On the mux story of both people making a difference shaping their nation playing on their continent. W. s new multimedia series for africa. Dot com africa on the move. Hi and welcome back to saras music today were in norway where its absolutely freezing but im glad its absolutely freezing because im standing on a few orde and today were going to the annual ice Music Festival in yellow where they carve instruments out of the fewer ice im very excited to find out how theyre going to make one of these out of this early. Form. On. The. Moon more. At the first full moon of every year musicians i sculptors and fans from all over the world meet in hilo for the annual ice Music Festival. All sorts of instruments are built for the festival not from the ice ones but also this year a string bass drums and even an african bought a phone that the kids who got a boss. So right in the center of this little norwegian town yellow where bill called bits and his team are making ice instruments i cant imagine what that is like to make an instrument out of ice and you can actually play but were going to go and find out exactly how he does it will they call you really the monster of ice and ive heard you can actually make anything out of this is true i will always try my best your way to try are now making Musical Instruments totally fascinates me i think when youre on your string instruments you have the help of having the strings on them but for the brass instruments its that the sound has got to get out of there are you do you do you choose a key with you or is it just the notes that come out and those that come out i have a general idea of when to start the to when to make a wider and so over the eleven years ive collaborated with a lot of musicians so theyve taught me about there is for me im not a musician my instruments my chainsaw and and much as olds and. But through the process of learning and studying their instrument and i understand it oh my poor foreign war life forming out its making me feel bad that i havent played and then no more. Room. I have to ask daniel a very important question do your lips freeze when you put them on the instrument if its a good old gentleman this i think both but that its a leather boots on the mouthpiece he put leather mitts on the mouthpiece how do you vibrate the. Its not because im not on. Like most you just vibrate and thats but then. I mean i did i think so much and you say yeah its my. Sister you know its. Ok so we have a little bit of leather here i was imagining a big leather fast. Lose. War war. Terry is the iceman hes a composer and percussionist and is the pioneer of ice music in two thousand and six he founded the ice Music Festival in yellow and is always on the lookout for the perfect ice. Tell you were having a fantastic time at your festival what sort of a year is it for ice is it a good vintage just how do you know i never know you havent. You know thats thats one of the nice things with ice music. Festival is the. Nature. Probably the sights mostly because the quality of the ice hes very important for the sound of my instruments and the place is that important as well although we didnt feel it i says just the best i have some secret places and i will not tell you what sort of instruments work the best for you and i made a vice well im im a professional saw mainly the percussion stuff and i kind of drums charlie and of course im very interested in your hobby or your i support you know if its incredible to get the exact notes you have to make the space where you blow through really just the perfect perfect with. Yes. Its been trying you know failing and learning during those sixteen years. Im actually not in the whole prayer but i try to use it sometimes as an. Effect to make the concert more concise beautiful the fact really is a seasonal affective i want one but you know however that i would need to travel around you travel around doing your i think music concerts with a big refrigerator you know. If you can travel in there areas like norway sweden denmark and in europe. We can go with a trailer and we can do concerts and or in concert halls you told me you have to cool the ice down to minus twenty is that right even for you very important because. The instruments last longer and youre going to japan soon how do you what do you use japanese ice yes of course. Cos you cannot bring eyes to judge well if anyone can he can. Know but theres also you know all the really nice things with these days when you come to a place for me its like christmas checking the sound of ice how do you check the oil you see it is so lets like i cut a piece of this well and i will hit it with my finger and then im pretty certain its like a wine connoisseur he just has to smell it you just have to tap the yes and there are good years on the years. Two thousand and three is so far the best year so if you find out ice ok from from the north from two thousand and three this is give you no go remember that i want it very important. What happens in the instruments when youre finished getting it just left and they get to they dont have to get burned i thought that that. Thats a bill actually burning one of his urine once effect that would drink when you drink no matter what its very healthy is very healthy and no you know theyre there in my view hes come to a place like this to build a new house numerous like disputable comfortable. To harvest rice for a living to build instruments in what the audience of a concert that he would think well. Because these instruments are. Just world. So we know how the highlight of the ice Music Festival the legendary midnight concert by the light of the full moon the audience is wrapped up warmly sitting on ice benches on reindeer skins music is about to start we hope you enjoy these a theory all sounds drifting across lake see you next time on sarahs music. Well everyone else has the whole challenge. And i was afraid not to hold on the. Phone on ok you just played it amazingly well ill see i dont know if i can get another out of this at all here we go ready. Zero zero zero. Winter. Reporter nicole sluggish is in her element. Millions of Winter Sports and im going into my very best to try everything in the flat and stuff for. Her because theres so much to do for. The black forest a winter wonderland. The sun next to the. 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