The Fleet Ice Cream Orchestra is a collection of six vans which utilize the twelve notes available on the onboard electric toy xylophone, known as a ‘Pixiphone,’ to create new music with a recognizable sound quality.  The group debuted last summer at the Whitestable Biennale and are headed by Chris Yates and Kelvin Pawsey, two art technicians from Folkestone.  The Telegraph reports on the musical style:
The unique tinny sound which heralds the arrival of sticky dairy products and recognised by children across the land is thanks to the Grampian horn bolted to the van’s [...]