Antiquated hardware used to masterfully remix Radiohead's Nude

It takes some serious game to rise above the legions of mediocre DIYers out there and stand tall as a true legend. Judging by the video posted up after the cut, James Houston can now consider himself one of the elite. Somehow, this cat managed to tackle the nearly impossible task of remixing Radiohead's Nude without defacing it entirely (read: merging bits and pieces of the tune into a 4/4 arrangement and calling it a day). Instead, he utilized a host of aging hardware (Sinclar ZX Spectrum, Epson LX-81 dot matrix printer, HP Scanjet 3c, etc.) to create a rendition that even Yorke could admire. For fans of In Rainbows and mesmerizing music videos alike, there's a must-see waiting just below.

[Via Hack-A-Day, thanks Eliot]


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[AlienLab Posted Jun 6th 2008 2:20PM]

Purely Amazing!!!

[ChrisAre Posted Jun 6th 2008 2:07PM]

That's pretty sweet.

[lngramling Posted Jun 6th 2008 2:12PM]

That's awesome! I wish I could do something like that.

[JJjjjjjjjjjj Posted Jun 6th 2008 2:57PM]

Neat!

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 6th 2008 3:13PM]

Wow, never thought printers and scanners could sound so great. Should be used more often!

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 6th 2008 4:31PM]

As a teen of the 80's, I salute you. Looks like they just took all my old stuff and made music with it!

[dan Posted Jun 6th 2008 5:16PM]

This was totally cool. The video is even outstanding, the oversaturated color, the interesting framing. Job well done!

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 6th 2008 6:34PM]

simply amazing...

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 10th 2008 12:57PM]

that scanner has some nice bass

[Nestor C Posted Jun 6th 2008 8:53PM]

Amazing approach and flawless execution, my jaw literally dropped. You are my hero.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 7th 2008 1:49AM]

Oh my (am I supposed to put "god" here? I don't believe in that).
Anyway, it blew my mind

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 7th 2008 8:05AM]

aw, man i looked at the second page of comments and lost where i was in the video, jeez!

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 7th 2008 11:02AM]

very nice

[KGBSmurf Posted Jun 8th 2008 10:05AM]

God! I miss ZX loading sounds!

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 14th 2008 7:00PM]

Truly amazing, but I'm curious as to what point the oscilloscope serves. Does it contribute to the sound in any way or is it just to add to the visuals?