Nude remixed on old scanners and printers

Posted on June 5th, 2008.

Most people just create amusing videos to fit their favorite songs, but James Houston went one step further and synchronized a bunch of obsolete gadget noises to recreate Radiohead’s “Nude.”

Gizmodo reports of James’ remix using a Sinclair ZX Spectrum 8-bit PC for rhythm and lead guitars, an HP Scanjet 3c was used for bass guitar, an Epson LX-81 Dot Matrix Printer was used for drums, and an array of hard drives were used as bad speakers to distort and reproduce vocals and effects.

This song came about as a call for remixes by Radiohead for “Nude.” Houston notes that most of the entries were lame, and he wanted to do something a little different that fit in the theme/alternate song title offered (Big Ideas: Don’t Get Any). And he also came up with this video, which has an awesome retro, Daft Punk-ish Human After All vibe.

It’s entirely possible this was all made on a computer or keyboard, but I’ll take it in good faith it was made as the creator claims. And I’d say this isn’t just a little different, it’s way different and damn spectacular.

Update: Colin posted on Dead Air Space about the remix:

Nude Remix Fun

Check out this brilliant remix of Nude - Jonny and I had a spectrum flashback moment

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Thankyou to David Smith for the link.

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