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Japanese Musician Creates Unique Drum Beats by Tapping on Vintage Tape Recorders
Japanese musicians Ei Wada, Haruka Yoshida, and Masaru Yoshida create reverberating drum beats on the outstretched tape of cracked open reel-to-reel tape recorders from the 1970s and 1980s. The group, appropriately named Open Reel Ensemble, produces an intriguing timbre that more … Continue reading
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The Uminami Strandbeest – The Kid Should See This
A new design that hearkens to Theo Jansen‘s original kinetic structures from the early 1990s, the PVC tube-constructed Uminami Strandbeest doesn’t get sand into its joints and requires no lubrication to move smoothly. Watch as it speeds across the sand on … Continue reading
Rhythm and Shifting Our Perception | David Alderdice | TEDxPaonia
How can understanding rhythm shift our perceptions of ourselves and the world? In this riveting talk Ethno-musicologist David Alderdice uses a mulltipercussion instrument and engages the audience to demonstrate how poly-rhythms, the simultaneous use of one or two conflicting rhythms, … Continue reading
Jojo Mayer explaining and demonstrating polyrhythms [drumclinic 2011] in HD
A short exerpt of the question and answer segment of jojo mayer’s drumclinic at session music franfurt in april 2011.
The future is Polyrhythmic | Edward Chilvers | TEDxReading
This talk presents a case for why structural polyrhythm is the inevitable future direction of music. Starting with a model of the nature of musical perception, and moving through a historical account of how musical appreciation has developed and evolved, … Continue reading
1000 Year Old African Polyrhythms
A modern interpretation of West African Polyrhythms dating back over 1,000 years. Arranged by Don Swanson and featuring Nigerian master drummer Baba Ayo Adeyemi.
BUMBA MEU BOI – Animation Short Film 2018 – GOBELINS
Le Bumba Meu Boi est un festival qui a lieu au Brésil tous les ans, mêlant à la fois tradition ancestrale et modernité. Bumba Meu Boi is a yearly celebration in Brazil, which unite both the ancestral traditions and the … Continue reading
A Multi-Story Metallic Splash by Pere Gifre Drops Through the Center of a Madrid Hotel – Colossal
For the last 15 years artist Pere Gifre has specialized in producing water-based sculptures through a process linked to visual effects engineering. His technique transforms the natural movements of water into works imbued with its natural form, allowing the sculptures … Continue reading
Oh Sheep!
Two flocks of sheep are searching for companionship. But their shepherds, being at odds with each other, do everything to keep them separated. Script: Gottfried Mentor, Max Lang Direction: Gottfried Mentor Music: Matthias Klein Sound Design: Roman Volkholz, Christian Heck … Continue reading
Manchester School of Samba at Manchester Day 2018 – Phil Green
Scarlette Blades in Lauren Moore’s Flower backpack, Sabina Blades, Dona, Nicole & the other two child “human flowers” leading our section. Beardy & Jonny with David Mason’s Hummingbird (with Danny Henry and the dancers behind) Danny and the dancers! Gail … Continue reading
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