You’ve already experienced the wonders of Belgian musician Max Vandervorst’s porciphone, the fantastical (and fantastic) instrument that Rare and Strange Instruments describes as a “tuned pipe instrument played with two plastic pigs.” Now, behold Vandervorst’s scoutaphone, a series of tuned metallic old school canteen water bottles suspended from a frame that’s played like a xylophone.
Vandervorst recently posted several videos from the rehearsal of the concert “Lutherie Sauvage au Pays des Cordes,” which feature the scoutophone as well as his other wild musical instruments. Here’s a clip of the scoutophone in action, accompanied by the pizzicato of the Nethen Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Alain and Benoit Meulemans. And this video features a famous dance number from Lutherie Sauvage au Pays des Cordes performed on irons and a beer tray. Finally, this is another short snippet of Tango Verde, from Lutherie Sauvage au Pays des Cordes, performed by a string orchestra and featuring a tenor saxophone solo by Pierre Spataro, with spa bottles used as the backing rhythm.
Le Jacque Franck Cultural Center describes Max Vandervorst as an “internationally renowned musician-magician” who creates music with “everyday objects (bottles, irons, watering cans, bicycle parts, etc.).” In Lutherie Sauvage au Pays des Cordes (Wild in the Land of Strings), Vandervorst “blends his world with that of the Néthen Chamber Orchestra to offer us a magical, poetic, and humorous moment, the artistic and human result of which transcends the boundaries of music.”
Max Vandervorst states that he is a “wild luthier and patamusician” and a “composer for the theatre and author of numerous works.” Big Bang Festival provides this brief bio:
Max Vandervorst is composer and inventor of musical instruments. Since 1988, he has put together a number of performances, showcasing instruments he created using a wide variety of objects as raw material: Symphony for Abandoned Objects, Concerto for Two Bicycles, The Man from Spa, A Hi(story) of Music(s), and This is Not a Show, have all been performed numerous times in many different countries.
See more of Max Vandervorst’s extraordinary musical instruments, including the scoutophone as well as countless others, on his website, YouTube channel, or Instagram.
Previously:
• Behold the wonders of the porciphone!
• Check out Michael Hearst’s song: ‘Ode to Odd Instruments’
• A fascinating look at Nordic folk bands who make instruments from human bones
OK Nintendo is a full-album cover of Radiohead’s seminal 1997 release OK Computer. Instead of Thom Yorke’s plaintive, soaring vocals, we have samples from Mario Kart and other N64 classics.… READ THE REST
Legendary rocker Ozzy Osbourne died last year at 76, but his family and two tech startups are going to bring him back as an AI avatar. Son Jack Osbourne promises… READ THE REST
Turn off the DAW and put down the tablet. David Hilowitz (previously) got his thumbs on the Bastl Kalimba, a peculiar and extremely fun-looking handheld that’s currently live on Kickstarter.… READ THE REST
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: Get a near-mint Apple MacBook Pro 13″ (2020) with 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD for $394.97 through… READ THE REST
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: InfoSec4TC’s Platinum Membership includes lifetime access to 90+ cybersecurity courses covering ethical hacking, CISSP, GRC, Python… READ THE REST
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: Windows 11 Pro upgrades older PCs with modern multitasking tools, stronger security, gaming enhancements, and integrated… READ THE REST
Read the rules you agree to by using this website in our Terms of Service.
We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.
Boing Boing uses cookies and analytics trackers, and is supported by advertising, merchandise sales and affiliate links. Read about what we do with the data we gather in our Privacy Policy.
Who will be eaten first? Our forum rules are detailed in the Community Guidelines.
Boing Boing is published under a Creative Commons license except where otherwise noted.
source
Thanks for visiting our page. Don’t forget to go to our home page for more microtonal and indie music news.