Thursday, April 23, 2009
Big Ideas (don't get any)
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be sure to see Bohemian Rhapsody and Funky Town!
"Video by James Houston
jim@1030.co.uk
1030.co.uk
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I graduated from the Glasgow School of Art's graphic design course. This was my final project.
Radiohead held an online contest to remix "Nude" from their album - "In Rainbows" This was quite a difficult task for everybody that entered, as Nude is in 6/8 timing, and 63bpm. Most music that's played in clubs is around 120bpm and usually 4/4 timing. It's pretty difficult to seamlessly mix a waltz beat into a DJ set.
This resulted in lots of generic entries consisting of a typical 4/4 beat, but with arbitrary clips from "Nude" thrown in so that they qualified for the contest.
Thom Yorke joked at the ridiculousness of it in an interview for NPR radio, hinting that they set the competition to find out how people would approach such a challenging task.
I decided to take the piss a bit, as the contest seemed to be in that spirit.
Based on the lyric (and alternate title) "Big Ideas: Don't get any" I grouped together a collection of old redundant hardware, and placed them in a situation where they're trying their best to do something that they're not exactly designed to do, and not quite getting there.
It doesn't sound great, as it's not supposed to.
I missed the contest deadline, so I'm offering it here for you to enjoy.
Sinclair ZX Spectrum - Guitars (rhythm & lead)
Epson LX-81 Dot Matrix Printer - Drums
HP Scanjet 3c - Bass Guitar
Hard Drive array - Act as a collection of bad speakers - Vocals & FX"
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not working for me.. is the link down?
ReplyDeleteHmm.. Didn't work for me either. I usually watch before I post, so sometimes I don't check again.
ReplyDeleteI switched it to the YouTube version. That seems to work.
works for me.
ReplyDeleteno big ideas?
I think its too late for me; I've already started a collection of vintage computers to use in music. so far I have:
Apple ][e
TI 99/4a (looking for speech synth)
TRS-80 w/stereo synth cartrige
TRS-80 mini
Commodore Vic-20
Magnavox Odyssey
I'm the guy who created the original Big Ideas video. Thanks for posting it.
ReplyDeleteThe other two aren't by me though, they're by a guy in Canada (also called James) who made them after he watched mine.
Just giving credit where it's due.
Beautiful work...
ReplyDeleteIt is the only remix I heard that I actually like - brilliant !
ReplyDeleteIve been an a dismay about the various comercial mixes / colabs that have been done for yonks, thanks for posting :)