Paiste 80 inch gong & Jens Zygar

The Hamburgian musican JENS ZYGAR plays a part of his composition COSMOSIS one of the biggest gongs on planet earth! Its a rare Paiste-instrument (one of six) with a diameter around 200 cm; this symphonic gong was build probabely in the 80ies last century. There is a magic story of how this tremendous instrument came to the KLANGHAUS in KLEIN JASEDOW (ask Johannes for this story...) The video as well as the sound was spontanously recorded with a Cannon MK2 in march 2010; the soundfile had to be remixed, which was done by CHRISTIAN WAGNER in the REDHOUSE STUDIO, in reality there are much much more bass-frequencies around; (of course!) but anyhow; its a fantastic example for real acoustic analog space sound music! Enjoy it!

[@Cchrisbud813]

Finally, some good footage of one of Paiste's 80" Symphonic Gongs being played. Thanks so much for posting this! I really like the style with which this musician plays the instrument. To everyone who watches this: use headphones!!

[@JensZygar]

its not a matter of price. it was a rare chance to get the needed material and just a few of these huge sized where made; the next smaller brother/sister :-) with 150 cm square is available and definitly a miracle as well; you can see the size of it on my video gong how to play part 2; feel free to contact me if you are interested in further informations, have a great day, jens

[@JannGearr]

the dance of primal force and sensitivity, beautifully balanced

[@stevengoodheart8750]

Genius! The understanding one would have to have of standing waves, physics, and harmonics would be phenomenal. Love it!

[@GK-rw2op]

what's that got to do with it ?

[@RichardFeynmanRules]

@@GK-rw2op A whole lot, at the very least at the intuitive level, if not in terms of scientific jargon!

[@charlenetyson574]

I find this so relaxing 💜

[@nadir6661]

its sounds like the universe!! amazing!

[@robertocalderonabogado1427]

It is an amazing performance

[@travisheady139]

I'm at my desk and dozed off within 1 minute of hearing this

[@Cchrisbud813]

(By "good" I mean "extensive." The only other videos of such instruments I've seen were very brief, with only one light strike, but this one provides a fine example of really playing the instrument.)

[@sulwalkieottawaacab8034]

ich werde die erlebnisse mit dir und den planeten gongs nie vergessen. dein roman

[@matycee]

wake me up for the 120" gong jam

[@ryszardugowski2152]

cosmos and logos. very good.

[@thegongman]

WOW! Can't think of any other word :)

[@peterhomfeldt7287]

Sound of Space,You Need time to feel the Development of the Sound. As a Child I love the Sound of Little bells,recorded it in high speed to Play it in a Slow speed afterwards. Ring Modulation,FM AM Modulation wonderful stuff. But the real thing is Heavy Peace of Metal….

[@DHeatherC]

If you 'hit' or 'smack' a Gong...beware...it'll smack you back!!! Best instrument...Soul Transforming...

[@tat7648]

WOW

[@mpmassacre91]

This is what you play when you have someone tied up in a chair in the basement behind a locked door. The sound of impending doom

[@ozymandias9549]

Is that a situation you're familiar with??

[@ZONNESTELSEL3000]

so cool

[@Drumavarium]

I would take both of these sticks or what they are called and would go 20 metres back and then I'd run like fuck and would throw them into the gong like shit and with all the power i have in my arms!

[@mikey_mike]

Buy one and do it. They are only $30,000 USD.

[@markvmmm]

sounds like a moving freight train or an airplane

[@joshfirey1635]

I started hearing trains and planes right after you said that, it’s amazingly accurate

[@JemDandi]

Was this used in 2001 Space Odyssey?

[@n4fhkforlife]

Thank you so much for this comment. It makes me happy. I too would run like fuck...

[@veganaoeltsch]

Hallo Herr Zygar, wo kann man in Deutschland diesen Gong mal live erleben? Gibt es Events die man besuchen kann? Wo kann man solch ein Gerät käuflich erwerben? Danke für eine Information. MfG aus Köln

[@Klangtraeume]

@BEllsmaker Hello! You can buy it at the swiss firm PAISTE. But you have to pay 15.000 Euros :-)

[@Klangtraeume]

Der Klang ist einfach genial. Ich habe leider nur einen 92 cm großen Gong :(

[@RB939393]

Sounds like the beginning of Eraserhead

[@mikey_mike]

Is there a recommended metal thickness for different diameter gongs? Any info would be greatly appreciated. I think I want to make a 24 inch (60.96cm), a 38" (96.52cm), a 60" (152.4cm) and a 80" (203.2cm). Thank you✌

[@aaronm.3581]

Did you have any luck making a going?

[@astronautdolphindetective6908]

it sounds like the haunted level in super mario 64

[@Creativeeyeq]

How much would a gong this size cost? I can't even imagine! And I wonder how heavy it would be to transport.

[@kristopherdetar4346]

CREATIVEEYEQ about $30,000.

[@Aandergar]

Wow what a pill

[@SAEWOT]

very very explosive and so powerfull even when played softly with the mallets he reved it up nicely but i was waiting for the huge big hit it dident happen so to me he was just priming the gong up rather than giving it its final needed hit look at PAISTE GONG TEST AND SEE WHAT I MEAN BY THAT SINCERLY SAEWOT CHECK MINE OUT ALSO !

[@TheMadComposer]

WWWWOOOOWWW WHAT THE FUUUUUCCCKK!!!!

[@joiglans]

i would mryy this gong...:-)

[@joiglans]

ups marry

[@nadir6661]

plus if presnt and u played it u 've ben gone deaf 4ever! trust me

[@nadir6661]

u dont have the slitest idea of gong playing !