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Orkestra Obsolete play Blue Monday using 1930s instruments - BBC Arts
New Order's Blue Monday was released on 7 March 1983, and its cutting-edge electronic groove changed pop music forever. But what would it have sounded like if it had been made 50 years earlier? In a special film, using only instruments available in the 1930s - from the theremin and musical saw to the harmonium and prepared piano - the mysterious Orkestra Obsolete present this classic track as you've never heard it before.
More: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/qnLLpZgBW92dSrV2mmGyCb/new-order-olden-style-a-unique-take-on-blue-monday
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Heh, what would it be like if Orkestra Obsolete had recorded this on 'thirties movie cameras, with sound-on-film, etc.?
Original music video:
I love 8, 12, and 16 bit computers. I have a couple of Atari 800s and an Amiga in my garage. I almost acquired a junk PDP-11 once, but there wasn't any room for it in my car.
Those were also the days I played with a lot of video equipment. I didn't keep any of that. It was heavy, bulky, fragile, fussy, and not easy to keep in good working order. I don't think anyone was sad to see it go. There are a few people who repair and collect old CRT televisions, but how many people are willing to rebuild an old video tape machine or a studio camera that's bigger than a refrigerator and weighs more than one too?
