The Richard D. James Washer
March 29, 2017 10:27 AM   Subscribe

 
It's got a good beat.
posted by Artw at 10:27 AM on March 29, 2017 [1 favorite]


It's got a good beat.

And you can put pants through it.
posted by bondcliff at 10:29 AM on March 29, 2017 [13 favorites]


"I'm taking control of the drum machine"
posted by STFUDonnie at 10:31 AM on March 29, 2017


I guess I still don't get Aphex Twin.
posted by DarkForest at 10:38 AM on March 29, 2017 [1 favorite]


guys, holy shit
posted by cortex at 10:38 AM on March 29, 2017 [8 favorites]


Strongly related
posted by sandettie light vessel automatic at 10:38 AM on March 29, 2017 [1 favorite]


The dryer is Autechre

that's the joke i wrote for this thread
posted by beerperson at 10:43 AM on March 29, 2017 [16 favorites]


Honestly, you could sell this as a cinematic war drum sample pack and people would pay actual money for it.
posted by uncleozzy at 10:54 AM on March 29, 2017


Back in college, our college radio station had a late-night show that covered all sorts of experimental and weird music, lots of ambient stuff and field recordings included in that mix. The host got a number of odd calls, being a late-night show playing weird music that doesn't particularly sound musical. One drunk guy called and said that he could make better music with his washing machine. The host said "OK, go for it," so the drunk guy went over to his washing machine and started beating on it. The host put the guy on the radio live for a while, then segued into something else.

And another friend, who was into generally non-rhythmic ambient stuff, found himself starting to get into the rhythm of an album, which surprised him, because he didn't remember there being any rhythm. It was the washing machine, adding a good beat.

In the fake words of Björk (or the words of fake Björk?): everything is music.
posted by filthy light thief at 11:00 AM on March 29, 2017 [4 favorites]




The one time I lived somewhere w/ a washer and dryer inside the apartment I was doing the laundry and realized it had a good beat. Then I realized the beat managed to also hit the resonant frequency of the washer and boy that would've been a big mess had I not turned it off.
posted by griphus at 11:11 AM on March 29, 2017 [2 favorites]


Previous thread: Devil Went Down to Georgia (Washing Machine Cover)
Has lots of good examples linked in the comments.
posted by Kabanos at 11:13 AM on March 29, 2017 [3 favorites]


This is actually pretty good. I could listen to this washer all day.
posted by byanyothername at 11:13 AM on March 29, 2017 [1 favorite]


But ultimately I just want to see this at the end.
posted by Kabanos at 11:13 AM on March 29, 2017


Loved the tune, but the creativity of his videos is REALLY going downhill.
posted by Samizdata at 11:20 AM on March 29, 2017 [1 favorite]


It sort of reminds me more of a Junkie XL soundtrack tune.
posted by codacorolla at 11:22 AM on March 29, 2017


This is my jams.

And I'm hoping they get done in time to leave for the beach.
posted by straight at 11:34 AM on March 29, 2017 [1 favorite]


This is Aphex Twin the way all street art is Banksy.
posted by Nelson at 12:11 PM on March 29, 2017


Sounds like Kodo to me.

But it could be Kang...
posted by DigDoug at 12:18 PM on March 29, 2017


Aphex Twin Tub.
posted by Devonian at 12:26 PM on March 29, 2017 [2 favorites]


MRI machines are IDM as fuck.
posted by acb at 12:57 PM on March 29, 2017 [3 favorites]


What a beast.
posted by concavity at 1:12 PM on March 29, 2017 [1 favorite]


So I'm gathering the mefi consensus is meh?
posted by blucevalo at 2:55 PM on March 29, 2017


A real Aphex Twin track would have a title like "Kenmore 41162 4.3 cu (Two Rocks)".
posted by Artw at 2:57 PM on March 29, 2017 [10 favorites]


"vvzung 4matein-3" if it were Autechre.
posted by invitapriore at 3:39 PM on March 29, 2017 [6 favorites]


"The Beach At Hotpoint" - BoC
posted by Devonian at 4:02 PM on March 29, 2017 [8 favorites]


this is amazing
posted by rebent at 4:48 PM on March 29, 2017


Fuck Your Bosch Up - The Prodigy
posted by Artw at 4:48 PM on March 29, 2017 [2 favorites]


Early unreleased Einstürzende Neubauten.
posted by bassomatic at 6:17 PM on March 29, 2017 [2 favorites]


Samsung (and Ung, and Ung)
posted by Artw at 6:21 PM on March 29, 2017


I... have actually recorded washing machines and dryers. And have generated a couple of beats by looping a rhythmically pleasing segment and then using it as a template to program the actual drum/percussion samples patterns. I have also seen people put working microphones or field recorders directly inside an operating washer or dryer.

The most unusual thing about any of this is that none of this is even remotely unusual to me or my friends. And at this point most of them (self included) would think using found sounds from a washing machine or dryer just too cliche and trite, and otherwise just too over-done.
posted by loquacious at 6:24 PM on March 29, 2017 [3 favorites]


Somebody I know made a crack about unbalanced washing machines in response to a piece that I made (which incidentally was inspired by someone who did the same thing to the drum fill from "In the Air Tonight", which was posted here a while back).
posted by The Horse You Rode In On at 6:56 PM on March 29, 2017 [1 favorite]


Pleasingly washing machine-like.
posted by Artw at 7:13 PM on March 29, 2017


I was thinking Sharkbait...
posted by Trinity-Gehenna at 8:08 PM on March 29, 2017


I call this "having a Tyres moment" when it happens to me. I don't actually dance though, thank god, I just nod approvingly.
posted by BinaryApe at 10:15 PM on March 29, 2017 [1 favorite]


This was clever.
posted by persona au gratin at 1:48 AM on March 30, 2017


I like the giggling!
posted by asok at 4:12 AM on March 30, 2017 [1 favorite]


And have generated a couple of beats by looping a rhythmically pleasing segment and then using it as a template to program the actual drum/percussion samples patterns

Huh, yeah, my first thought when I saw this was actually, I should beat map that.
posted by uncleozzy at 6:18 AM on March 30, 2017


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