Helmholtz Resonators
Helmholtz Resonators
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About Helmholtz Resonators
also known as: THE HELMHOLTZ RESONATORS The Helmholtz Resonators are a renegade group of spaced-out psychedelic audio scientific oddballs who have been playing and writing music together since the turn of the century. Live multi-instrumentalists, dream weavers and time travellers. They studied acoustic science and the work of Hermann Von Helmholtz, being particularly inspired by his series of works 'On the Sensations of Tone...', essential reading for anyone interested in the science of sound and sound synthesis. The band, as we know it, was not formed until a few years later, when Garland Vanderbilt discovered an old Burg organ in a skip and telephoned Carlton Breezy and Chladni Plates to help with rescuing this relic. Having installed it in their studio they were thrilled to find it still, to some extent, worked...and sounded great. Around the same time Carlton had an old hyper-fuzz pedal he never liked the sound of with his guitar, so he decided to get rid of the guitar and found it was perfect with an old 1970s bass. Chladni was thrilled, he had wanted to form a psycadelic instrumental three piece band for some time and so 'LaLa' came into being with Chladni on organ, Carlton on bass and Garland on drums. All three were so excited they kept writing and swapping instruments until several tunes had been composed. They were having a lot of fun and it soon became apparent that it was infectious so they called in Vandamme Laudenkleer to record and produce a few of the pieces. The e.p 'Crystal Submarine' was taking shape, inspired by the sound of the organ, the friendship they shared and the scenery of South London. The formula = bass + drums + organ x 3 / 3 "Fantastic, industrial, robotic Tim Burton soundtracks performed with gusto and no little glee" "Trio of psychedelic electronic instrumentalists........... suggesting a blend of Add N To (X) and Iceland's undersung Apparat Organ Quartet" Heavily inspired by the ethos behind concept albums, the band have created a repertoire of songs that are as eccentric as their image, touching on influences as diverse as The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band and Can to The Flaming Lips and LCD Soundsystem and picking up support from the likes of Trashmouth Records, Marc Riley, Steve Lamacq, Eddy Temple Morris and Frank Skinner. www.myspace.com/thehelmholtzresonators www.myspace.com/deathrecordslondon
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