He sounds like a 'fun guy.'
Tarun Nayar sees instruments. Or, more accurately, parts of an instrument.
♬ original sound - modernbiology How does it work? The idea of using plants and electric signals to make music is not new; Nayar says there have been people trying it for nearly 50 years, inspired by the 1973 book The Secret Life of Plants.For his own music, or bio-sonification , he's learned how to make his own synthesizers to tap into any living thing by running an electric signal through them.
"Really what the plants and mushrooms offer is a generative source of data," he says, explaining that they act as a sort of organic resistor with oscillations and variation. A life in music Nayar has a long history with music; some people may have already recognized his name as one of the founding members of Delhi 2 Dublin, a local group that mixed electronic and world music, specifically Bhangra and Celtic.
Having studied biology in school, the two interests met at what may seem like an unusual junction, but Nayar says it was a "natural part" of his progression.While the synthesizers he's made are specialized, the components aren't particularly difficult to come by, he adds, and mostly can be bought at a local electronics shop.
Nayar explored the land around his studio-cabin in the northern Gulf Islands and found lots of material. He notes that he's not the first one to experiment with these ideas, but he has found a way to communicate them on social media.Now some of his videos have a couple of million views and he's played live with an audience, both at a festival in Miami and on hikes in southern B.C.
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