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Gravikords Whirlies & Pyrophones

Bart Hopkin Barry and Beth Hall Barry Hall Format: Audio CD

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1	Excerpt From Le Bal - Hans Reichel
2	Excerpt From Pacific 3-2-1-Zero - Phil Dadson, From Scrarch
3	Excerpt From Silence The Tongues Of Prophecy - Qubais Reed Ghazala
4	Luminescence - Jean-Claude Chapuis
5	Excerpt From In The Beginning: Etude II - Don Buchla, Robert Moog
6	Chant De L'Orgue A Feu - Michel Moglia
7	Excerpt From Claycussion - Ward Hartenstein
8	Excerpt From And On The Seventh Day, Petals Fell In Petaluma - Harry Partch
9	Shake Up Adina - Sugar Belly
10	Bamboo Is - Darrel De Vore
11	The Swan - Clara Rockmore
12	Terra Zona - Barry Hall, The Burnt Earth
13	Naiades - Jacque Dudon
14	Instru-Matics - Ken Butler
15	Entomological Effervescence - Tom Nunn
16	Kindred Spirits - Sarah Hopkins
17	Piccadilly - Robert Grawi
18	Aquaknots - Susan Rawcliffe
19	New York, New York - Wendy Mae Chambers

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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 worlds 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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A pixillated and fascinating piece of work that's at once a sonic surprise and a visual feast. -- Billboard, 1998

A rollicking pool party of a book and CD package! ... entertainment at its finest -- adventurous, warm, honest and throught-provoking. -- Pulse! 1998

Superbly done ... a head-stretcher for the eyes and ears ... -- Stereophile Magaine, 1998

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Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.6 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches; 6.4 Ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Ellipsis Arts
Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 1998
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ February 7, 2007
Label ‏ : ‎ Ellipsis Arts
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00000BIII
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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AndreasG

homage to creative oddballs

Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2007

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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.

If you like this, check out the book and acompanying CD's entitled Songs in the Key of Z, Vol. 1-2

Songs in the Key of Z: The Curious Universe of Outsider Music

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Joel Segel

Reinvent your listening ear

Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2009

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This project proves that the instruments we know are but islands in a sea of infinite possibility. One would think that music on invented instruments -- from electronics to pottery to car horns -- would be a mere curiosity, a novelty item. But the pieces reward repeated listening, and the whole package is put together with Ellipsis's usual creativity and panache, with plenty of information to lure you in and encourage further investigation. (I have no relationship, formal or informal, with the company.) Now out of print, I think, which is sad.

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Johnny Heering

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Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2008

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.

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Harold Klein

Strangest Sounds On Earth

Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 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!

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Jay Furr

Strange, but oddly pleasing

Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2002

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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JOK

Times Square Orchestrated

Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2007

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.

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billw@compuserve.com

This is a really interesting collection

Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 1998

I just finished listening to this for the second time in a row. (I only paid 15 for it though!) It's full of beautiful music and is a really great package. It looks like a book and has lots of notes about all of the wonderful intstruments that make up the collection. Musically it's obscure, but what would you expect "car horn organs" and giant sculptures to sound like? And just wait until you hear Clara Rockwell play the Theremin. I plan to buy several copies as presents for my artist friends. There's a second volume that's good too.

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Albus B

Intéressant

Reviewed in France on February 8, 2012

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Ce produit cher, pas très rare pour autant, a l'inconvénient d'intéresser peu de monde donc il reste difficile à trouver.
C'est un livret en anglais, dommage qu'il n'ait pas été traduit, accompagné d'un disque...

On pense juste commander un disque et on a un livre grand format dans une grosse boite , c'est bien, mais on ne sait pas ou le ranger. Le disque qui l'accompagne est intéressant et j'en suis satisfait .

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