I am temporarily the proud possessor of a small theremin. A few of us clubbed together to buy one for my friend Alan - guitarist in The Nightingales.
I've borrowed it back because some of the Map Twats, slightly financially embarrassed, are making a (very) alternative Christmas album, and a theremin is essential, I feel. The results so far are deeply, utterly disturbing. I'll stream it when the whole thing's finished.
I first saw the theremin played by Pram, a wonderful experimental pop-rock-electronic band, in the late 90s or early 2000s. Here's proof that it can be used for pop too - and then some Pram!
What is that video? Is that them? I have always thought of Pram as being producers of hauntingly beautiful melodies, one of the acceptable faces of lo-fi, but that video gives the impression that they are just a bunch of twee, upper middle class, uninspired art-school posers. Damn. I am really going to have to fight now to like Pram. Maybe I can like the music but not the artist or what they stand for, you know, like with Wagner?
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ReplyDeleteThis is an exciting development, although I fear it will most likely push back our album release date as we spend hours pissing around making silly noises.
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