Dead musical instruments... brought back to life by YouTube? Check out this
mellotron demo film, a rare
trautonium keyboard in some guy's garage,
trautonium music by composer Oskar Sala, an original
Ondes Martenot, a documentary on the telharmonium (parts
1,
2, and
3), and the
Sonovox (used to funny but not-suitable-for-work effect in this parody of
Sparky's Magic Piano). Meanwhile, avant-gardists have revived the art of
prepared piano, but more mainstream acts such as
Tori Amos and
Ferrante & Teicher have also experimented with it. Last but not least, another performer of prepared piano is
Margaret Leng Tan, but I think she should get more accolades as the best
virtuoso of the toy piano since Schroeder from Peanuts.
posted by jonp72
on Jan 31, 2008 -
14 comments
"Circuit bending is the electronic art of the implementation of the creative audio short-circuit. This renegade path of electrons represents a catalytic force capable of exploding new experimental musical forms forward at a velocity previously unknown. Anyone at all can do it; no prior knowledge of electronics is needed." - Reed Ghazala. More
proselytizing from Ghazala, and a
LiveJournal for up-to-the-minute advice, feedback and opinions.
posted by jon_kill
on Jan 28, 2004 -
20 comments
A keyless keyboard designed to reduce RSI and other typing related injuries - sounds interesting, but slow, and of course useless for gaming. Bit pricey as well.
posted by Orange Goblin
on Jul 23, 2003 -
14 comments
What lies beneath. Confirming what you probably already knew, "
as we juggle eating, drinking and working at our work stations, the tight shadowy crevices between our keyboard become the computer equivalent of a black hole, sucking in pizza toppings, contact lenses, paper clips, the odd insect...". Germ freakery or a genuine hygiene concern?
posted by netsirk
on Sep 30, 2002 -
43 comments
