Bass piano sounds like wind chimes of dreams
Andrew Wedman has invented a new instrument: the bass piano. It’s a regular piano but it’s tuned down. The detuning though, changes the character of the instrument radically, and...
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Strange sound colours: April Aliermo
Artemis of Colour by April Aliermo puts recordings of breath and the voice into dialogue with gorgeously rich oscillators. Some wild binaural stuff at times. Hear Aliermo as part...
Bloop’s “Enchantments”
Lina Allemano plays trumpet and Mike Smith does live processing of the sound. The effects are magical: multiplication, sound shadows, parallel instruments. Proof by BLOOP (Lina Allemano / Mike...
Colin Clark’s “Grasslands”
Clark’s strangely tuned synthetic harmony might make you giddy. Colin Clark · Grasslands View this post on Instagram A post shared by UME (@unusualmusicexchange)
An hour of Unusual on Clyde Built Radio
An eclectic radio show on Glasgow’s Clyde Built Radio. We listen to a song of mine, Sonic Youth, composer Allison Cameron, strange roots pop by The silt, Amps for...
Pipes fried for Christ
Amps for Christ “Reversed Pipes” on Electrosphere 1999. That sound and tuning is so good.
Nick Storring’s Magic
“My Magic Dreams Have Lost Their Spell” brings so many sounds, genres, moods together. It’s a lovely trip. My Magic Dreams Have Lost Their Spell by Nick Storring