Artist Info: Cybraphon

Cybraphon is the latest project from Edinburgh-based band / artist collective FOUND (Ziggy Campbell, Simon Kirby and Tommy Perman).

Inspired by 19th-century automatic bands such as the orchestrion and the player piano, Cybraphon is an interactive, mechanical band in a box. It consists of a number of acoustic instruments, antique machinery, and found objects from junk shops, played by over 60 robotic beaters, all housed in an antique wooden display case. [read more...]