Found object (music)

Also other builders like Yuri Landman, Harry Partch[4] (for example his famous cloud chamber bowl instrument),[5] Pierre Bastien, Iner Souster often incorporate found material in their works.

Wall of Voodoo drummer Joe Nanini would commonly use pots and pans instead of conventional drums.

The band Neptune uses VCR-casings, scrap metal and all kinds of other found objects to create experimental musical instruments.

[10] The use of found objects in music takes one of two general forms: either objects are deliberately recorded, with their sound used directly or in processed form, or previous recordings are sampled for use as part of a work (the latter often being referred to simply as "found sound" or "sampling").

With the improvement and easy accessibility of sampling technology since the 1980s, this second method has flourished and is a major component of much modern popular music, particularly in such genres as hip hop.