Amplified Cactus, Redux

Here at Sweet Gams! we like being self-referential. Not that we get mired in ouroboric meaninglessness, but it's just fun sometimes.

So, in light of all that, let us revisit the Amplified Cactus. This time, lion of the avant-garde John Cage can be found tinkering on the prickly thermophilic flora with some feathers:



For the curious, this is an excerpt from Nam June Paik's work called "Good Morning, Mr. Orwell."

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You may remember Diego Stocco from our Phonodendria post. He's back with a monster Frankenstein instrument he's dubbed the Experibass.



See more of Diego's work.

Man Makes Noise in Dark, Cluttered Room.

While scouring YouTube for prepared guitar videos I came across this delightful little piece:



Inspired.

Phonodendria

This is quite amazing. Once the bows come in it gets crazier & crazier, watch the whole thing.

Diego Stocco - Music From A Tree from Diego Stocco on Vimeo.

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Found browsing around Ubu:

A great interview with improvised music legend Derek Bailey. He talks about he how came to improvised music and why. Good stuff.



Charlemagne Palestine's Island Song video. He drives around an island on a motorcycle with a camera strapped to himself singing and harmonizing with the engine. Charlemagne Palestine is an intriguing guy. Dig him.

Amplified Cactus

Yep, amplified cactus! Greg Jenkins uses contact microphones attached to cacti and makes sounds by plucking the spines. Pretty fun.

Watch the video from Australia Adlib.