:11 -0800

Made my day. Thanks! Now...where to get me some "knockers"?...

By: Wolof

Wolof — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:45:44 -0800

Brilliant, thanks very much!

By: CitrusFreak12

CitrusFreak12 — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:14:02 -0800

Woo!

By: waltb555

waltb555 — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:34:54 -0800

Looks like they are trying to do this stuff for real.