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Italian film composer and experimental synth maestro Giombini put up this track sometime in the early 1980s as a promo for the Commodore 64. I wonder if this video somehow inspired the seminal film, Weird Science?
SCHEMATIC: Cuts from Giombini's landmark 1981 LP Astromusic Synthesizer...
Hot off the press!!! Aptly-named revival label Minimal Wave has compiled Futurisk's entire catalog and pressed it on collector-quality 180g vinyl, including this alternate take of their signature track, Meteoright. Destined to be a collectible. At $22, you'd be crazy not to pick one (or two) up.
SCHEMATIC: Need more Futurisk videos??? Get your fix HERE!!!
The Maker Faire is like an engineer's craft show on acid. There's dudes riding around in go-carts that look like cupcakes, sixty-year-olds playing Jules Verne in the Steam Punk pavilion and lots of fire. This first video features Mark Galt's intoxicating "Quadruped" kinetic sculpture at the Bay Area Maker Faire in May 2010.
SCHEMATIC: More videos and photos from Maker Faire 2010...
So this fellow bought an Apple IIe for $15 and rigged it up to turn twitter avatars and feeds into 8-bit artwork. Wicked!
Remember that game mousetrap? How about a life-sized version for your backyard?
With a perverse sense of humor and penchant for fun, classmate Purin's Deathwheel 3000dx was a huge hit at Maker Faire.
David Goligorsky, Design's Oscar Wilde, developed this electric tandem as part of his graduate thesis project at Stanford's Design Program. Also shown is a road bike David designed and built, as well as "Hyper-Lincoln" whose red LED eyes signal out The Gettysburg Address in Morse code. This guys is off the chain. Sorry, bad joke.
The future was indeed 1982. Nerd of nerds Thomas Dolby laid out "Windpower" on his seminal LP The Golden Age of Wireless, which featured the über hit She Blinded Me With Science. This song is an intellectual call to arms; a utopian nerd manifesto. If anyone wants to build a new city (or take over a cool one like Denver) I'm IN!
SCHEMATIC: Two more versions and inspiring lyrics...
Crappy sound and video quality, but a great version nonetheless!
This particular cut is off the eponymous 12" single. Readily available on vinyl and cheap.
Switch off the mind and let the heart decide who you were meant to be Flick to remote and let the body glide There is no enemy ! Etch out a future of your own design Well tailored to your needs Then fan the flame and keep the dream alive Of a continent A continent a continent a continent a - There is no enemy ! Switch of the mind and let the heart decide We're a continent A continent a continent a continent a - Shatter the lens and grind it into sand One measured exposure Scatter the seed and furrow in our land The future is roses! Roses! Switch off the mind and let the heart decide There is no enemy! Lift up the hearts of this your only tribe We're a continent A continent a continent a continent a
Are you kidding me???!!! This song is ridiculous. It is shocking to me how many people who LOVE Kraftwerk have never even heard this song. Just in case there was ANY doubt in your mind as to the genius of these boys from Düsseldorf, this lead song off their 1970 eponymous debut album should clear it up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbK1GulvSDQ
I spent two hours combing youtube for every worthwhile version of this song including two additional live performances. One is from Germany in 1975 and the other is a pre-Kraftwerk (Organisation) performance complete with...congas!!! Each offers a unique glimpse into the inner nerd.
SCHEMATIC: V-I-D-E-O-S...