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bassistpatrick
12-29-2006, 07:34 PM
Does anybody know of any bands that play instruments that you usually don't see together? Such as a bass, violin, vibrophone, flute etc.

RumbleBot
12-29-2006, 08:35 PM
They make a lot of their instruments. Check them out. The violin player, Carla, also plays a trumpet-violin hybrid. It's basically a narrow violin body with an horn coming out of it. It sounds pretty damn near a trumpet. Plus, they're an amazing group of musicians.

gkbass13
12-29-2006, 08:45 PM
deadweight-loud music on drums, cello and violin.

portishead is great....trip hop with a full orchestra

the arcade fire-indie rock with strings and horns at times...very talking heads and bowie esque

superbassman2000
12-29-2006, 08:53 PM
I like "A whisper in the noise"

its piano-drums-bass-french horn-violin

www.awitn.com

DougP
12-29-2006, 10:45 PM
I like "A whisper in the noise"

its piano-drums-bass-french horn-violin

www.awitn.com

great band there.

i guess Tom Waits could be considered odd instrumentation as well.