Intonarumori
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Intonarumori are experimental musical instruments invented and built by the Italian futurist Luigi Russolo between roughly 1910 and 1930. There were 27 varieties of intonarumori built in total, with d
Russolo, his assistant Ugo Piatti and the intonarumori
Interior of a ronzatore
Futurist pratella
Noise music
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Noise music is a subgenre of experimental music that is characterised by its use of unwanted noise as a primary musical element. The genre has roots in early 20th century avant-garde music, but later
Intonarumori
…in 1916. The instruments were completely acoustic, not electronic. The boxes had various types of internal construction to create different types of noise music. Often a wheel was touching a string attached to a drum. The wheel rattled or bowed the strings, while the drum functioned as an acoustic resonator…
Depiction of charivari, early 14th century (from the Roman de Fauvel)
Luigi Russolo and his assistant Ugo Piatti in their Milan studio in 1913 with the Intonarumori (noise machines)
Merzbow, prominent Japanoise musician, in 2007