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September 30, 2015 2:37 PM Subscribe
It's Sandstorm all the way down: accordion quintet, toy trumpet, Minecraft, floppy drives, kazoo, Mario paint, slowed down, tin whistle, marimba.
I was not quite prepared for quality.
posted by Kabanos at 3:04 PM on September 30, 2015 [5 favorites]
posted by Kabanos at 3:04 PM on September 30, 2015 [5 favorites]
And me with dead batteries in my photons.
(Neat!)
posted by ApathyGirl at 3:04 PM on September 30, 2015
(Neat!)
posted by ApathyGirl at 3:04 PM on September 30, 2015
Sandstorm on Eight Floppy Drives
(via our previous dive down the sandstorm rabbit hole)
posted by Kabanos at 3:15 PM on September 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
(via our previous dive down the sandstorm rabbit hole)
posted by Kabanos at 3:15 PM on September 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
It's posts like these that make me glad glowsticks are part of my EDC.
posted by mikurski at 3:23 PM on September 30, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by mikurski at 3:23 PM on September 30, 2015 [3 favorites]
My Year of Listening To Nothing But Sandstorm
posted by naju at 3:53 PM on September 30, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by naju at 3:53 PM on September 30, 2015 [3 favorites]
"It's been on my running mix since 2001."
posted by Parasite Unseen at 3:55 PM on September 30, 2015 [5 favorites]
posted by Parasite Unseen at 3:55 PM on September 30, 2015 [5 favorites]
This version done on beer bottles, wine glasses, a water jug and a frying pan is worth a listen as well.
posted by gox3r at 4:11 PM on September 30, 2015 [8 favorites]
posted by gox3r at 4:11 PM on September 30, 2015 [8 favorites]
flagged as MAGNIFICENT
posted by poffin boffin at 4:11 PM on September 30, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by poffin boffin at 4:11 PM on September 30, 2015 [4 favorites]
NOW OPEN THEM ALL AT ONCE
posted by boo_radley at 4:12 PM on September 30, 2015 [7 favorites]
posted by boo_radley at 4:12 PM on September 30, 2015 [7 favorites]
I had a coworker years ago who would put on Bassdrive for hours and hours and hours at a time. I honestly couldn't tell one track from another, but every once in a while he'd yell "SANDSTORM!" and start bouncing up and down enthusiastically. And that was how I learned to identify exactly one techno song.
posted by phooky at 4:52 PM on September 30, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by phooky at 4:52 PM on September 30, 2015 [3 favorites]
I think the original vine has disappeared, but Kazoo, not even once.
posted by figurant at 5:00 PM on September 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by figurant at 5:00 PM on September 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
I have played Sandstorm in DDR literally hundreds of times. This song sounds like 2003-4 to me so so strongly.
Also I love it and don't understand the meme at all.
posted by uncleozzy at 5:18 PM on September 30, 2015
Also I love it and don't understand the meme at all.
posted by uncleozzy at 5:18 PM on September 30, 2015
Floppy drive version surprisingly good. My question about the floppies is, could you hook up a midi controller and some software and produce floppy drive "music" in real time, or is it something that has to be more carefully pre-planned?
posted by RustyBrooks at 5:24 PM on September 30, 2015
posted by RustyBrooks at 5:24 PM on September 30, 2015
I must have it
posted by RustyBrooks at 6:04 PM on September 30, 2015
posted by RustyBrooks at 6:04 PM on September 30, 2015
Darude Sandstrom | LinkedIn
One of the Indonesian Sandstroms, apparently.
posted by Wolfdog at 7:25 PM on September 30, 2015 [2 favorites]
One of the Indonesian Sandstroms, apparently.
posted by Wolfdog at 7:25 PM on September 30, 2015 [2 favorites]
the song is sandude by dastrom
posted by numaner at 8:20 PM on September 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by numaner at 8:20 PM on September 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
you guys, this was going to be a pretty normal Wednesday night for me, but now it's the best Wednesday night.
posted by numaner at 8:22 PM on September 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by numaner at 8:22 PM on September 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
Thank you thank you! It was the song I heard everywhere during my world travels - brought back so many lovely memories!
