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Old 02-11-2008, 08:42 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by punkmusicfan21
By mismatched instruments I am pointing at the often large groups of people playing instruments often unused in popular music. The album I plugged at the top of the post, Vampire Weekend, has the harpsichord, the marimba, steel drum, electric guitar, bass, piano, trumpet, several string instruments. They utilize a larger group of instruments that seem unlikely.
Another example of this would be Polyphonic Spree. I think they use every instrument known to man, and that's all on top of a ten person choir.
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