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Experimental Cigar Box Guitar - sound samples

Started this discussion. Last reply by Diydc Dec 15, 2009. 1 Reply

Quadraphonic Octopus shall take the cigar box guitar to places it has never imagined. We are the experimental side of this revolution. Would you like to take the journey with us? Here are a few…Continue

 

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    Line Em Up
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    CHAOS_SAMPLE_ONE
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    CHAOS_SAMPLE_TWO
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    CHAOS_SAMPLE_THREE
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    CHAOS_SAMPLE_FOUR
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    CHAOS_SAMPLE_FIVE
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    #_SAMPLE_ONE

Be afraid.

The cigar box guitar is an instrument of pure heritage and primitive grace.  Quadraphonic Octopus understands this history and pedigree


...and politely disregards it all.


Quadraphonic Octopus is the representation of primitive music forthcoming.  We are the voice of tribal shamans of a Mad Max future.  We use cigar box guitars, yet they play no blues.    The juxtaposition of homemade musical implements meshed with circuit bent toys, hackwired loopers and found sounds is an experience desperately needed within the army of cigar box revolutionaries.  QuadOcto is misunderstood even by the so-called "CBG'ers," and yet we take delight in their misunderstandings.  QuadOcto knows that each collection of icons needs a few deviant iconoclasts.  That is our chosen duty.  We shall complete this mission.

Along with our compatriots, The Monks of the New Order, we shall blaze a new tradition of cigar box guitar music, mixing Mid Eastern ragas with avant garde traditions of Cage and Sun Ra and throwing in a dose of ballsy anger.  That which is confounding shall be celebrated.  That which is labeled "outsider" will be welcomed. 

We are Quadraphonic Octopus.  We are the distant future of the cigar box guitar. 

 

Instruments used:

Cigar Box Guitars

  • Red Dog 4-string Electric Cigar Box Guitar
  • Daddy Mojo Dolorosa Cigar Box Guitar
  • Cigar Box Slim 3-string Electric Cigar Box Guitar
  • Turbodiddley Resophonic 3-string Cigar Box Guitar

Circuit Bent Effects and Other Devices:

  • Menard Effect Machine (Atari Punk Console by Dennis Menard)
  • Dr. Moonstien 8-bit Sampler https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqrMyT3XWmo
  • Circuit Bent Speak and Math by Fastmatt
  • Ebow and glass slides
  • Seven vintage cassette players

Albums Released:

  • "The Air Between the Machines," a glitch ballet performed on the Menard Effect Machine
  • "#," a funeral mass for the individual  (EP in the form of a mini-CD)
  • "Chaos Walks a Dog Named Frank," a concerto for Cigar Box Guitar and glitch instruments.  (Album also features the entire "#" funeral mass as bonus material)
  • Coming Soon:  The Q-Monk Octophonic Collective, a collaboration between QuadOcto and the Monks of the New Order.

 

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At 3:11pm on April 10, 2010, Warren said…
"line em up" is tight! I like #_sample_1 a lot too.
At 5:18am on April 10, 2010, dg said…
line em up..........wicked tune I love it
At 7:28am on April 1, 2010, Rev Mike said…
Can I have your Atari Punk console....mine was fried. Thanks
At 4:57pm on December 24, 2009, Bluesheart said…
I like. Please Sir, may I have some more??
At 4:51am on December 20, 2009, HENRY LOWMAN said…
PASSAGE.mp3...Snowbound, and this song is the net result...Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!...more Lyra Mbira madness............... :-)
At 10:03am on December 15, 2009, Jarmo Katajisto said…
very exciting music ... "line em up" ... good stuff
At 7:53am on December 15, 2009, Wichita Sam said…
OMG.... whoaaaaaa.... what the ????????? how great it this? rock (or whatever) on!!!
At 10:18pm on December 14, 2009, bemuzic said…
love line em up!!!...nothing Britney Spears about it don't worry : -)
At 7:26pm on December 14, 2009, HENRY LOWMAN said…
LYRA MBIRA 1.mp3....A test piece for a new build, the Lyra Mbira...pics coming soon...
At 3:10am on December 12, 2009, Kirk Withrow said…
The Monks enjoy a permanent residence in Weird Places and have been quietly scheming to incite an insidious revoltolution therein for the sole purpose of savagely shaking the cerebrally-slumbering segments of society free from contagiously cataclysmic clutches of conformity, complacency, and contentment in which they have dwelled for far too long. Proceed with staunch determination and stalwart dedication. We shall see you there...
 
 
 

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