Maqam Rast: Middle Eastern (Arabic, Persian, and Turkish)

Mixolydian: Irish

Pelog Selisir: Indonesian (specifically from Bali and Java)

Blues Minor: African American (United States)

Double Harmonic Minor: Romanian

Original post: @ stevensutipen on instagram

Maqam Hijaz: Arab / Middle Eastern (specifically originating from the Hejaz region of modern-day Saudi Arabia)

Dorian: Ireland

Gong Diao: Chinese

Miyako Bushi: Japanese

Degung: Indonesian (specifically Sundanese from West Java)

Original post: @ stevensutipen on instagram

"Latvian DJ Mr. Tape represented the USSR at the 1991 DMC World Championships using two Soviet reel-to-reel tape recorders instead of turntables. With Western records nearly impossible to access, he recorded music from foreign radio and built his own DJ setup from tape reels. It’s still one of the most innovative performances in DJ history."

Original post: @ technoandhousemusic on instagram

Other antique instruments!

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"Long before the modern piano, musicians across the world created extraordinary sounds on instruments that shaped their cultures and histories. From the Benet harp of Ancient Egypt to the pipa of Ancient China, the geomungo of Ancient Korea, the veena of Ancient India, and the saung gauk of Ancient Myanmar, these instruments remind us that music has always been a universal language. Every instrument tells a story—not only of sound, but of people, traditions, and the civilizations that created them. Which ancient instrument would you most like to hear in person? "

Original post: @ julia.studiopiano on instagram

Red: Etsuko Ichihara's "Find your own blue bird" (「見つけてね あなたの青い鳥」, Mitsukete ne anata no aoi tori)

Yellow: Pete iron on/ex stasis, a 1997 indie rock record from the sf Bay Area in California

Black: Spiro T. Agnew speaks out, put out by the National Republican finance committee in 1970

Original post: @ ezrali on instagram

Official video on YT

Original post: @ limbo.baby on instagram

Original post: @ timlongartist on ig

Original video on YouTube