posted by LuckyMonkey21 at 9:04 PM on September 30, 2015
posted by LuckyMonkey21 at 9:04 PM on September 30, 2015
DOODLE OODLE OOT
every once in a while he'd yell "SANDSTORM!" and start bouncing up and down enthusiastically. And that was how I learned to identify exactly one techno song.
except that Sandstorm is explicitly not techno. Yeah yeah, everyone who listens to electronic music rarely classifies everything as techno--maybe show a little respect for those of us who love bleeps and beats eh? Techno is characterized by being very very rhythmic and based on sounds that are machine-generated. As such, it's the ur-genre of most current electronic music.
However.
Techno ("It's all house, man" -- D. May) is based on hypnotic rhythms from generated sounds that sound little like what traditional instruments could produce. Sandstorm is closer to the trance end of things, having that big musical hook, to say nothing of the structure of the piece with its build, breakdown, build and release.
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 9:58 PM on September 30, 2015 [2 favorites]
every once in a while he'd yell "SANDSTORM!" and start bouncing up and down enthusiastically. And that was how I learned to identify exactly one techno song.
except that Sandstorm is explicitly not techno. Yeah yeah, everyone who listens to electronic music rarely classifies everything as techno--maybe show a little respect for those of us who love bleeps and beats eh? Techno is characterized by being very very rhythmic and based on sounds that are machine-generated. As such, it's the ur-genre of most current electronic music.
However.
Techno ("It's all house, man" -- D. May) is based on hypnotic rhythms from generated sounds that sound little like what traditional instruments could produce. Sandstorm is closer to the trance end of things, having that big musical hook, to say nothing of the structure of the piece with its build, breakdown, build and release.
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 9:58 PM on September 30, 2015 [2 favorites]
Electronic genres and subgenres get confusing. I just lump everything I don't care for (stuff with big obvious hooks and big obvious buildups/breakdowns, mostly) into the umbrella term "EDM".
posted by naju at 10:14 PM on September 30, 2015
posted by naju at 10:14 PM on September 30, 2015
Check out Motion Trio for more "techno" on accordion.
posted by boilermonster at 11:02 PM on September 30, 2015
posted by boilermonster at 11:02 PM on September 30, 2015
I was just saying that there should be a kid's book called The Rude Sandstorm. It would be about a sandstorm that is rude and only says "DUDU DUDU DU" and all the reasons that is rude (dudu sounds like a rude word; it is rude to talk so loudly; it is rude to interrupt; etc). Then the story would go, "It is especially rude to make people listen to you being very loud for a very long time. That is why it was so rude when the sandstorm said . . ." and then there would be like 40 pages of DUDUDUDUDU DUDU DUDUDUDUDU DUDU DUDUDUDUDU DUDU DUDUDUDU while the illustrations switched colors like The Cheat's lightswitch rave.
posted by knuckle tattoos at 11:25 PM on September 30, 2015 [8 favorites]
posted by knuckle tattoos at 11:25 PM on September 30, 2015 [8 favorites]
feckless fecal fear mongering: "except that Sandstorm is explicitly not techno. Yeah yeah, everyone who listens to electronic music rarely classifies everything as techno--maybe show a little respect for those of us who love bleeps and beats eh?"
I love the beeps and beats, but for many many years there were two "technos", the subcategory (Derrick May, Juan Atkins, etc.) and the overall category (techno, epic, house, drum'n'bass, goa, etc.). I think that confusion is what led to people coming up with the term "electronica", because saying "I like most types of techno, except techno" is confusing. But if you came up in the years before the term "electronica", then you can totally love beats and bleeps and call Sandstorm "techno".
(If you know anything about Texas, it's like "Coke". "Coke" means "Coca-Cola", but it also means "Carbonated sweetened beverage". So you will literally hear this kind of conversation:
A: "You want anything to drink? Water? Coke?"
B: "What kind of coke do you have?"
A: "Mountain Dew, RC Cola, and Coke."
B: "I'll have Mountain Dew.")
