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09-23-2009, 05:31 AM | #1 (permalink) |
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Most Unusual Instruments Used in Bands...
well I know Incubus play the didgeridoo from time to time, but who else plays something really bizarre in a band??
I'm a bassoonist myself, i challenge someone to find a band that includes that?!! (i think there's a reason why you won't find anything) anyway.... - Portico Quartet (Mercury Award nominees last year) have a hang player (a sort of flying saucer shaped metal gong that sounds a bit like a steel drum...really lovely sound) - Speed Caravan have an oud player (sort of like a lute, used in a lot of Arabic music), and he amplifies it which is quite unusual. plus he's a phenomenal player so well worth checking out. oo and i saw a band with a bass keytar player recently, that was pretty cool. any more??? (unusual effects on instruments welcomed too!! like sigur ros and people) |
09-23-2009, 10:05 AM | #2 (permalink) |
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I always thought it interesting when I see a person playing a keyharp (nyckelharpa) in a band. It is an extremly difficult instrument to play so it is always admirable to see it being played well.
Mats Wester plays keyharp for Nordman: Last edited by Liljagare; 09-23-2009 at 10:28 AM. |
09-24-2009, 06:54 AM | #4 (permalink) |
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Speed Caravan
[QUOTE=julesg;740992]
- Portico Quartet (Mercury Award nominees last year) have a hang player (a sort of flying saucer shaped metal gong that sounds a bit like a steel drum...really lovely sound) - Speed Caravan have an oud player (sort of like a lute, used in a lot of Arabic music), and he amplifies it which is quite unusual. plus he's a phenomenal player so well worth checking out. QUOTE] haha just heard the speed caravan cover of galvanise. brilliant! |
11-21-2009, 04:24 PM | #8 (permalink) |
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i remember seeing a bjork performance in which one of the instruments was a guy shifting sand/small rocks with his feet.
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