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Michael Haslam (innatesharp@macflat.com) 2007/05/14 16:58

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shoemakerted@yahoo.com <shoemakerted@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm looking for a kind of music.  Since I unfortunately don't know
> what its name is, I'll have to give a description.
>
> I want to listen to a recording of music made with unconventional
> instruments: garbage cans, balloons, bleating goats, coughing, window
> panes, etc.
>
> To be specific, I do NOT want "musique concrete", if that term means
> you open the window, record the bus driving by, and call it music.  I
> want something that a beginner could listen to, and say, yeah, that's
> sorta musical.  The instrumentalists were trying to make actual (if
> unorthodox) music out of those garbage cans and balloons, unlike the
> bus driver who wasn't trying to.
>
> Any good ideas?
>
> Thank you very much for all suggestions!

About 10 years ago (maybe more) I heard a concert by a band called Urban
Strawberry Lunch (I think), all their instruments were made from
building materials etc. Funky stuff.


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