The new orchestra will achieve the most complex and novel aural emotions not by incorporating a succession of life-imitating noises but by manipulating fantastic juxtapositions of these varied tones and rhythms. Therefore an instrument will have to offer the possibility of tone changes and varying degrees of amplification.
In 1984, inspired by concepts outlined in
The Art Of Noises, a 1913 Futurist manifesto by Luigi Russolo [
HTML version,
PDF pamphlet version] and new music technology , a musician, a audio engineer, a programmer, a producer, and a music journalist came together to form one of the most influential music collectives of all time. Ladies and Gentlemen, I present for you, a definitive look at the
Art Of Noise.
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posted by hippybear
on Jan 10, 2012 -
66 comments
Benjamin Darvill, a.k.a.
Son of Dave, is a one-man band of sorts, combining harmonica, vocals, beat-boxing, a rattle and foot-stomping to create his own infectious form of blues. Darvill, a Canadian formerly with Crash Test Dummies, has released four albums to date as Son of Dave, his latest and best being 'Shake A Bone', recorded and mixed by Steve Albini in Chicago, the title track used briefly in an episode of Breaking Bad.
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posted by bwg
on Apr 14, 2011 -
3 comments
17 year old Julia Dales, from Canada, winner of the first Beatbox Battle Online World Championship. Her amazing
wild card audition, "two minutes of DJ noises, a good bass line, a full drum kit, a remix of Justin Timberlake, Fergie and Nelly Furtado, some rewinds, a car starting, and
an arsenal of other noises".The
contest site.
posted by nickyskye
on May 13, 2009 -
77 comments
Engadget points out Sven König's
Scrambled Hackz, an
Ableton Live-like app that takes in sound samples, analyzes their spectrum, and builds a triggerable, interactive beatbox set upon which hilarious and remarkable
performances can be built. A GPLed package will be released soon.
posted by Blazecock Pileon
on Mar 27, 2006 -
23 comments
The Human Beatbox (Video). I meant this to be a follow-up to another previous thread about this specific ability, but the search page won't give me my results. At any rate, this guy amuses, entertains and scares the bejeezus out of me all at the same time. Good enough for me!
posted by Dark Messiah
on May 1, 2004 -
16 comments
