Mike Patton and Luciano Chessa test out the reconstructed futurist noise machines for the “Music for 16 Futurist Noise Intoners” concert held recently at the Novellus Theater in Yerba Buena Center for the Arts…
More info on the originals here

thanks for the tip Simon!




kick out the jams!!!!!!!!!!
i love those things
beautiful in every sense
just imagine turning up to a music concert back in the 20s & experiencing it in true context… and the reactions!
more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Noises
120 years of Electronic Music
http://120years.net/machines/futurist/
ubu web – The Art of Noise manifesto, 1913
http://www.ubu.com/historical/russolo/index.html
amazing!!
to quote LCD. “i was there!”
i hand out a manifesto to my “history of electronic music” students..that scares them.
snorters! whistlers!.. WTF?