Typhoonized
July 12, 2010 9:01 PM Subscribe
Typhoonized's You Tube channel has a collection of songs that have been slightly pitch-shifted, and sped up, which gives them a surprising quality all their own. Take Jon and Vangelis - He Is Sailing (original here), or try RYUIKI SAKAMOTO - OKINAWA SONG (Chin Nuku Juushi) and Astrud Gilberto - Agua De Beber. (with sci-fi/fantasy themed illustrations of unknown provenance)
Hmmph. I like this. Don't want to admit it, but I do. Dammit.
posted by treepour at 9:48 PM on July 12, 2010
posted by treepour at 9:48 PM on July 12, 2010
Yeah there's something weird about it right treepour? But then I used to love Private Collection when I was a kid. I remember jamming he is sailing one beautiful spring day and a thunder storm blew up. and the back of the leaves showed white. I got chills. That whole album was the jam. A kind of synthtopia.
Besides any channel with Hamilton Bohannon is cool with me :)
posted by puny human at 10:17 PM on July 12, 2010 [1 favorite]
Besides any channel with Hamilton Bohannon is cool with me :)
posted by puny human at 10:17 PM on July 12, 2010 [1 favorite]
It is a little interesting, I suppose. I was just playing with Astrid Gilberto's Agua De Beber in QT player, altering the pitch without tempo, and the results were indeed interesting. I kinda liked it transposed down about a fifth. Kinda sounded like Milton Nascimento if he did straight bossa nova covers.
posted by 2N2222 at 10:29 PM on July 12, 2010
posted by 2N2222 at 10:29 PM on July 12, 2010
anyone know who does the artwork on the Okinawa song one? It looks like it's all the same person perhaps scans of book cover art from a collection.
posted by wobh at 10:54 PM on July 12, 2010
posted by wobh at 10:54 PM on July 12, 2010
too fast... my brain... « Older The Mynabirds :Laura Burhenn who, like lots of goo... oh my!
posted by shoesfullofdust at 11:31 PM on July 12, 2010
posted by shoesfullofdust at 11:31 PM on July 12, 2010
Somehow, the fast version of Astrud Gilberto's track sounded familiar, and then I realized I've listened to a lot of weird remixes. Sped up bossa tracks are not to uncommon in the context of remixes. Interesting stuff.
posted by filthy light thief at 6:31 AM on July 13, 2010
posted by filthy light thief at 6:31 AM on July 13, 2010
I like Jon & Vangelis, sped up or otherwise. Cool. :)
When I'm feeling guh because I followed the wrong creepy link on the internet or whatever, Jon and Vangelis always bring me back to a place of hope and light and joy and benevolence. Call them cheesy or whatever you like, they just have a special place in my heart.
And thank you Wikipedia for telling me that Vangelis *auditioned to be in Yes* but was turned down in favor of Patrick Moraz! I did NOT know that! A Vangelicized Yes would have been awesome.
posted by edheil at 6:34 AM on July 13, 2010
When I'm feeling guh because I followed the wrong creepy link on the internet or whatever, Jon and Vangelis always bring me back to a place of hope and light and joy and benevolence. Call them cheesy or whatever you like, they just have a special place in my heart.
And thank you Wikipedia for telling me that Vangelis *auditioned to be in Yes* but was turned down in favor of Patrick Moraz! I did NOT know that! A Vangelicized Yes would have been awesome.
posted by edheil at 6:34 AM on July 13, 2010
And if you do this to Black Sabbath's Iron Man you get a really thrashing punk track.
posted by egypturnash at 8:59 AM on July 13, 2010
posted by egypturnash at 8:59 AM on July 13, 2010
Nitrous makes your voice lower, gallagho.
posted by keep_evolving at 9:14 AM on July 13, 2010
posted by keep_evolving at 9:14 AM on July 13, 2010
I'd love to hear a pitch shifted version of J.J. Cale's Travelin' Light.
But wow, just listen what this technique does with something as banal as Johnny Clegg -- JULUKA - Mantombana ( fast ).
posted by puny human at 3:55 PM on July 14, 2010
But wow, just listen what this technique does with something as banal as Johnny Clegg -- JULUKA - Mantombana ( fast ).
posted by puny human at 3:55 PM on July 14, 2010
Whoa, I take that back. The original mantombana is pretty hot.
posted by puny human at 4:41 PM on July 14, 2010
posted by puny human at 4:41 PM on July 14, 2010
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