(Trance is kinda similar, in that you can use it to mean specifically epic trance type stuff, or you can use it to refer to the big broad range that includes goa and full-on, which are distinctly different from Sandstorm-style stuff. There's a reason Ishkur was so popular, because the terminology is so damn confusing.)
posted by Bugbread at 2:08 AM on October 1, 2015 [2 favorites]
I love the beeps and beats, but for many many years there were two "technos", the subcategory (Derrick May, Juan Atkins, etc.) and the overall category (techno, epic, house, drum'n'bass, goa, etc.). I think that confusion is what led to people coming up with the term "electronica", because saying "I like most types of techno, except techno" is confusing. But if you came up in the years before the term "electronica", then you can totally love beats and bleeps and call Sandstorm "techno".
(If you know anything about Texas, it's like "Coke". "Coke" means "Coca-Cola", but it also means "Carbonated sweetened beverage". So you will literally hear this kind of conversation:
A: "You want anything to drink? Water? Coke?"
B: "What kind of coke do you have?"
A: "Mountain Dew, RC Cola, and Coke."
B: "I'll have Mountain Dew.")
(Trance is kinda similar, in that you can use it to mean specifically epic trance type stuff, or you can use it to refer to the big broad range that includes goa and full-on, which are distinctly different from Sandstorm-style stuff. There's a reason Ishkur was so popular, because the terminology is so damn confusing.)
posted by Bugbread at 2:08 AM on October 1, 2015 [2 favorites]
naju: "Electronic genres and subgenres get confusing. I just lump everything I don't care for (stuff with big obvious hooks and big obvious buildups/breakdowns, mostly) into the umbrella term "EDM"."
gah you are killing me
posted by Bugbread at 2:11 AM on October 1, 2015 [3 favorites]
gah you are killing me
posted by Bugbread at 2:11 AM on October 1, 2015 [3 favorites]
I was just saying that there should be a kid's book called The Rude Sandstorm. It would be about a sandstorm that is rude and only says "DUDU DUDU DU" and all the reasons that is rude (dudu sounds like a rude word; it is rude to talk so loudly; it is rude to interrupt; etc). Then the story would go, "It is especially rude to make people listen to you being very loud for a very long time. That is why it was so rude when the sandstorm said . . ." and then there would be like 40 pages of DUDUDUDUDU DUDU DUDUDUDUDU DUDU DUDUDUDUDU DUDU DUDUDUDU while the illustrations switched colors like The Cheat's lightswitch rave.
Relevant info from Darude's Reddit AMA:
Relevant info from Darude's Reddit AMA:
Q: Can you verify that these are indeed the lyrics to Sandstorm?posted by zombieflanders at 4:08 AM on October 1, 2015 [8 favorites]
Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dundun dun dundundun dun dun dun dun dun dun dundun dundun BOOM dundun dundun dundun BEEP dun dun dun dun dun dun dun BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BOOM daddaddadadsadadadadadadadadadaddadadadadadaddadadaddadadadadadadadadadadadaddadddadaddadadadd dadadadaddaddada d dadadddaddadaddadadadddadadada nyu nyu nyu nyu nyu nnyu nyu nyu nyu nyu nyu nyu nyu nyu nyu nyu doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo nnn nn nn nn nn nn n nn nnn nn nn nnn nnn nnnnnnnn dddddddd ddadadadadaddadadadadadaadadadadadad BOOM nyu nyu nyu nyu nyu nyu BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM nyunyunyu nyu nyu nyu nyu nyu nyu nyu nyu nyu nyu BOOM BOOM BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP dadadadadada ddadad BOOM BOOM BBEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BOOM (Unintellgibile) ddudndundun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dund dododododododododododododododododododododododododododododoodo DRUM DRUM DRUM ddodododododoododododododododoodododododododo chi chi chi chi chi chih BOOOM chcihcihfkdhfdisjfkla dodododododododododododododododododododododododododododododododododoo SCHEW dododododododoodododododododododododododo dadadadddudndundundudnudndundundunddunfudnundudnudnudndund BOOM FADE
A: Seems legit.
