Exercise 6, page 107.0:01
Turge Isingset is a Norwegian born musician who has developed a unique way of using ice to make music.0:40
He thinks it is the music of the future.0:47
And he could be right.0:49
Isingset had been a percussionist playing drums in different bands for many years when his music suddenly took a whole new direction.0:51
He said that his interest in ice music began when he played at a concert held behind a frozen waterfall.0:59
As he played his music, he wondered what kind of sounds he could get out of ice.1:06
He experimented by making percussion instruments from icicles.1:11
He soon moved on to making other instruments from ice, including horns, harps and trumpets.1:15
He has even made ice guitars, ice harps and an ice didgeridoo.1:21
Isingset is the world's only ice musician composing music for just ice instruments he makes.1:26
Turgi calls his ice music chill out music.1:33
His instruments aren't just made out of any old ice either.1:37
He gets blocks from glaciers and some of the ice he uses is hundreds of years old.1:41
According to Isungsett, the quality of the ice affects the quality of the sound the ice instrument produces.1:47
Another problem with ice instruments is that they only last for one or two concerts before they melt.1:54
He has a crew who bring freezers to the concerts, and as soon as he's finished playing an instrument, the crew puts it straight into the deep freeze.1:59
Turgay also says that the temperature inside the concert hall affects the sound of the music, although as far as he is concerned, it is up to nature what kind of music he makes during a performance.2:08
Turge said that he wanted to raise people's awareness of nature through his instruments and ice music.2:20
So why does Turge want to play music that is so different?2:27
He said that the only way he could escape normal musical traditions was to change the instruments he used as well as the way he approached music.2:30
But what about music fans?2:39
Have they tuned into his music?2:42
Isingset has recently been busy with a concert tour across Europe.2:44
He has also recorded six albums of ice music, which have received good reviews from music critics and are in demand by his fans.2:49
Even though he's very busy with all his projects, he still finds time to run the Ice Music Festival in Gilo, Norway, which he started in 2006.2:57
So what does the future hold for Isung Set?3:07
Is ice music here to stay?3:11
If the success of his music so far is anything to go on, then it looks like it is.3:13
The music he creates is beautiful and the sounds from his instruments are ones that you would never expect to hear.3:18
Isingset is a very talented musician who, with the help of Mother Nature, makes very beautiful music.3:25
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