In the midst of our virtual-instrument-on-laptop era, it’s so refreshing to see and hear new physical and tangible sound-making devices.
On Sunday, NPR profiled Ranjit Bhatnagar, who made a new instrument every day in February:
“For a long time,” Bhatnagar says, “I thought that there was no place for me in music because I have no formal training. I found that there’s a space for experimenting, for making my own music. I really want to encourage everybody to get out there, make some instruments, make some sounds. Maybe what they make will be beautiful, maybe it’s not, [but] you should enjoy it either way.”
Here’s a video of him cranking his Möbius music box:
I like the koto-esque bend built in to this one:
And a motor moving beads against the head of a drum:
More images and videos on Flickr and Thing-a-day.