I somehow missed this yesterday and it was because my brain was taking care of me and saving it for the morning when I needed it more.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 6:10 AM on October 1, 2015
posted by MCMikeNamara at 6:10 AM on October 1, 2015
LuckyMonkey21: Thank you thank you! It was the song I heard everywhere during my world travels
I think it would be fun to map and chart the time that certain songs were big hits around the world. Dario G's Carnival de Paris was big in Europe in the summer of '98, with the World Cup and all.
posted by filthy light thief at 7:26 AM on October 1, 2015
I think it would be fun to map and chart the time that certain songs were big hits around the world. Dario G's Carnival de Paris was big in Europe in the summer of '98, with the World Cup and all.
posted by filthy light thief at 7:26 AM on October 1, 2015
uncleozzy: I love it and don't understand the meme at all.
Know Your Meme: Darude - Sandstorm covers the history of the song becoming a meme.
In short: it was used in a lot of Twitch gameplay videos, where people would always ask "What's that song?" Then people started mis-identifying other songs as Sandstorm when asked that question, so now whenever someone asks "what's that song?" you can expect someone to reply "Darude - Sandstorm."
posted by filthy light thief at 7:35 AM on October 1, 2015
Know Your Meme: Darude - Sandstorm covers the history of the song becoming a meme.
In short: it was used in a lot of Twitch gameplay videos, where people would always ask "What's that song?" Then people started mis-identifying other songs as Sandstorm when asked that question, so now whenever someone asks "what's that song?" you can expect someone to reply "Darude - Sandstorm."
posted by filthy light thief at 7:35 AM on October 1, 2015
The marimba version is great! Mpst of the other ones I listened to for twenty seconds or so and thought "yep, that's sandstorm, nice work" but the Marimba was very pleasant
posted by trif at 8:14 AM on October 1, 2015
posted by trif at 8:14 AM on October 1, 2015
and then there would be like 40 pages of DUDUDUDUDU DUDU DUDUDUDUDU DUDU DUDUDUDUDU DUDU DUDUDUDU while the illustrations switched colors like The Cheat's lightswitch rave
this is it, this is the thing that will actually make me interested in seeing the small children of my friends and family. i will read it aloud to them in such a thrilling and engaging manner that they will clamor for it in their every waking hour and i will cackle from afar in the safety and comfort of my childfree home.
posted by poffin boffin at 8:20 AM on October 1, 2015 [3 favorites]
this is it, this is the thing that will actually make me interested in seeing the small children of my friends and family. i will read it aloud to them in such a thrilling and engaging manner that they will clamor for it in their every waking hour and i will cackle from afar in the safety and comfort of my childfree home.
posted by poffin boffin at 8:20 AM on October 1, 2015 [3 favorites]
Can I play too?
Eye of the Tiger covers:
Eye of the Tiger covers:
- Dot Matrix Printer
- Beat Box Flute
- Red Hot Chili Pipers
- French Horn Ensemble
- Four Baritone Saxophones
- Brass Ensemble
- Bassoon Ensemble
- Kazoo Street Ensemble
- Acappella
- Accordion
- Harp
- Harps
- Floppy Drives (fyi, there are at least 11 versions of this by 11 different people)
- Ukulele
- Ukulele tutorial
- Marching Band
- Klezmer Band
- Mime
- Metalachi
That reddit AMA led me to this wonderful analysis of the lyrical masterpiece that is Sandstorm.
posted by Errant at 4:40 PM on October 1, 2015
posted by Errant at 4:40 PM on October 1, 2015
damn rabbit hole
jazz piano
french horn with live loop
melodica (i lost it in seconds)
violin
ocarina
ukulele
jaw harp
flute and piano
and of course: when mama isn't home part 2
posted by numaner at 6:34 PM on October 2, 2015 [2 favorites]
jazz piano
french horn with live loop
melodica (i lost it in seconds)
violin
ocarina
ukulele
jaw harp
flute and piano
and of course: when mama isn't home part 2
posted by numaner at 6:34 PM on October 2, 2015 [2 favorites]
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