resonataing metal?
 

hey kids... i really want to check out some music made with resonating metal/machines etc. anyone know of any blogs for such a thing?

hmm...you mean like dudes playing bits of metal with drumsticks? I want to sample the fuck outa that shit.

not really.. i mean shit that uses big old sheets of metal that resonate at different frequencies or machines that spin and sing... yer singing metal rather than percussive if that makes sense... i found something on a blog once but the dl had expired : ( ... why dont you make your own samples? if just come up from the basement after hitting bits of metal for an hour or so... fun

Einstuerzende Neubauten?

yar i have some of their stuff

I read the title and straight away thought of Tanz Debil.

i only have collapse and a few other tracks... i fear the vocals detract from the music

Seems like nurse with wound and cold have things like this on some album(s). Honestly can't help ya since EN is the first thing I thought of too. Hmmm... very interesting to hear some stuff like this...

here's an example... this is a description taken from that blog i mentioned where the dl had expired:

"Jean-Francois Laporte - Mantra [Metamkine, France, 2000]

Highest recommendation for experimental/drone music fans. Easily one of the top 5 drone excursions I've ever heard!

This cute 3" cd, released through Metamkine's esteemed 'Cinema Pour L'Oreille' series of electro-acoustics and musique concrete, contains one track, "Mantra", which opens with a trio of motors starting up and emitting a gentle purr. As these engines warm up and shift through various perfunctory cycles, a wide spectrum of metallic vibrations slowly spins through the stereo field. While it would be nice to believe that these movements coincide with a Zamboni circling a really nice binaural microphone, it's more likely that Laporte exercised his artistic license with a judicious use of crossfading and stereo panning upon his field recordings. As the disc draws near its end, it sounds as if a screw or bolt is loosened by the vibrations and two pieces of metal begin a clamorous bell-ringing arrhythmia. When these motors finally are shut down, those pieces of metal still resonate for a beautifully sustained coda."

it goes on [but the next bit isnt as interesting]...

actually would just love any recordings by this guy it sounds awesome

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ball bag

Sounds like you need to get some Z'ev

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrXVB...eature=related

thanks kid... yer thats definitely along the lines of what im looking for... however the musician is still very active in the performance of it... im really interested humming/whirring machines, things resonating in wind, music created with pendulums etc...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_On_A_Long_Thin_Wire

Windharps?

http://www.windharpmusic.com/

Harry Bertoia? (Did I spell that right?)

I once saw a percussionist (can't remember his name) that would play cymbals with a cello bow.

[Floyra and blunderbuss] yer thats the kinda thing although a lot of this stuff does seem to be a bit new agey... but thats it... i guess im looking for decent recordings of this kinda bag

alvin lucier rules.

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