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What Music could be used to reflect industry and factory work?

Music Fans Asked by Cameron Brown on August 31, 2021

Examples that may use mallets or other non instrumental sounds. A style like Iannis Xenakis’ would be brilliant

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Here are starting points for some composers you might look into:

Karlheinz Stockhausen Oktophonie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdIe2CrorMM

John Cage First Construction (in Metal): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlBo7_3EXqk

Wintergatan Marble Conveyor Belt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AEvQAg6TE0

Steve Reich Music for Pieces of Wood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4JQD0cy87I

Avraamov https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v3u2sU54Os

Also something random things I stumbled onto:

Ann Kroeber & Alan Splet Industrial Sounds with Soul: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG23kZ0XswU

And just for fun, a personal favorite: Don Byron, "Powerhouse": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUmAxSlBhPs

Answered by Aaron on August 31, 2021

Non-instrumental sounds are neither typically used in classical nor in early music.

I guess, repetitive or even minimal music could fit, since the striking feature of assembly line is hard time restrictions and repetitiveness.

I would recommend to consider the sound track of Charlie Chaplins "Modern Times", apparently also written by him.

A competely different approach is one of my Baroque favourites: François Couperin: Tic-Toc-Choc (its other title Les maillotins seems to refer to a sort of hammers.) I enclose a second recording alone due to its presentation on a factory floor.

Answered by guidot on August 31, 2021

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