tesla coils


Electric Music


No, not Karl Bartos' old band I want to talk about, but making music not just with electronic or electric instruments but with the electricity itself.

Ladies and Gentlemen: I present to you: ArcAttack!

Those dudes built two Tesla Coils in their garage and use the distinct noise those make when unloading - which you can tune by adjusting the flux-phase-thingamajiggy - to play music at raves.

Now, it doesn't sound what you would call "nice". But it was never meant to be. Compare it to Scottish bagpipes, if you like. They weren't meant to sound nice either. They were meant to make you crap your pants in terror, because you were about to get you head cut off by some berserk Scottsmen!

ArcAttacks musical tesla coils work on a similar basis. They are meant to make you crap your pants in terror, because if you get too close to them they will fry you to a crisp. Literally.

If nothing else, then ArcAttack definitely can claim that they got the single most potentially deadly musical instrument in the world there.

Awesome!



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