music from a tree

a friend sent this to me last week and i just couldn't help sharing it. diego stocco is a composer and music designer (pretty great filmmaker i might add) who lives in california and makes surreal music from objects in nature, self-styled instruments or traditional instruments in distress.

i embedded the video for this one because it explains so much about what has gone into planning and laying down the track. i was shocked to read that it was not sampled, but played live. the whole arrangement is pretty impressive...

diego stocco - tree music:


i couldn't stop there. in one of his videos, diego uses light to control music, in another he actually makes music from sand... yeah. my thought exactly. what the heck does sand sound like? take a listen, it's pretty tropical and the video is cool too.

diego stocco - music from sand:


so if i were banished to a desert island, i'd definitely ask this guy to come along for some fun!

check out more at diegostocco.com.

thanks to dd for the introduction!

somewhat related:

• perpetuum jazzile - africa
• uakti - minimal 13 m1
• heliocentrics - once upon a time