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Home 2016 July 16 James Houston – retro mechanic music

James Houston – retro mechanic music

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Triggered by a remix contest from the band Radiohead, UK-based artist James Houston wired this retro orchestra in 2008 to create a mezmerizing and beautiful project and video work. It combines different retro computing devices such as:

  • Sinclair ZX Spectrum – Guitars (rhythm & lead)
  • Epson LX-81 Dot Matrix Printer – Drums
  • HP Scanjet 3c – Bass Guitar
  • Hard Drive array – Vocals & FX

They play the song “nude” from radiohead in a very musical way. The video is heavily colorgraded to give it that retro look, which fits well to the overall idea.

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.”

Jul 16, 2016moritz
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