Every so often those damn hippies come up with a great idea. And no, pacifism and hirsuteness would not be one of them. However, there's nothing more intriguing, in my books, than turning fresh produce into actual working instruments and then playing them as an orchestra. The whole idea fires off electricity in my brain.
The Vegetable Orchestra has been at this since 1998 and consists of 11 musicians, a sound engineer, and a visual artist. They play all sorts of music: jazz, dub, house, and noise. That's a pretty eclectic mixture and showcases exactly what one can do with vegetables.
A neat touch to all this is that they always finish their concerts by serving vegetable soup to their audience. How very Andy Kaufmann! (And just in case you're wondering, they're not vegetarians).
All of this makes me wonder what I could have accomplished if my mother allowed me to play with my food when I was a kid.
3 comments:
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is there a list of vegetables they use?
You should look into the episode of Look Around You where the guy shows off his vegetable orchestra!
Look Around You (BBC) Season 2, Episode 4. Look around you is pretty awesome anyway, if you're not familiar with it, have a look at their maths episode:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LqYBncyKpM
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