Hum

www.marlahlady.com
Mounted on each ceiling fan is one speaker and audio equipment. Sound is activated with a tilt switch (movement activated switch) when a fan starts spinning. The sound consists of a simple, hummed melody. Each 2 minute recording is endlessly looped while the fan spins - six fans spinning six melodies to create a chorus. The spinning speakers give the audio a tremolo effect (like the spinning speakers of the Hammond organ) which varies based on the fans speed. Each fan is moving in the same pattern (controlled by a computer) but the staggered start time of each fan results in an ever-changing pattern.
Exhibition History:
2003 York Quay Gallery (Toronto); 2005 Toronto Convention Centre (in conjunction with Toronto International Art Fair)

[@BRISTOLFORCE2009]

I remember first seeing this when I was 5, nostalgia hitting hard on SO MANY levels

[@PorterTheFanCollector]

Same

[@Katlynn-AFanCollector]

Omg, saaame!

[@TravellerCarlos]

jeez, i remember watching this at a very young age, here i am again, and i finally found the place where those fans are.

[@shivamgandhi5779]

what's the place called?

[@TravellerCarlos]

@@shivamgandhi5779 York Quay Gallery

[@shivamgandhi5779]

@@TravellerCarlos In Toronto?

[@TravellerCarlos]

@@shivamgandhi5779 yup

[@ceilingfansportablefansand2030]

Makes me feel like I’m in 2009-2010 again nice break from 2020

[@Mini_Mic]

I found this when it came out... I was four.

[@user-on5zw1jp6w]

My childhood videos

[@lachlanslightsandfans]

One of the first videos I watched since 2010

[@ceilingfansportablefansand2030]

Same

[@fanssmoothiesandantiques7443]

Awwwwwwwwwwwww the memories

[@tgbasstester3012]

Imagine hearing this in a abandoned haunted cemetery

[@finneganthao9164]

Yes

[@MisaTheDog]

the ceiling fan at 0:09 is kind wobbly

[@adyangamingofficial810]

Cuz of speakers

[@The_Fancave]

I can say without hyperbole that this is the greatest art exhibit I've ever seen! I'm a huge fan!

[@timealwayswins]

i get it 🤣

[@The_Fancave]

@@timealwayswins Bad puns are how eye roll! 🙃

[@garvaldmains1]

these fans are great

[@dexterbruggemanisback4046]

Yeah that's right

[@ShashankArv]

Sounds like bees at 0:00, Sounds like race cars at 0:08, then Sounds like a mosque prayer at 0:45.

[@davidwhitefancollector3985]

The blade tip with the black dot is the speaker.

[@jeffreyrobinson7215]

Bruh, imagine you’re working the night shift here, and its like dead of night, 90% of the lights off, and these all turn on by themselves, being the only noise echoing throughout the building..

[@plammy79]

Jeffrey Robinson e

[@plammy79]

Jeffrey Robinson 1

[@plammy79]

0

[@james6234]

That'd be fucking creepy. Even more if you're alone.

[@mszzsm1365]

now that's fucking creeping me out

[@MartinCarenaSantiago]

That is a very cool but eerie sound. Great job!!

[@MichelleMcIntyre77]

Hey Martin, yeah it's an odd sound those ceiling fans are making haha

[@ariel-pw7dh]

​@@MichelleMcIntyre77 da miedo el sonido

[@epicevan1024]

They’re just be some sort of spirit in it witch makes the humming sound oh hail the ceiling fan gods

[@LightsandFansGuy1999]

No, there is a speaker on one of the fan blades read the description

[@laceybarbee5553]

Pretty sure this is the last thing you hear right before a zombie apocalypse

[@laceybarbee5553]

@Baba Safari those questions seem personal. Why would you want to know?

[@MisaTheDog]

no

[@zolianzathang5619]

true

[@DBVintage]

It has kind of a hypnotic quality to it.

[@jameswilliams9685]

That's pretty incredible

[@nikochamorro4003]

speaker

[@cyntia.dewijayati1740]

Ih spiker dari mana

[@TheChurchOfKaiak]

Very large Leslies :-) Nice Music, I like that !!!!

[@ltg6686]

I have never heard a celling fan sing before lol

[@tomaserincasablancalarocqu5086]

This so cool!

[@elenaevangelista9823]

Tomaserin Larocque uuyfi

[@ryanthefanguy9060]

I remember this, I wish I played a actual song on here

[@fanssmoothiesandantiques7443]

I agree

[@ryanthefanguy9060]

@@fanssmoothiesandantiques7443 yeah

[@AshTheVirginiaFanGuy]

I watched this video several times when I was 6 and 7 years old

[@fanssmoothiesandantiques7443]

Same

[@zolianzathang5619]

me too

[@bugnamartin400]

Wow. Whatta sound.

