Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Polar Grooves: Ice Instruments


A live performance by musician Terje Isungset is guaranteed to send shivers down your spine - as the instruments he plays are made entirely out of ice.

Terje, from Bergen in Norway, became known as the Iceman after he started making music with instruments carved out of blocks of ice drawn from a nearby lake.

His amazing frozen creations include harps, trumpets, horns, guitars, marimbas and even a iceridoo - a frozen version of the Australian didgeridoo. 

Polar grooves: Norweigan musician Terje Isungest performs with some of his incredible ice instruments
Polar grooves: Norweigan musician Terje Isungest performs with some of his incredible ice instruments

Terje claims every instrument he makes has a unique sound and while one ice horn he created was used for 50 performances many only last for a single session.
He said: 'I have to listen to my instrument. Instead of deciding how it's going to sound, the instrument decides how I'm going to play.

'I can never practice on my instrument because my instrument is new every time.This is one thing that's difficult.'
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