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\"\"<\/a>Maybe there ought to be a column in this blog called Design That Simply Catches Our Fancy\u2014a place to explore objects that, while they may not kick the history of design ahead by much, are, nevertheless, attractive and pleasing.<\/p>\n

Like the Buddha Machine. We noticed a table full of them at INabstracto<\/a> on Queen West the other day: small, brightly coloured, pocket-size devices (the speaker-holes tagged them as sound devices) for\u2026well\u2026for what?<\/p>\n

It turns out the objects are Buddha Machines. Which is as paradoxical a name as you\u2019ll find anywhere.<\/p>\n

What are Buddha Machines? They are small loop players with one on-off button and the miniscule speaker we mentioned. As first introduced in 2005\u2014by the Beijing-based music duo of Christian Virant and Zhang Jian (two pioneers of electronic music in China)\u2014the Buddha machine contained a chip which held nine digitally encoded drones, ranging from 5 seconds to 40 seconds each (the \u201cBuddha\u201d name stemming from the meditation-inducing chants and vocal \u201cloops\u201d heard in Buddhist temples). The 2010 edition\u2014shown here\u2014replaced the electronic drones with loops\u2014we\u2019re getting all this from Google, by the way\u2014performed on the Gu Qin, an \u201cancient classical Chinese instrument.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pick one up at INabstracto and hold it up to your ear like a conch shell. You won\u2019t hear the ocean, but you will hear a haunting, pleasingly formless, insinuating kind of sound\u2014somewhere between music and the sounds of your own consciousness taking a big breath and relaxing. Perfect for busy, harried condo-dwellers., yes? Buddha Machines cost $35.38.
\nINabstracto Mid Century Modern Furniture & Design is at 1160 Queen St. West
\n416-533-6362.<\/p>\n

Inabstracto.com<\/a>
\nInabstracto.Wordpress.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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