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Mechanical Engineer creates instruments for his one-man metal band (2022)

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Re: Mechanical Engineer creates instruments for his one-man metal band (2022)

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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.

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?

Re: Mechanical Engineer creates instruments for his one-man metal band (2022)

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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.

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?

Only modern ones. Older consoles are literally hard-wired (or -tubed in case of pneumatic designs) to the valves in the wind chests.

Re: Mechanical Engineer creates instruments for his one-man metal band (2022)

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It's not industrial or metal but here's an obligatory link to Wintergatan's Marble Machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q

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

Re: Mechanical Engineer creates instruments for his one-man metal band (2022)

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post #3

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.

Also there's no planet where his music is "industrial metal". Could see him getting lumped in with the Power Electronics genre though.

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?
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