Neil Gaiman & Sxip Shirey playing the Sxipenspiel, Mauer Park Berlin May 2010

www.elyaskhan.com Sxip Shirey, Jason Webley and tour manager Eric Sussman were crashing at my place in Berlin. They were in town for the Evelyn Evelyn show at Babylon. Much like last year Sxip celebrated his birthday in Mauer Park. Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer created the wonderful "Sxipensiel" out of a small brass candelabra mounted with some very carefully selected tricycle bells. The debut performance was captured by yours truly...Enjoy

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[fortesque007]

sound's attracting fairies..... alike... and such.... kidding :)

[sxipshirey]

@SmellsLikeHippie I have no idea what it is..but it sounds cool, and I was there.

[SmellsLikeHippie]

@SmellsLikeHippie Don't you hear that different sound?? It's right at the moment when the camera is shooting buttons on sleeve. Do you hear it? What is it?

[garnetmia]

I want one of those :)

[Draithy]

Very cleverly constructed! I love the sound it makes

[londonrocksme1]

00:22 is hilarious! the guy looks at the bells like they stole them from him =]

[Christiaan0912]

I want a SxipenSpiel too!

[SamuelEllmer]

Neil and Amanda did an amazing job on it.

[Ailoura]

who'd have thought bicycle bells could sound so beautifully musical? (well, apart from AFP, Neil and Sxip, clearly ;)

[IMBananas666]

lovely!