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| Gravikords, Whirlies, and Pyrophones (Experimental Musical Instruments) | 
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| Artist: Bart Hopkins & Various Artists
Label: Ellipsis Arts
Category: Music
List Price: $29.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (7 reviews)
Sales Rank: 307759
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
UPC: 052296353025
EAN: 0052296353025
ASIN: B0000059TN
Release Date: November 5, 1996
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Le Bal - Hans Reichel | | • | Pacific 3-2-1 - Phil Dadson And From Scratch | | • | Silence The Toungues Of Prophecy - Qubais Reed Ghazala | | • | Luminescence - Jean-Claude Chapuis | | • | In The Beginning: Atude - Don Buchla And Robert Moog | | • | Claycussion - Ward Hartenstein w/ The Estman... | | • | And On The Seventh Day, Petals Fell... - Harry Partch | | • | Shake Up Adina - Sugar Belly | | • | Bamboo Is - Darrel De Vore | | • | The Swan - Clara Rockmore & Nadia Reisenberg | | • | Terra Zona - Barry Hall & The Burnt Earth | | • | Naiades - Jacque Dudon | | • | Instru-matics - Ken Butler w/ Stan Wood & John Butler | | • | Entomological Effervescence - Thomas Nunn | | • | Kindred Spirits - Sarah Hopkins | | • | Piccadilly - Robert Grawi | | • | Aquaknots - Susan Rawcliffe w/ Scott Wilkinson... | | • | New York, New York - Wendy Mae Chambers |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Album Description
Gravikords, Whirlies and Pyrophones is a book-and-CD package devoted to new and unheard-of musical instruments. The book, written by Bart Hopkin with an introduction by Tom Waits, is full of irresistible photographs and informative text; the CD is full of great music; every page and every track overflow with ideas and originality. Nineteen of the world's most interesting and inventive musical instrument makers appear. For more on just what's included here, see the "artist bios" section and the track listing below. [NOTE: this is the abridged re-release of the earlier boxed set of the same title.This abridged version includes everything form the original CD plus one more track. The book, however, is in a smaller format, and while the book in the original version contained sections on all the artists on the CD plus many more, the book in this newer! release covers the artists from the CD only.)
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 Start spreading the news. January 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a book and CD set. The book is about people who have made "experimental musical instruments". There are two or three pages of text and pictures about each person and their instruments. Interesting stuff, but to really get a feel for the instruments, you would need to hear them. And that is where the CD comes in. Unfortunately, less than half of the instruments in the book are featured on the CD. But it is interesting to hear the ones that are featured. These aren't just random sounds played on the instruments, these are actual musical compositions. Some of the instruments sound quite beautiful and some do not. One instrument in particular (I won't mention it's name) sounds like someone strangling a cat. But if you are interested in outsider music, this is a must get for you.
Strangest Sounds On Earth April 1, 2007
I couldn;t imagine what the rest of the album would contain after hearing NEW YORK, NEW YORK played on a Car Horn Organ, but I wasn't disappointed. Some of the most wonderful sounds coming out of pipes, clay pots, and crystal wine glasses. And the book is a treasure with pictures of the various instruments. What a find for the collector of oddball music!
 Times Square Orchestrated March 31, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
NPR's Morning Edition caught my attention one morning with a piece of bumper music - a rendition of "New York, New York" played entirely on car horns. It was the sound you would get if you could orchestrate Times Square. It was utterly delightful and even got the normally-reserved hosts giggling. A quick search of the NPR site brought me to the title "Gravikords, Whirlies and Pyrophones." Now who could resist that?
Alas, "New York, New York" is one of only two or three cuts on the album that can be listened to in an unaltered state of mind. The rest is, well... experimental as promised and confirms why experimental music is not mainstream.
On the other hand, having in your collection a version of "New York, New York" played on the car horn organ is worth every penny of the cost.
 homage to creative oddballs February 6, 2007
This is a great box set. You get a CD and an illustrated book. The CD features recordings of all sorts of odd experimental and home made instruments, ranging from the Theremin to the Bamboo Saxophone to Harry Partch's custom instruments. The book discusses the inventors and their instruments. The CD is a very unusual listen. The musical styles are all over the place, and it goes from the sublime to the ridiculous (sometimes both at once!). Some of it is Dr. Demento style gimmick music, while other is very experimental, and still other is fairly straighforward (the tune with the Bamboo Sax is actually a pleasant old school reggae instrumental).
Make sure you get the 1996 edition, because the book discusses more inventors, including ones not included in the CD.
Strange, but oddly pleasing January 8, 2002
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
You have to like experimental music, but... the fact is, this CD would be worth listening to even if the tunes were played on regular instruments. In other words, it's good musically and in terms of the unusual instruments used. Clara Rockmore's 'The Swan' and Sugar Belly's 'Wake Up Adina' are the real gems.
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