The Dewanatron concert at Spaceland in Silver Lake last night [10/13/09] was nuts. The 2 cousins, Brian Dewan and Leon Dewan, invited audience members to bring instruments and join them onstage. It was part cool, part unlistenable. At one point, a guy wrapped in a bed sheet was conducting the orchestra of weirdo synths, drums, guitars, circuit bent toys, trumpet, violin, melodicas and various percussion [including ping pong paddles on empty water jugs, wooden spoons on cookie trays] along with an MIA-wannabe female rapper.
I grabbed the first open instrument I found on the stage: a balloon. In a situation like that, it's definitely more fun to play than to watch.
Most interesting was Dewanatron's crazy synth, the Dual Primate Console. Two people can play it on opposite ends at the same time. It's a got a bunch of oscillators and funky synth circuitry going on. Rhythms are dialed in by actually dialing numbers on the old school rotary phone dial. Wow!
Check out more details on the Dual Primate Console and Dewanatron's other instruments and music at dewanatron.com.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Dewanatron Dual Primate Console
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