[@ZappingHero]

Oh my gosh, I haven't seen this video for quite a while, I remembered watching this back when KZbin used to look much different (around the same time when I watched that Garage Ceiling Fan Display video from Cole S. :)

[@ZappingHero]

@MrLazyBones Yeah.

[@MisaTheDog]

Cole s you mean vintage fans and more.

[@lightingkid2010]

@@MisaTheDog the comment is old.

[@fanssmoothiesandantiques7443]

@@lightingkid2010 didn’t expect to see you here

[@lightingkid2010]

@@fanssmoothiesandantiques7443 i wasnt expecting to see you here either

[@cheedam8738]

that sound is scary!

[@peppanomally2518]

KZbin damn you really make me watch some random awesome videos.

[@zolianzathang5619]

i wish for you to make more video like this😀

[@channel91uhf]

I remember when I watched this back when I was like 5 and I had no idea what the KZbin auto play was, and so I saw it counting down to some video of a ceiling fan chasing a baby fan after I watched this video. I got scared of auto play after that. (But now I’m not anymore lmao)

[@dexterbruggemanisback4046]

These fans are great 2

[@rudyc.421]

So that's the sound people been hearing coming from the sky. lol

[@thefanmanSixtyFour]

Cant belive this, WOW

[@ZappingHero]

I first discovered this video in April 2010 (the last month of my 14th year), pretty cool industrial fans on the speaker by the way, thumbs up.

[@herniherni7987]

Ujkl

[@mathi612.videogamingchannel]

Hi Warren

[@aussielemonbuilds5886]

Ok this is a classic

[@JediM4ster167]

I wanna go there

[@CeilingFanVideosOnYT]

The very front fan is a Banvil Silverline which is NOT okay to put speakers on, but the rest of the fans are Banvil Bronzeline and it is 1 of the best industrial ceiling fans to put speakers on.

[@MisaTheDog]

thank you for naming the ceiling fans.

[@BRISTOLFORCE2009]

Good catch

[@PorterTheFanCollector]

Dayton industrial and Canarm CP56 ceiling fans

[@carterthefanguy9006]

Nope Silverlines

[@ethann1986]

Fan collectors nightmares be like:

[@IamCollector155]

ur funny

[@lycanrocdusk848]

0:14 AAAAAAAAAH HUMVAAAAA I'm dying

[@lumiemusic]

Me in 2020 just seeing the speaker: :/ oh

[@davidwhitefancollector3985]

The sound when it starts, it sounds like someone is hanging up a telephone mic.

[@johnmahoney2904]

I am autistic

[@whoisthisdude5437]

This some how puts me to sleep

[@ariel-pw7dh]

que escalofriante pero buen video

[@Gabehasnewyt]

2019 anyone?

[@ceilingfansportablefansand2030]

2020

[@Gabehasnewyt]

I guess so

[@lumiemusic]

@@ceilingfansportablefansand2030 yes

[@albertsrobloxceilingfanstu2613]

Me

[@james6234]

@@albertsrobloxceilingfanstu2613 You're in 2020, you commented a week ago ;)

[@tonyprice2771]

I love the sound of the fans humming. It sounds like Whales singing

[@epicevan1024]

I agree

[@MisaTheDog]

.

[@crazyconradelevatorfan248]

Music to my ears

[@isamusaito1151]

Zystone1 j

[@christophermoorman6629]

Crazy Conrad elevator fan same

[@dendenchicano8116]

Crazy Conrad elevator fan iii

[@the_real_drwhoroblox1935]

The mating calls of timelords, so relaxing... Edit: add a demonic voice affect and distortion and it's their battle cries.

[@ktdabb4597]

I remember this

[@furbynerd7]

All I hear is this at 3 am.

[@furbynerd7]

@Paige Lambert I never looked at the age of the vid lol

[@twmax4137]

That’s what hell sounds like

[@MASTER_YTP]

So fans can make a Choir 😏

[@guilhermoferreira7275]

Thats creppy...Reminds me of when theres multiple ghosts near you siging togheter to make you go mad still very cool.

[@AlexTheFanMan]

It reached a million views.

[@dickcheney6]

it sounds like a bunch of whales have met in the room!

[@mraiwa1000]

Very nice work you have here. Maybe you could make a video of them with you talking about how you made them and review them.

[@zolianzathang5619]

yeah

[@shinbis_1235]

Hi greetings from 2021

[@PhearaXT]

At the beginning of this video, it sounded like bees 🐝. Now in the middle to end of this video, it sounded like race car to me!

