Turning waste into musical instruments.

In Barcelona, ​​Spain, there's a unique jazz group that has attracted attention for its completely different approach to music. They create their own instruments from waste and discarded items, then use these instruments to perform creative jazz music.

Guitars made from recycled waste materials. Photo: EURONEWS

Known as the Orquesta Reusónica Trio, the group not only plays music but also tells stories about the environment, recycling, and how people shape sound from seemingly worthless materials. The concept of " world jazz" is how the group describes their sound. When listening with their eyes closed, listeners can feel the familiar, soft, and emotionally rich jazz melodies.

But when they opened their eyes, everything was unexpected. The "guitar" wasn't a traditional guitar, but a surfboard with strings attached; the drums didn't come from a standard drum set, but from plastic water bottles used as rhythmic accompaniments; the melodious wind sounds weren't from wooden flutes, but from metal crutches that once belonged to the grandfather of one of the group members.

The three main members of Orquesta Reusónica Trio are Rocco Papía, Antonio Sanchez Barranco, and Xavi Lozano, each playing a specific role in transforming waste into musical instruments. Rocco Papía, the group's founder, believes that creating musical instruments from unconventional materials is not just a matter of "playing around," but rather an act of inheriting a long-standing human tradition of using readily available materials to create music .

Papía emphasizes that the first musical instruments in human history were also made from discarded animal bones. The only difference is that today, the materials used are plastic, metal, and other artificial materials. Xavi Lozano, a self-made flute player, shares that plastic pipes and recycled materials are the main raw materials for making flutes and wind instruments. These instruments can accompany players for many years, and according to him, this offers a completely different value compared to today's consumer mindset, which always views waste as something to be disposed of immediately.

Beyond performing, the work of the Orquesta Reusónica Trio also includes education and community inspiration. The group organizes a program called “New Sounds for a New World,” teaching children how to create musical instruments from recycled materials. The program aims to stimulate sustainable thinking and convey a vision of a world where objects are not quickly dismissed as useless. Through the process of transforming discarded items into musical instruments, the children learn to re-evaluate the value of materials and reflect on the relationship between people, the environment, and music.

The extraordinary sound of the Orquesta Reusónica Trio stems from constant recycling, innovation, and experimentation, sometimes prompting listeners to rethink the very nature of music. The group wants audiences to understand that instruments don't necessarily need to be made from precious wood, high-end metal, or expensive designs to produce beautiful sound; sometimes, it is precisely from discarded materials that new and unique musical experiences emerge.

VIET LE

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/bien-rac-thai-thanh-nhac-cu-post830937.html