Cool!

Well, that’s another use for magnetic tape. I guess…

Introducing the Open Reel Ensemble, a group of musicians who use traditional bamboo bows to play magnetic reel-to-reel tape to make music. They call their new instrument a “JIGAKKU.” It involves stretching the tape just so to get the right tones.

Don’t laugh. It’s pretty danceable stuff.

(Via Laughing Squid)

Alan Cross

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