Thursday, July 05, 2007

TOY MUSIC

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.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

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.

Mr Fab said...

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?

Anonymous said...

Also there's Margaret Leng Tan

Anonymous said...

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.

Brad said...

For the greatest all-toy album ever, you gotta hear "Gizmodgery" by Self.

Brad said...

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

Mr Fab said...

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.

Anonymous said...

(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

Pierre said...

hmmmpf... the link does not work :(

Anonymous said...

well just try
http://klimperei.free.fr/