Biography
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What is most fascinating about the sound of 'The Brothers Pus' music is how that sound is achieved. Below is a rather extensive list of musical instruments and, essentially, any device or object that makes a sound that Johnny and James have used in 'The Brothers Pus' recordings to date. Many of the following instruments were actually homemade by James:
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4, 5, and 6 string banjos, piano, violin, autoharp, organ, trumpet, clarinet, trombone, accordion, button accordion, classical guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, chimes, rotary phone ringers, effects processors, samples/field recordings, synthesizer, seeing impaired tape recorder, french horn, loops, feedback, xylophone, white noise machine, computer programming tapes, radio static, fire poker/metal box, rosewood xylophone (small marimba), tenor saxophone, boat bell, C melody saxophone, fire bell, circuit bent fire bell, prepared piano, fire, grandfather clock chimes, flute, computer software, chop saw, reverb tube, piano soundboard, hawaiian slide guitar, zither, pedal steel guitar, player piano with homemade rolls/tinfoil, metallophone, tibetan bells, baritone ukulele, snare drum, cymbals, tambourine, bee hive, random pieces of metal, pcm d50 field recorder, bowed rusty wires, bugle, megaphone feedback, micro-cassette recorder, vocals, baritone reed box, children's clarinet, bagpipe reed, plastic christmas bells, tin cans, nail violin, circuit bent electronic door bell, circuit bent alarm clock, synth drone box (built by phil baljeu), turn tables, children's turn tables with broken glass, antique acoustic turntable with rusty spring for needle, bowed marxochime violin-uke, hammond organ reverb box, drum machine/sampler, bowed saw blade, metal table legs, old plumbing with sax and clarinet reeds, small decorative bells, friction cello, gong, didgeridoo, mandolin, kalimba, harmonica, circuit bent toy computer and other toys, wine glass rims, glockenspiel, hohner air organ, hohner alto melodica, steel drum, antique alarm timer, no-input mixer noise, bent sk-1, he-man spring reverb mics, smashing old windows, matrix pickup, wooden recorders of various sizes, voice boxes from children's dolls, whistle, midi instruments, dozens of music boxes, shudh sangeet banjo-keyboard/dulcimer, hearing tester/tone generator, leslie cabinet, pump organ, e-bow, 36" saw blades, homemade re-bar xylophone, sheet metal, wind chimes, pots and pans, pie plates, cookie tins, various signal interferences, springs, answering machines, reel to reel, bontempi keyboards, keytar, shakers, water passing through pipes, records -33/45, bricks, hammer, power grinder, piano wire, fan motor on wire, mellotron sampling, random spanish radio, rain falling on sheet metal etc.
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