MATRIXSYNTH: Gnarls Barkley Crazy Theremin Jam


Sunday, June 10, 2007

Gnarls Barkley Crazy Theremin Jam


YouTube via ooo6.
"This video is an experiment to see how rapidly the theremin can be injected into the world's collective consciousness. It's amazing that not everyone knows what a theremin is. It was the first electronic musical instrument and it was invented in 1919. Are Cee-Lo and Danger Mouse from Gnarls Barkley really theremin players? There's only one way to find out!

some notes:
The main theremin was passed through iZotope Trash, an awesome software guitar effects plugin. The video was edited entirely in Adobe After Effects. The hand on the carpet was to simulate wind noise, definitely cause for confusion. This also means all the parts of the song were performed with hands only. CRAZY!

Randy - Moog Etherwave Pro Theremin, Moog Etherwave Theremin, Minimoog Voyager, carpet
KD - Akai MPC drum machine
OG - background vocals on keyboard
Elliot - bass and guitar

This video performance is dedicated to the pioneers, Leon Theremin and Bob Moog, who devoted their lives to music in the electronic medium. Without them the music world would not be what it is today.

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7 comments:

  1. Wow. Nice control.

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  2. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it! The guitar effect really emphasized some very human sounding formants, much like a very "unbuzzy" kazoo. While maybe not ready for the top 40 mainstream, this guy is definitely ready to be the new prophet for the Theremin. All hail the mighty Theremin!

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  3. It's like some crazy electic-brady-bunch

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