Humanthesizer turns 15 bikini models into a live dancing synth
And you thought conductive paint was boring. Say hello to the Humanthesizer, a joint creation between electronic musician Calvin Harris, Sony Music UK, and Bare conductive body ink, which turned 15 bikini-clad ladies into a giant Arduino-powered synth capable of playing Harris's track "Ready For The Weekend" though Max/MSP and Ableton Live. Each patch is triggered by one of the girls closing a circuit with her hands or feet -- you can see the "wires" painted on their arms and legs if you look closely -- and the final performance bounces right along in that blurry space between dancing and playing. You have to see it to understand -- check out the videos after the break.



























what was this story about again?
"Man finds way to make bikini models dance for him."
something about a guy or something he invented? I'm sorry I was distracted looking at the ass on that blond to the far left.
Mind control paint?
I liked the second video better, more tech, less girls .. or maybe it's less Calvin that made it better ?
Wait, isn't that similar to the conductive paint used to defrost your rear windshield?
Oh yeh, ladies.
Now THAT's art I can sink my teeth into!
I got what you meant, but it still sounds cannibalistic when i read it.
Really interesting (read: half naked women, oh yeah)
I for one welcome our greasepaint wearing, highly conductive, bouncy, beautiful, er, robot overlords
What a waste of space, paint, and hot women!
I think it was the perfect use of all three.
I think he was refering to calvin harris
Tell me about it. He could have put those contact points for the synth anywhere, and they end up on their hands?
In this case, the bikinis were necessary! Ah, loved it. Very creative.
Damn..that's hot.
Exactly. I'll take all the women in the back.. and the 3rd from the left in the front.
3rd from left for me as well.
Really? She's definitely my LEAST favorite of the group.
I have to agrre with TJ on this. She is by far the worst in the room. Everyone else...HOT!
No I'm gonna agree that shes a damn fine Asian. Are you saying you WOULDN'T sleep with her given the chance?
And again we have a good old engadget discussion about difference in taste!
Third from left +1....how did the yellow fever miss you? You got the gadget loving aspect of nerdiness, but not the yellow fever?
@switch That's exactly what I'm saying.
@swib Not the skanky yellow fever. She's got a great body, but everything from the neck up is just wrong.
a very hand-on approach to music..is there a red-band or explicit version of this music video?
yeah hes a scottish dj called calvin harris (look it up on youtube)
Finally
you know its amazing that if you just listen to the audio it sounds like synchronized porn.
i look forward to having this do great things for porn in respect to that.
All that said i think its really neat and i i like the idea of running it all through ableton. Personally i would like to wired to a groovebox and had a pad represent a RPS channel and such just for something a little more showy bu this is still really neat. I like the concept, and yay for conductive paint.
Shwing!
now only calvin harris would come up with that what a hero!
an hero.
nilay...keep posting articles like this and your guaranteed to be the next engadget leader!
Can anybody else think of a better place to put that conductive paint on those bikini models? xD
Definitely. I can imagine him smacking their asses to close the circuit.
who cares, this is stupid ....
Or a woman.
Oh wait, those don't exist on the internet.
It's true. Even Wolfram Alpha says so.
Yes, more of this, less about 256GB SSD's!
meh...i'd say more like 32b's and 36 c's
Now that's what I'm talkin about!
Are those bikinis conductive too?
Awesome! You mean we can now have painted, sound generating Morey Amsterdam sandwiches?
Ask me what a Morey Amsterdam sandwich is. Trust me you will want to know ;^)...
What is a Morey Amsterdam sandwich?
If you can't get laid in real life...hire 15 beautiful models to dance for you.
He's not English. He's SCOTTISH.
And aw the burds would get it.
but will they blend.
They will blend in my bed...heh heh
FAIL, original much?
GO CALVIN
I was more like
Get of the #$%*ing Calvin
I like your music, but GOFTFW.