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AUDIO nominated for best pop instrumental album
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It's hard to believe
that this is the debut CD created by award-winning performance-art
sensations the Blue Man Group, whose off-the-wall and high-tech, highly
percussive show has been an off-Broadway hit since the beginning of its
uninterrupted run in 1991. This CD is not a soundtrack; while some pieces
appear in the show, they are presented here with extra instruments,
performers, and recently developed instruments. In addition to making
abstract paintings by pouring paint onto kettledrums then bashing on
them until the color pours onto an awaiting canvas, the Blue Man Group
make their own instruments out of unexpected, often very simple materials.
Creations used to make this record include air poles, the big drum,
the PVC instrument, the backpack tubulum, and the drum wall
(no, David van Tieghem is not a member of the group)
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