Strap The Button are a free-wheeling avant/psych/improv group from Wales, but even those not inclined towards such hippie-isms gotta love their piece "Toy Music," which, yes, uses toy instruments (this crew have been known to use curcuit-bent toys as well) in a lovely hypnotic bit of minimilism that suggests Philip Glass for the pre-school set.
Strap The Button: "Toy Music pt1"
Courtesy of the 'net-lable My Formica Table, which has loads of free mps3 of largely instrumental experimental pleasing oddness.
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Using toy instruments is nothing new. Horace Heidt & His Musical Knights did it during the Swing Era. Of course the definition of toy instruments has changed since then.
Yep, we've covered toy music here before like Twink (new album soon! I'm promised a promo copy) and ToyDeath. Couldn't find anything about Horace Heidt with toys in a quick web search. Any recordings exist?
Also there's Margaret Leng Tan
There is a live version of "March Of The Toys" by Horace Heidt on a collection somewhere.(I know, I know..Big help) I'll search my collection and try and see where it is.
For the greatest all-toy album ever, you gotta hear "Gizmodgery" by Self.
Doh! Here's a link to the MySpace page. Check out the Snocap files below the usual MS music player.
http://www.myspace.com/mattmahaffey
I WILL be posting more toy music soon - got a promo copy of the new Twink. Stay tuned...
Thanks for the Horace Heidt tip, Imma check that out.
And yes, that Self album's great stuff. Sadly out of print, I hear? Thanks for the MySpazz page link - that "LA Radio" song's brilliant.
(r e) D é c o u v r i r K l i m p e r e i …
Depuis 1985, ce « groupe » lyonnais se dédie à la composition de courtes pièces instrumentales minimales et enfantines, dans l'esprit d'Erik Satie ou de Nino Rota ; les commentateurs parlent de «toy-music, naïve, acoustic, experimental, minimal, childish, neo-classic, bizarre, avant-garde, lunaire... French toy-pop... boîte à jouets renversée... avant strange toy pop chamber music...».
La discographie est importante…
Discographie :
http://klimperei.free.fr/cv_presse/klimperei_disco.pdf
Presse :
http://klimperei.free.fr/cv_presse/klimperei_presse.pdf
Site :
http://klimperei.free.fr/
http://klimperei.free.fr/klimperei_et_ses_amis/
Wikipédia :
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klimperei
Cordialement,
Christophe Petchanatz
hmmmpf... the link does not work :(
well just try
http://klimperei.free.fr/
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