Optigan

[testudo]

Yes, this was a loving and lovely post :D

I always loved this blur track (optigan 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uidsHychm1M

[lloyd]

One of my fav dutch bands De Kift uses this piece of history too.
http://www.faceculture.tv/index.php?cnti_key=11736206
The singer/songwriter/hornplayer/guitarplayer/actor/etc shows how a song was written.

http://www.dekift.nl/
Very unique dutch band playing folky, punky, big band-ish, kinda shanty, theatrical, etc music.

[dubman]

not to board nazi, but uhm, relation to underworld?

[BrotherLovesDub]

http://www.sonicstate.com/news/2008/11/14/top-20-weirdest-instruments-the-optigan/

try underworldlive.com

[dubman]

haha i forget these days that there's links in those updates.
hey whats with you editing/deleting yr posts.

[jeffmutton]

Back in the 90s my friend found an optigan and some of those records in an old abandoned theater outside Wisconsin. It still worked and I think the guy from Beck bought it from him for mucho $ :cool: