John Cale’s Drone Orchestra Is As Beautiful As It Is Questionable

Legendary composer John Cale recently worked with architect Liam Young to create an epic theatrical concert experience using unmanned aerial vehicles (aka drones).

Armed with speakers, the drones were dispatched throughout the space, some of which projected Cale’s live performance, and others which amplified their own mechanical noises. The drones were dressed fashionably, wearing “bright green and blue plumage, a coat made from 500 phone charms sourced from Chinese markets, a box-like structure decorated with hazard tape, and even a shiny disco suit made from 4,000 fake nails,” as the blog Noisey points out.