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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)
#22Not to nitpick, but words mean things, and this is not “industrial metal”. Cool vibe, though.
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!
Re: Mechanical Engineer creates instruments for his one-man metal band (2022)
#23It'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
Okay, I don't know what I was expecting, but is it meant to be as disturbing as I think it is?
Re: Mechanical Engineer creates instruments for his one-man metal band (2022)
#24Looking forward to listening to this when I can. Danny Carey is my favorite musician, if he’s collaborating on this it should be amazing.
Got a chance to listen, this guy is awesome!
Re: Mechanical Engineer creates instruments for his one-man metal band (2022)
#25I'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.
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.
Re: Mechanical Engineer creates instruments for his one-man metal band (2022)
#26I'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.
would this qualify? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJiKvzRGMkU
Re: Mechanical Engineer creates instruments for his one-man metal band (2022)
#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
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
Okay, I don't know what I was expecting, but is it meant to be as disturbing as I think it is?
I haven't figured out if Quentin is an actual cannibal or a comedic genius.
It's definitely one of the two, though.
Re: Mechanical Engineer creates instruments for his one-man metal band (2022)
#28I'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.
Labeling midi controllers as theater props is an insane take. Midi controllers are essentially programmable instruments.
Re: Mechanical Engineer creates instruments for his one-man metal band (2022)
#29The music is awesome.
The article is well written.
But the font on this site is such a pain to read. Who decided it was a good idea to have the letter t the same size as short letters ?
It's bringing me back to the movie Jagged Edge !
Re: Mechanical Engineer creates instruments for his one-man metal band (2022)
#30I'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.
Labeling midi controllers as theater props is an insane take. Midi controllers are essentially programmable instruments.
A controller is not the same as an instrument, it generates a control signal that can be used to control the actual instruments (synthesizers, drum machines or a well hidden laptop). And I have built both controllers and instruments and have written a MIDI implementation so I got a bit of an idea about those things.
And if you tell me a mechanical engineer made his own instruments for his good sounding one-man music act the most boring, least exciting, least innovative outcome would be him adding some knobs and buttons into a cool looking enclosure. If that enclosure would look less cool he could very likely still make the same well sounding music, meaning it is not essential to the sound, meaning it could be seen as a prop.
I don't argue this is verboten, it is just a bit disapointing that is all.