Salvage Super Sounds Week Three
The Junkman plays a refrigerator shelf and a table leg, proving that musical instruments are all around us so long as we use some ingenuity. Have you found any household items that make an interesting sound?
Salvage Super Sounds Week Two
In The Junkman's second episode of Salvage Super Sounds, he introduces us to a mark tree which, in typical Junk Music style, is fashioned from scraps of plumbing pipe. What do you have lying around the house that could be used to create a mark tree?
Salvage Super Sounds Week One
Introducing a new Junk Music feature: Salvage Super Sounds! Each week, The Junkman will demonstrate an item from his vast collection of reused/repurposed musical instruments. This week's item is a pair of artillery shells from the Croatian War of Independence.
Moving Towards Eternity
Here is my latest commission for Eva Dean Dance, Moving Towards Eternity, which is contained in Fork In the Road, from Liquid Silver, Part III. It premiered Sept 8, 2018, in Prospect Park in Brooklyn, NY. Its 8:46 in duration. I hope you enjoy!
Server Issues
If you tried to contact Junk Music or access the site during the past two weeks, you may have encountered some difficulties. Our site was hacked, but your contact information was not compromised. We have now changed hosting companies and look forward to a future of uninterrupted service. However, if you attempted to contact us [...]
A New Licensing Ad
Check out this awesome video by Deparisyearbook set to my track, 'Abracadabra' off Junk Music 2. It totally rocks!! The skaters are absolutely incredible and it's an honour to have then ride to my music.
Global Junkjam 2018!
Global Junkjam 2018 A partnership between the UNESCO English Riviera Global Geopark and The Junkman! Composer, Percussionist, and Environmentalist Donald Knaack (aka The Junkman™) has been appointed the Ambassador of Arts Education for the UNESCO English Riviera Global Geopark, based in Torquay. Along with this appointment comes the announcement that the production of Knaack’s 5th [...]
Cockington Court Exhibition is ON!
Saturday, 26th May marked the opening of The Junkman’s installation in the Kitchen Gallery at Cockington Court, Torquay. The installation is entitled Kitchen Gamelan and consists of sound sculptures made entirely from kitchen furniture, pots, pans and other kitchen apparatus. The Junkman is also one of eighteen incredible visual artists represented on the Cockington Court Sculpture [...]