Diego Stocco masuk ke dalam dunia musik dengan menciptakan suara menggunakan instrumen yang dibuat dan sumber-sumber yang tidak biasa. Dia menghasilkan musik dengan mengambil suara dari sumber-sumber yang sederhana seperti pasir dan piano terbakar. Instrumen hibrida Stocco concocts, seperti Experibass, umumnya melibatkan alat musik umum dan digabungkan dengan instrumen-instrumen lain atau objek yang kurang konvensional.
Banyak Composer Film yang menggunakan musik Stocco ini, anatara lain adalah film terbaru Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes.
Video ini dibuat dengan menggunakan gambar dan video milik Stocco sendiri yang diambil selama sesi rekaman. Dia menyusun lagu sepenuhnya dari suara yang dibuat dalam setiap sesi pembuatan suara.
Bassoforte
“A few days ago, I started thinking about how I could repurpose the keyboard of the dismantled piano I keep in the garden, so I thought to build a new instrument by combining it with some other parts I had lying around. I ended up with this mechanical hybrid thing I thought to call “bassoforte.”
“The neck is from a broken electric bass, the bridge is a door handle, the pickups are from a guitar, and the part at the top where the strings are attached is a chimney cap, which works as a resonator as well as adding a percussive sound.
“The track I created is a tribute to my dad, who is a big fan of Western comic books and spaghetti Western films (and because of him, I am too).” —Diego Stocc
The Burning Piano
“I sampled sounds and noises while the piano was burning. Since I only had one take, I recorded as much material as possible.
“Initially I was pointing the gas-flame lighter directly at the strings, and I was playing single notes, but eventually the fire started to burn the hammers and other parts of the piano, and at that point the strings were exploding because of the temperature. Later during the day, I moved the piano and recorded additional sounds with the rest of the burned strings.” —Diego Stocco
Music From Sand
“I had some sandbags in the backyard that I used in November during a rainy day. I was moving them to a different spot when I heard the noise of the sand. I thought that maybe I could try a new sound-design technique, so I bought some piezo-film transducers and started to experiment with them.
“The entire track is created only out of tuned sand tones — no additional sounds or waveforms. I emphasized the inner notes of the sand grains and mapped them on a sampler as a series of instruments. The grooves are all played live with various techniques, including taping two piezo films to my fingers.” —Diego Stocco
Experibass
“While visiting a luthier a few weeks ago looking for parts, I had an idea in mind for an instrument I wanted to build. My curiosity was to hear the sound of violin, viola and cello strings amplified through the body of a double bass. I came up with a quadruple-neck experimental somethingthat I thought to call “experibass.”
“To play it, I used cello and double bass bows, a little device I built with fishing line and hose clamps, a paintbrush, a fork, spoons, a kick-drum pedal and a drum stick.” —Diego Stocco
Music From a Bonsai
“I always liked bonsai trees. I was curious to try the approach I used for “Music From a Tree” on a smaller scale, so I bought a bonsai and recorded this little experimental piece.
“To determine the key, I used the lowest note I could play and recorded the rest around it. Besides playing the leaves, I used bows of different sizes, a piano hammer and a paintbrush. As far as microphones go, I used my Røde NT6, a customized stethoscope and tiny MEAS piezo transducers.
“I played all the sounds and rhythms only with the bonsai. I didn’t use any synthesizer or samplers to create or modify the sounds.” —Diego Stocco
Dissonant Echoes
“A short, abstract piece created during one of the sessions I did for an upcoming project. I used an old dismantled piano, antique zithers collected in the past few months and metallic wind chimes. Played with piano hammers and a dulcimer bow.” —Diego Stocco
sumber : wired.com
