[HN Gopher] Mechanical Engineer creates instruments for his one-...
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Mechanical Engineer creates instruments for his one-man metal band
(2022)
Author : tuumi
Score : 59 points
Date : 2024-11-25 13:28 UTC (4 days ago)
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| tuumi wrote:
| Detailed explanation of controllers.
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5MuKTkukIw&t=10s
| ogou wrote:
| I'm a fan of his music and respect his aesthetics. But, these are
| not musical instruments. They are mostly MIDI controllers. They
| don't actually generate sound with mechanical means. They are
| theater props.
| Optimal_Persona wrote:
| In that case, these are quite literally the droids you're
| looking for:
|
| - https://capturedbyrobots.com/
|
| - https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19242-squarepusher-z-
| ma...
|
| - https://www.patmetheny.com/orchestrioninfo/
| sourdoughness wrote:
| I don't agree that they're just props: they're analog
| controllers and so the form factor and manner of their use
| directly affects the music being played. Even the controllers
| that are just "big heavy knobs on bearings" are fundamentally
| different to a typical knob on a synthesiser in terms of the
| signal they produce and the sound that ends up being made.
| jghn wrote:
| Also there's no planet where his music is "industrial metal".
| Could see him getting lumped in with the Power Electronics
| genre though.
| nwellnhof wrote:
| From his own Bandcamp page: "Author & Punisher is an
| industrial doom and drone metal, one man band". Every review
| I could find describes the music as "industrial metal". Maybe
| your definition is off?
| UniverseHacker wrote:
| I agree it's not metal, but it's definitely industrial. I'd
| call it power noise or electro-indstrial. Metal usually means
| guitars, not synths to me- however the sub-generes of
| industrial are confusing and mixed up. They're mostly
| whatever a band wants to call themselves, and most of them
| make music that fits into all of them.
| UniverseHacker wrote:
| I don't see how the fact that they make sound digitally in any
| way makes them less of an instrument. MIDI controllers are
| instruments- and incredibly flexible ones with almost limitless
| sound possibilities at that.
| RossBencina wrote:
| I'm on board with distinguishing between separable controllers
| and integrated instruments, but...
|
| > They are theater props.
|
| Is the manual of a pipe organ a theatre prop?
| tgv wrote:
| Only modern ones. Older consoles are literally hard-wired (or
| -tubed in case of pneumatic designs) to the valves in the
| wind chests.
| navane wrote:
| would this qualify? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJiKvzRGMkU
| UniverseHacker wrote:
| Looking forward to listening to this when I can. Danny Carey is
| my favorite musician, if he's collaborating on this it should be
| amazing.
| UniverseHacker wrote:
| Got a chance to listen, this guy is awesome!
| agentultra wrote:
| Didn't even have to open the link to know it was Author and
| Punisher.
|
| Great aesthetics. Reminds me a lot of early Throbbing Gristle in
| the DIY process of the work. Very inspiring.
|
| Much like nerds who build cyber decks and mod retro computers and
| console.
| jghn wrote:
| > Didn't even have to open the link to know it was Author and
| Punisher.
|
| Had exactly the same reaction
| ctrlw wrote:
| If you're looking for a no man, but literal heavy metal band,
| check out the robots of Comoressorhead: https://youtu.be/9gMX_hR-
| RoM
| sneak wrote:
| Not to nitpick, but words mean things, and this is not
| "industrial metal". Cool vibe, though.
| Miraltar wrote:
| I never understood what industrial metal meant, so many widely
| different bands get this label
| tempodox wrote:
| Using the wrong names for things is one of our most astonishing
| superpowers, and the most pervasive one: Every last one of us
| has it!
| frogpelt wrote:
| It's not industrial or metal but here's an obligatory link to
| Wintergatan's Marble Machine:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q
| Loughla wrote:
| And for a slightly different take on mechanically made music
| here's Quentin and His Bird Box Orchestra featuring His 18th
| Century Hand Teacher: https://youtube.com/watch?v=gbX6lm-DZ4g
| dylan604 wrote:
| Okay, I don't know what I was expecting, but is it meant to
| be as disturbing as I think it is?
| Loughla wrote:
| I haven't figured out if Quentin is an actual cannibal or a
| comedic genius.
|
| It's definitely one of the two, though.
| tempodox wrote:
| Wonderful! Instabuy. Just grabbed the last Kruller CD from
| amazon.
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