Back in February, I wrote an article called “Can your Plants Sing?”
Well, a few days ago a couple of incredible videos popped up on my Facebook page that blew me away!
For the past couple of decades, people who live in the Federation of Damanhur in Italy have been researching how plants communicate and have created a device that measures the electrical signals coming from a plant and turning them into music with the help of a synthesizer.
First, though, a bit about Damanhur from their website:
Damanhur, is an eco-society based on ethical and spiritual values, awarded by an agency of the United Nations as a model for a sustainable future.
“Founded in 1975, the Federation of Damanhur is an eco-society: a federation of communities and eco-villages with their own social and political structure in continual evolution.
The Federation of Damanhur is a centre for spiritual, artistic and social research known throughout the whole world. Its philosphy is based on action, optimism and upon the idea that every human being lives to leave something of themselves to the others and to contribute towards the growth and evolution of the whole of humanity.”
The first video below is Part 7 from a series introducing the Damanhur community to the public. In Part 7, Damanhur’s plant expert, Lizard Pepper, describes different ways she communicates with plants.
I encourage you to listen to the whole 10 minute video. In the last half you will hear the most incredible music created by an avocado plant. Gorgeous!!
What really blew me away is how she describes how the plants begin by creating single tones and then LEARN – yes – LEARN – how to create music by adjusting the electrical signals they send to the synthesizer. Amazing!!!
Damanhur, Part 7 Talking Plants
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The video below is a short 1 minute segment of the plant music. For the ‘techies’ who read this blog, here is the description of the setup Damanhur used to record the plant music:
“The plant sends impulses to the midi-instruments. The midi-signal goes to a midi-thru-box and from there to the software (reaktor), to a yamaha cs1x and a rozzbox synthesizer. The audio-signal from rozzbox is routed and modified by a korg es-1.”
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Here is another video showing some heavenly music created by more of the plants at Damanhur. Plants are conscious, intelligent beings who interact with and respond sensitively to humans. Plants love music and love to make their own music. Damanhur human residents regularly perform with a variety of plants in concerts in the woods! Awesome!!
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Here is a link to a recent blog about the experiments being done with plants this year at Damanhur: http://www.damanhurblog.com/2012/04/13/experimentation-with-music-of-the-plants-continues/
If you want to find out more about this amazing community and how they are creating new hope for humanity, check out their website: http://www.damanhur.org/