[@KittiwatBIG]

it so scary

[@zakwareing1]

Classic

[@JediM4ster167]

While this was being recorded I was watching them from the ground

[@briandustin5033]

that's what i sound like when i shit.

[@lycanrocdusk848]

0:01 that looks like a banvil silverline

[@mrjumaatsamian]

Two of the Banvils had the wires instaled wrongly as the fans spin is clockwise

[@GabesFans]

They are reversible

[@mrjumaatsamian]

@@GabesFans oh

[@AlexTheFanMan]

they have a red lead wire

[@nandorantucci8627]

Those Banvil Bronze Lines have been very cool. I have been wanting to see that in the years but someday, We need more of them in Toronto. How about one in a store making that sound while recirculating air.

[@deltabar762]

At the end that celling fan at the left hand side was about to power off

[@duytantran8699]

del tabar k

[@zolianzathang5619]

it was off in 1:25

[@ConnorRB]

Hum

[@SPP_PNW]

Connor RB NIPPLES THE ENCHILADA!

[@ceilingfansdogsandmorecorn3362]

I never even seen the fan make a noise like that

[@lightsfansofthewest481]

The ceiling fans aren't actually making the noise. There's a speaker on the end of one blade on each fan. I think the sound synced with the fans is from musical instruments.

[@epicevan1024]

Imagine if the ceiling fans did make noise and not the speaker that’s be scary

[@zolianzathang5619]

@@epicevan1024yep indeed

[@savithamalar]

cool

[@ceilingfanantlionguykiller2937]

Cool Fans

[@Dara.Bortolato_2006]

Carini i ventilatori

[@carexpertandy]

@jonahmusto usually not on an enthusiast(but yes i have done it), for other people, they may not know its spinning the wrong way if it is

[@FSM_Reviews]

Sounds like a chorus of dying tornado sirens.

[@MisaTheDog]

🤔

[@GregoryBuckhouseGaming-cl1jv]

What is wrong with those industrial fans?

[@PorterTheFanCollector]

In the description

[@ceilingfanantlionguykiller2937]

6 Fans

[@JediM4ster167]

0:17 it sounds like “ALAAAH HUAKBAR “

[@raisfathroosdian5120]

HAHA Yes I Am We Are Muslim 😊😊😊

[@raisfathroosdian5120]

His Sound Like A Call To Pray (ADZAN) I Think Is Humming Sound. Sound Very Loud. Other Blade Installed One Speaker. What Will Be Vibrate ???

[@kayumanisPHOTO]

hum

[@rafifammar478]

Its so scary

[@parulmathur-kartikey]

Those singing fans are so scary!

[@carexpertandy]

@jonahmusto or red and blue wires were switched between black and white

[@CeilingFanVideosOnYT]

Reversible Banvil/Envirofan only uses black, red, and white wires. Black is for forward and red is for reverse. It’s not like Canarm wires.

[@zulqarnainhakeem6657]

I am feeling scared of this humming sound

[@johniejimlim7998]

Fans are not using speakers to spin, but the motor does.

[@zolianzathang5619]

read the description

[@EPSILON120]

they sound like bees

[@orangesarecool5386]

*Attaches Jericho sirens to fan tips*

[@KhmerL0VEKhmer]

It kind of sounds like "Virtual Mima Voice Version" from Perfect Blue OST

[@TramTrafficLightMan]

This would be a great way to hide sound speaker or to make music while cooling your self down

[@danjumliftsandpublictransp371]

Where are they

[@carexpertandy]

@jonahmusto Whoever touched their wall controls at one point mustve accidently hit the reverse button/switch

[@thefanshow4323]

0:46 MOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

[@onchannel4957]

LoL😂

[@joeycattani1357]

2 of those fans were blowing air upward. NOT GOOD UNLESS ITS IS WINTER !

[@sirenhunter321]

Maybe to balance the air in the room.

[@epicevan1024]

When did it take place are these ceiling fans gods? I was 2 when this came out

[@LightsandFansGuy1999]

No read Description

[@suihnai8158]

0:32 harmony time!

[@ade_f_fans]

yeah... it is banvil / envirofan party...

[@MisaTheDog]

isn't the speaker the white thing with a hole in 0:14?

[@LightsandFansGuy1999]

Yes

[@zolianzathang5619]

maybe

[@LightsandFansGuy1999]

How are the fans controlled

[@JediM4ster167]

Sounds like adzan call to prayer

[@noahbones1221]

imagine high speed

[@ShieyV2komputroniks]

Would be very wobbly the speaker make them out of balance

[@devv3329]

that's the scariest poop have ever heard. dont wanna curse cause kids are probably watching this video