Beer Synth
Well, not quite. Matt Braun is a designer, artist and DJ who lives in in Philadelphia. He’s come up with a concept that is incredibly simple, and amazingly clever: Tuned Pale Ale.
Matt has designed beer bottle labels that have markings on them to indicate the pitch of the note that the bottle makes when blown, based on the amount of beer left.
Here’s a what the bottles look like:
Matt says:
“Tuned Pale Ale is a product that explores the musical affordances in everyday objects and promotes social spontaneity. While drinking beer, people become musically encouraged and often start making music with objects around them. This product aims to promote more of this type of social interaction. This product aims to inform users about the musical qualities of existing bottles and to make the bottle a better instrument.”
Not only do the bottles produce music, but when turned upside down, the limited edition beer case is a tongue drum that produces six different tones!
But wait, there’s more… Taking inspiration from the Guiro, a latin percussion instrument, ridges were added to one side of the bottles and can be played with the cap.
There you have it – drink beer, get drunk, play music. It couldn’t be more perfect. You can see more of Matt’s work here.
Oh, and before you ask: Yes, a small batch of microbrew was produced and sampled (no pun intended) with great success. Seems like the makings of a new remix contest, doesn’t it?
