Arganalth, a 23-year old engineer from Lille, France gives old computer hardware a second life by creating electrical orchestras in a suitcase.
His latest masterpiece plays Nirvana’s “Smell’s Like Teen Spirit,” only instead of strumming the cords on a Fender Mustang, all the distortion and rock is provided by a couple floppy disks and hard disk drives, with a Raspberry Pi as the conductor. It’s one of the most popular new music videos on YouTube right now, and it doesn’t take like to appreciate why.
Listen to the full performance below:
I’m just starting discover this whole hard drive and floppy disk music creation genre. Aranalth told Cult of Mac that he’s already created over 100 songs, and there are thousands of songs on YouTube from other artists. Anyone got a favorite? Drop a link in the comments.
Buster Hein is a freelance writer who lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Twitter: @bst3r.
4 responses to “These floppy disks play ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ better than Cobain”
It’s interesting but musically, it’s dreadful.
Impressive, got to commend him though on having both the engineering, programming, and musical skills to create that.
TECHNOLOGY!!!
Awesome!