by the way, BT invented demos
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Blue Tooth
Of course the video is simply great.
You already know works by BT (i.e. "Brian Transeau", or something... Check this : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Transeau
) if you once watched "I feel like a computer" by Melon Design. It features... well, let's say _large_ extracts from BT's "Hiphop Phenomenon" album (for example when the red dog and John travolta switch to Godzilla-mode in CubeTown)
So in a twisted sort of way, it's fair for BT to borrow to the Scene, because the Scene borrowed from him long ago. (mmmmh... God, I'd never thought about that before, but it definitely makes sense, hu ?)
) if you once watched "I feel like a computer" by Melon Design. It features... well, let's say _large_ extracts from BT's "Hiphop Phenomenon" album (for example when the red dog and John travolta switch to Godzilla-mode in CubeTown)
So in a twisted sort of way, it's fair for BT to borrow to the Scene, because the Scene borrowed from him long ago. (mmmmh... God, I'd never thought about that before, but it definitely makes sense, hu ?)
What about "naqoyqatsi"? It's also a little scenish. Shitty movie with a great soundtrack.
The Melon ripoff will never be forgotten, right?
Anyway, if BT really wanted to rip off the scene, surely he had better synchs in store. On that note: the 1.618 visuals actually are pretty suspicious to the Bad Haujobb Demo Syndrome with DOF and pixel shaders added. It even has z-fighting (look for the scene with an iris) :)
In any case, I still like the music. Visuals come free with the 5.1 soundtrack, which is nice.
The *.qatsi movies can be defined as shitty video mixing with a stoner soundtrack.
Anyway, if BT really wanted to rip off the scene, surely he had better synchs in store. On that note: the 1.618 visuals actually are pretty suspicious to the Bad Haujobb Demo Syndrome with DOF and pixel shaders added. It even has z-fighting (look for the scene with an iris) :)
In any case, I still like the music. Visuals come free with the 5.1 soundtrack, which is nice.
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What about "naqoyqatsi"?
The *.qatsi movies can be defined as shitty video mixing with a stoner soundtrack.
funny, i always said that the asd-demos looked like "beyond the minds eye / gate to the minds eye". :)
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grah!
"BT is known in production circles for his signature technique, the stutter edit, also known as the BT stutter [4],[2],[3]. This technique consists of taking a small sample of a sound and then repeating it in a musical as well as mathematical way."
Wow! I love it when stuff is repeated in a mathematical way.
"The studio has eight terabytes of storage space for music, leading BT to say, "Basically, my house is a hard drive.""
Someone has to kill this guy. I choose you, Pikachu!
Wow! I love it when stuff is repeated in a mathematical way.
"The studio has eight terabytes of storage space for music, leading BT to say, "Basically, my house is a hard drive.""
Someone has to kill this guy. I choose you, Pikachu!
Imagine somebody believes he's invented something new and then somebody else comes to tell him that he's reinvented the wheel and there's a huge community working on such things...
The question is what solds well and what not. And some kind of articles tend to hyperbolize contents and contrasts for scoop's sake...
Anyway I strongly doubt that nowadays a person seiously involved in multimedia does not know nothing about demoscene.
Or not? O_o
Anyway I strongly doubt that nowadays a person seiously involved in multimedia does not know nothing about demoscene.
Or not? O_o
Doom: LoL, that pikachu is so cute!
Broderick: It's not just the demo scene. He's talking about music videos as if he invented the whole idea of combining a visual display with music. Sure, his video has some CGI, but you can find that in music videos as far back as the 80s if you look hard. Commercial ones too. And of course someone mentioned Beyond The Mind's Eye. Oldfield did some strange Virtual-Reality stuff at one point too IIRC. His was even interactive.
On top of that BT tries much too hard to come off as some kind of prodigy. I have no doubt he's an accomplished musician but for someone as "gifted" and experienced as him he sure uses words like "analog", "digital", "binary" and "mathematical" in a very casual way.
Oh and then there's the demo scene to prove that you don't need a budget and lots of professional graphics artists to make something remarkably similar.
And of course, watching the video makes you feel bored. And that's terrible.
On top of that BT tries much too hard to come off as some kind of prodigy. I have no doubt he's an accomplished musician but for someone as "gifted" and experienced as him he sure uses words like "analog", "digital", "binary" and "mathematical" in a very casual way.
Oh and then there's the demo scene to prove that you don't need a budget and lots of professional graphics artists to make something remarkably similar.
And of course, watching the video makes you feel bored. And that's terrible.
Doom : "Oh and then there's the demo scene to prove that you don't need a budget and lots of professional graphics artists to make something remarkably similar."
How true ! :D
Anyway, BT is a truely good musician. And we should feel happy that mainstream artists get a clue about synesthesia... (It only makes the Demoscene stronger and more visionnary, imho)
How true ! :D
Anyway, BT is a truely good musician. And we should feel happy that mainstream artists get a clue about synesthesia... (It only makes the Demoscene stronger and more visionnary, imho)
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The *.qatsi movies can be defined as shitty video mixing with a stoner soundtrack.
I disagreee completly.
Anyone knows where I can find the second video?
As a friend of mine stated yesterday, BT's wikipedia page is obviously written by american fanboys. He did some good stuff, and This Binary Universe is a pretty neat album, but the second coming he is not.
so he basically travels to the UK, steals our IDM/Electronica genre (aphex/cunningham/amon tobin/plaid), drops by central Europe for the demoscenesque visuals. dilutes it all and returns to the States and packages it all up in a typically corporate/commercial fashion and is then hailed over there as some kind of trailblazer.
nice.
I guess there is "genius" in crafty plagiarism :P
nice.
I guess there is "genius" in crafty plagiarism :P
Are you talking about the apple.com article?
They think anyone who uses Apple hardware and software are true geniuses and innovators. It's because the site is an advertisement.
They think anyone who uses Apple hardware and software are true geniuses and innovators. It's because the site is an advertisement.
aren’t _all_ artist profiles adverts? I don't get your point...
the fact is, advertisements are designed to mould/distort perception and too often do. so it's good to reaffirm reality, even in silly discussions like this. that is what everyone here is doing, consciously or not.
the idea BT's PR men would like to sell us is that this guy is doing something new. we know he's not. this thread is a celebration of truth and reality!
more people should post and condemn this man as a plagiarist and a distorter of perceptions because it’s a positive purification act for the soul in a world of distorted perceptions orchestrated by corporations such as Apple.
the fact is, advertisements are designed to mould/distort perception and too often do. so it's good to reaffirm reality, even in silly discussions like this. that is what everyone here is doing, consciously or not.
the idea BT's PR men would like to sell us is that this guy is doing something new. we know he's not. this thread is a celebration of truth and reality!
more people should post and condemn this man as a plagiarist and a distorter of perceptions because it’s a positive purification act for the soul in a world of distorted perceptions orchestrated by corporations such as Apple.
draft: Yeah but all articles, which is what it might look like to some, about artists aren't advertisements.