THE STRANGEST SPEAKER I HAVE EVER SEEN - The MegaLeslie

EP I ON BANDCAMP LINK IN DESCRIPTION :) Hainbach came around after his London show at IKLEKTIK the other day, We didn't really know what we were going to do but Darren had emailed me about a gumtree listing of a strange speaker to be taken away to save from being thrown away! i gave a donation to the churches charity, i didn't know when i was able to get it because Hainbach came over, luckily johnny offered to go get it the day Hainbach was here! Hainbach started jamming with the ELKA rhythm machine and it started to actually work and after a while we realised we could probably bash out a fun vintage Krautrock inspired EP! so that is exactly what we did :D you can get the EP on bandcamp! link in the description.

What a lovely time, thanks for letting me hang around again!

It believe you have a Compton Rotofon loudspeaker, originally developed by the John Compton organ company for use with their electronic church organs, and later used by Makin Organs who took over the electronic organ activities of Compton when they went out of business in the late 1960s. Makin were still making Rotofons in 1983 (a local church in Bishop Auckland had two in their exceptionally large Makin organ installed that year). The idea was to produce the "chorus" sound of a traditional pipe organ when many stops were selected, which early analogue electronic organs could not achieve with static loudspeakers. Easily done today in software with digital electronics.

Somewhat unrelated but have you heard of Rotary Subs ? They're essentially a fan with blades moving around to the sound to move massive amounts of air to and from the room, functionally behaving like a gigantic sub... In most cases enough to make walls resonate ! While less of a music creation tool, that could be a cool thing to test out in the museum

You can smell the sound from the heated dust in the old electronic instruments, love the music❤

This entire museum feels like a Venus Fly Trap for Trent Reznor...

I wasn't expecting this crossover, but in hindsight it seems blindingly obvious. Love it!

I saw that speaker listed on Gumtree... I'm so glad the right person bought it!

Being in the same room with a Leslie, or other rotating speakers, it so awesome. A Stereo recordings don't really fully capture that amazing 360° immersion of awesomeness.

looks like it should have a joystick for collective pitch control

Electronic musical instrument tech, here. I've seen all kinds of wacky speakers before, including many of those weird Yamaha elephant ear drivers like you showed, but nothing like that FrankenLeslie. That thing looks like someone's weird science experiment. I love it!

You guys work so well together!

This makes me want the flying cars we were promised. We all know 70's Kraut Rock sounds the best over the hi-fi system in a flying car. We'll put the newest data disk on and fly onto the Trans European (Sky) Expressway and jam out. Also the speaker looks like a contraption to throw snowballs (or rocks) not very fast while playing music. Two great tastes that taste great together. Maybe we could mount it on the flying car for maximum future integration.

The organ speaker is - (or is similar to a design) - made by the Compton Organ Co. - later part of Jennings Musical Instruments, IIRC.

What an absolute blast! It was a joy seeing you both make music together but also have candid joy at exploring the instruments and speakers. It was a lot of fun to watch!

Two real artists and an amazing setup. The result is really great!!! 13:38 --> goosebumps!

Thank you working so hard to preserve and share all of this equipment.

This is so vibey and specific. You are both so creative I am always amazed how easily you embrace embarking on new projects so fearlessly. Bravo.

Sam I love that you are keeping history alive I bet there are so many europunk/neuromantic music legends who are excited over memories of yesteryear.

Love the phasey interaction of the fixed speakers with the rotating eight. You guys know what to do with it too! Beautiful jams! Many thanks