Geophone (musical instrument) Geophone (musical instrument) The geophone is a percussion instrument, invented by the French composer Olivier Messiaen for use in his large composition for piano and orchestra entitled "Des canyons aux étoiles…" ("From the canyons to the stars…"). It consists of a drum filled with thousands of small lead pellets, and is played by swirling it around slowly so that the noise of the pellets resembles the sound of dry shifting earth. Messiaen commissioned a Parisian instrument maker to construct one to his design, and he carried this instrument worldwide to early performances of the piece (which was given its first
Aron Flam Aron Flam Aron Flam (; born 12 June 1978) is a Swedish stand-up comedian, screenwriter, author, television host, podcaster, and actor. He started his career in stand-up comedy in his hometown of Stockholm in 2007. Flam was awarded the "Rookie of the Year" award in 2009 at the Swedish stand-up gala. He is a co-host of the podcast "Till slut kommer någon att skratta" alongside fellow Swedish comedians Soran Ismail and Petter Bristav. He is also the host of SVT Play's political satire web series "Folkets främsta företrädare". Flam was born in the Solna Municipality of Stockholm to Harry Flam,