Big Ideas (Don't Get Any): Radiohead "Nude" Played With Computer Parts

Posted by Alex in Everything Else on June 13, 2008 at 3:12 pm



Fun starts at around 1:09

We’ve posted about a disk drive hacked to play the Imperial March and a scanner playing Beethoven’s Ode to Joy on Neatorama. Now, listen to this: "Big Ideas (don’t get any)" by James Houston re-mixed Radiohead’s song "Nude," played on old computer hardwares!

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. [...]

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. [...]

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

Hit play or go to Link [Vimeo] – Thanks Rodney McDonald!

Previously on Neatorama: Take a Stroll Down Computing Memory Lane


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8 comments to "Big Ideas (Don't Get Any): Radiohead "Nude" Played With Computer Parts"

  1. Chris
    June 13th, 2008 at 4:18 pm

    I'm in love.

  2. tona b.
    June 13th, 2008 at 5:53 pm

    OOOH. Stuff like this sends my armhairs off and I feel fuzzy around my skull and face. Like goosebumps, only pleasant.

  3. JC
    June 13th, 2008 at 8:26 pm

    WTF

  4. Ratz
    June 14th, 2008 at 12:45 pm

    Oh man, that's terrific! I want a making-of video. How do you tune the HDDs and were the platters actually spinning? If not, why aren't they covered in scrapes from the drive heads (I see one of the drives on the bottom right is missing the head armature altogether). Cute!

  5. biltmore
    June 14th, 2008 at 1:05 pm

    Nice to see that you guys posted this! I've been listening to this lots this past week, it's the best remix of "Nude" that I've heard so far. It's lightyears ahead of the rest.

    Ratz, those harddrives are actually being used as speakers. They're playing Thom Yorke's vocal parts.

  6. MoonCake
    June 15th, 2008 at 9:20 am

    anyone else think these things are kinda stupid? i can't even listen to any of them without wanting to tear my ears off. it's like a dog-whistle..

  7. SenorMysterioso
    June 15th, 2008 at 7:19 pm

    Not me, I think it's neat

  8. Dude
    June 15th, 2008 at 10:19 pm

    I could listen to that scanner all day. Oh, Gawd! That is gorgeous, it almost sounds like a bassoon!


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