Radiohead Remixed With Electronic Hardware
[Big Ideas (Don't get any) via Kitsune Noir]
I can imagine some fans having mixed feelings when Radiohead first announced their remix contest. On the one hand, who wouldn’t be excited to hear an awesome track by their favorite band taken apart by far less talented imitators, rearranged and distorted beyond recognition, and completely sapped of its musical potential? On the other hand..well, wait.
Oh of course it wasn’t so bad. I actually loved one of the songs enough to post it, and some other ones were unexpectedly witty, if not exactly as musical as “remix” might imply.
And then you get this (video above — if you’re on Facebook, you’ll have to click “original post” to see). If videos were eligible to win the contest, I would definitely put this as my pick. As creator James Houston puts it, he basically “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.”
That’s exactly what it sounds like, yet it’s something brilliant. You have to see (and hear) it to believe it.
Also check out Kitsune Noir, where I first saw this.