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Sound Builders: Ranjit Bhatnagar Builds Us a Keycordian

Posted by Motherboard on Monday, Jul 19, 2010

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We selected 3 of our favorite Sound Builders, and commissioned them to do works specifically for the show, be sure to see Felix Thorn’s creation, too.

In Episode 9 of Sound Builders, we hang out with Ranjit Bhatnagar at his studio in the headquarters of Brooklyn hackerspace NYC Resistor (we also made a documentary about them last year).

Each year, Ranjit dedicates the month of February to building 28 instruments in 28 days. But it was June, so he slapped together one of his other amazing hybrid instruments. Watch in wonder as Ranjit strips down an accordion, rips up an old toy piano, and hotwires them into a bizarre and beautiful keycordion. We made that name up.

Also see Motherboard’s documentary of Bent Fest and more episodes of Sound Builders.

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    bbgirl about 1 month ago

    amazing!!!

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    clawmoney about 1 month ago

    thats so amazing. there's actually a surprising number of spots like that in brooklyn, especially in bushwick where they have a bunch of warehouse and studio space.

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