One year at the Woodford Folk Festival, there was this young guy with a didj, a car battery, an amp, and a pile of techno boxes cross linked with all sorts of effects.

Very interesting range of sounds. But of course, it was what he was doing that was gathering the crowds around. (No, you disgusting creatures, it was the sort of music he was making!)

Native traditional players of the didj used it to "talk", almost, they can create a wide range of sound effects, some so natural sounding that it is stunning, and other sounds that symbolically represent animals behaviour. Some of these aren't obvious when you first hear them, but they are played to accompany certain physical actions of the dancers.

Robin