Submission + - Radiohead's Nude remixed on old hardware
screamphilling writes: 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.
James Houston created this video for his final graphic design project at the Glasgow School of Art.
he states "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."
here's the setup:
Sinclair ZX Spectrum — Guitars (rhythm & lead)
Epson LX-81 Dot Matrix Printer — Drums
Hard Drive array — Act as a collection of bad speakers — Vocals & FX
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.
James Houston created this video for his final graphic design project at the Glasgow School of Art.
he states "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."
here's the setup:
Sinclair ZX Spectrum — Guitars (rhythm & lead)
Epson LX-81 Dot Matrix Printer — Drums
Hard Drive array — Act as a collection of bad speakers — Vocals & FX