http://www.clatterbox.org new musical instruments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:08:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Copyright © 2010 clatterbox sean@clatterbox.org (clatterbox) sean@clatterbox.org (clatterbox) posts 1440 http://www.clatterbox.net.au/wp-content/uploads/cbox.jpg http://www.clatterbox.org 144 144 new musical instruments new musical instruments new musical instruments, experimental music clatterbox clatterbox sean@clatterbox.org no no http://www.clatterbox.org/instruments/themiddleeight http://www.clatterbox.org/instruments/themiddleeight#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:06:24 +0000 clatterbox http://www.clatterbox.org/?p=914 http://www.clatterbox.org/instruments/themiddleeight/feed 0 10:00 For over 30 years Ernie Althoff has been constructing site-specific, kinetic musical instruments (or sound sculptures). A devotee of the low-budget approach, and a diviner ... For over 30 years Ernie Althoff has been constructing site-specific, kinetic musical instruments (or sound sculptures). A devotee of the low-budget approach, and a diviner of everyday objects, Althoff’s instruments produce subtle music of organised randomness. Essential to all of Althoff's instruments is the use of salvaged items, domestic objects, industrial materials, and repurposed devices. Manufactured wood and metal products, natural materials including stone, shells and bamboo, and salvaged equipment such as electric fans and old turntables, are the most prominent and recurring items that Althoff has used in recent years to assemble a mix of automated and playable instruments. Read more... instruments clatterbox no no http://www.clatterbox.org/instruments/audiomulch http://www.clatterbox.org/instruments/audiomulch#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:49:16 +0000 clatterbox http://www.clatterbox.org/?p=760 http://www.clatterbox.org/instruments/audiomulch/feed 0 http://www.clatterbox.org/instruments/feature02 http://www.clatterbox.org/instruments/feature02#comments Sat, 09 Aug 2008 03:04:30 +0000 clatterbox http://www.clatterbox.net.au/instruments/feature-2 http://www.clatterbox.org/instruments/feature02/feed 0 1:12 As a little intro to the upcoming sound HOUNDS zine on the instruments of Ross Manning, I thought I'd set up the trestle table out ... As a little intro to the upcoming sound HOUNDS zine on the instruments of Ross Manning, I thought I'd set up the trestle table out on the front verandah here, and start off with the Light Instrument. The aptly named Light Instrument (2007) is one of several instruments built by Ross Manning over the past couple of years that use light as a means for triggering and shaping sounds. Manning’s instrument building is a kind of running experimentation - where the act of building and performance overlap, as ideas, objects, forms, and sounds emerge, play out, bounce around the room, fall on the floor, then wind up in a different instrument tomorrow. A kind of flirtation with technical and musical ideas, full of accident, risk and chance. As Manning describes it ‘I really like the idea of making a piece of music real-time. And having a tangible object to perform with.’ Read more... instruments clatterbox no no