Do you that Charles Fay invented the slot machine in 1887 and he named it the “Liberty Bell”? This invention was so successful that he began to work overtime in his workshop to meet the demand for his slot machines. This machine remained a mechanical device until the 1980’s when most of the mechanical...
Pro Shekere begins in Africa where it serves as a shaker, a rattle, and a drum. It made from hollowed gourds wrapped in a lattice of stones, the instrument is played by shaking or twisting it to get shaker and rattle sounds or by hitting the bottom of the body with the palm of the hand to get drum-like bass notes.
The Vienna Vegetable Orchestra plays nothing but vegetables and kitchen tools. Cool! Consisting of eleven musicians, one cook, and one sound engineer, the orchestra incorporates a spectrum musical style including contemporary music, free jazz, noise, dub, experimental electronic, and house beets. Onion peels, pepper trumpets, leek violins, pumpkin bongos, carrot flutes, and cucumberphones.
