An interesting sound, and they kept Pluto as a planet, no matter how small

One Ring Zero Reboots Holst’s Planets, Keeps Pluto in Mix

Brooklyn brain-popper One Ring Zero’s latest album Planets is a reboot of Gustav Holst’s legendary orchestral suite The Planets for the 21st century. But its view on Pluto’s demotion from planetary status is purely 20th century.

“Pluto will always be a planet to me,” One Ring Zero multi-instrumentalist Michael Hearst told Wired.com in an e-mail interview. “Even if it’s just a dwarf planet.”

Released this week, Planets is One Ring Zero’s latest attempt to smarten up traditional pop using unconventional sonics and subjects. For more than a decade, Hearst and One Ring Zero co-founder and multi-instrumentalist Joshua Camp have served up multidisciplinary music using theremins, accordions, claviolas, toy pianos, Jones-o-phones and other unusual instruments.

You don't see theramins, much, unless you go searching on YouTube for off-the-wall videos. Wait. This band is kind of off-the-wall. But they've got catchy, off-beat music to go with it. Think klezmer meets world music meets, well, these guys with their theramin and claviolas. Here's the offering for 'Venus'. You can listen to 'Pluto' (which has an even stronger theramin sound) at the Wired article's site.



Here's the Wikipedia article about One Ring Zero and also their official web page.

Cute cat playing a theremin

YKWIA found this; it's a featured video for YouTube.

For people playing the actual instrument (the cat pretty much makes noise rather than music), see:

'Song of India' on the Theremin (Glenn Sparks) (YKWIA found this one, too)

and

a cover of Gnarls Barkley's 'Crazy':


(That one I found) :)

According to Wikipedia: 'The theremin is one of the earliest electronic musical instruments, and the first musical instrument played without being touched.'

Cool, hmmm?