j.viewz playing Teardrop with vegetables

J.Viewz’ mom must be so mad. He doesn’t just play with his food, he plays music with it.

He first wires an eggplant, kiwi, strawberries, grapes, carrots and mushrooms to a MaKey MaKey. Tapping each piece of produce closes an electrical circuit which then sends a signal to the attached keyboard and plays a corresponding note—eggplants for the kick drum, grapes for the bells, and so forth.

With a bit of layering and looping, this digital musician accurately recreates Teardrop by Massive Attack: