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Jun.15
2008

And more on the expressionist front...

This video is a demonstration/explanation of la Léode (although how that particular noun came to be feminine is completely and utterly beyond me; I have a hard time coming up with an instrument more singularly phallic.) This is a one-of-a-kind controller made for the "keyboardist" of the French prog-rock band Lazuli. It's sort of a red-headed crossbreed of a Continuum and a Chapman Stick, of all things.

I'm not going off in alternative controller la-la land, but I just thought this video jibed somewhat with our previous conversation.

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In psychoanalytic terms "the man has the phallus, the woman is the phallus" (Lacan). Hence, la Léode is female.

posted June 16, 2008 by zerobae

It sounds like a Theremin a lil, I can see there ad now .."chicken chokers wanted".

posted June 16, 2008 by inteliko

I don't think anyone would deny that la Leode is not the single most expressive musical tool ever created by man.

posted June 16, 2008 by dualphin

I think you will agree that the MusicPole is slightly more phallic...

link [themusicpole.com]

" You don't strike the keys of the MUSICPOLE like you would a piano, you stroke the keys like a slide guitar player. By sliding your thumb you can create all the different scales."

posted June 16, 2008 by vizzie

I'm guessing that I'm missing a lot by not being able to understand French. Because based on the music/visual parts of the video, this dude apparently went through the difficulty and expense of creating a custom MIDI controller that allows him to...sound like Robert Fripp. (And, as a bonus, occasionally sound like Steve Howe playing steel guitar.)

Bravo.

I mean, it's interesting as an exercise in doing-something-different, and it obviously suits the dude's needs and style, but...I don't know what else to say. Um, la Léode on, dude?

posted June 16, 2008 by JG

Oh, I forgot to add that I do like the opening bit with the banjo-breakdown vs. Highway to Hell head-on collision. Even if I'm not sure what the hell that means, though I'm guessing it has something to do with a collision-of-styles (again, understanding French would really help).

posted June 16, 2008 by JG

I think my enjoyment of that video was actually enhanced by the fact that I don't understand French. It makes it seem more arty and mysterious or something.

At least the end result is fairly musical, which is more than I can say for a lot of alternative-controller demos I've watched.

--Adam

posted June 16, 2008 by studio nebula

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