Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Copy Cats

The polyrhythms and hypnotic drones of various standard office copy machines explored and manipulated for your enjoyment and fair-use sampling needs. This was made by the brilliant Plunderphonics folks, hence the name "Xerophonics."

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12 comments:

  1. CarnackiFebruary 17, 2010 at 2:42 AM

    The concept was so brilliantly odd that I just had to get this!

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  2. TMMFebruary 17, 2010 at 4:14 AM

    Great idea......John Cage would be so proud

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  3. MP RogetFebruary 17, 2010 at 12:04 PM

    This is what it sounds like when we made our flyers.

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  4. UnknownFebruary 17, 2010 at 3:45 PM

    thanks. i'll take 45 copies.

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  5. AnonymousFebruary 17, 2010 at 10:11 PM

    This is really relaxing stuff; very nice!

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  6. abdul alhazredFebruary 17, 2010 at 10:33 PM

    Wow, this is a weird one - I used to have a comp that was all stuff like this. Tea kettles, creaky doors, funky washing machines. A good antidote/companion to songs of the humpbacks.

    Aesop, are you interested in trading links with my new Lovecraftian music blog (http://fromthisswamp.blogspot.com)?
    Thanks as always.

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  7. AnonymousFebruary 18, 2010 at 4:49 AM

    Nice one

    This is blocked on You Tube so thanks for the free download.

    Theres always a way of getting stuff for nothing and theres nothing they can do !

    M'WAH HA HA HA HARR !!!!

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  8. dirty judasFebruary 18, 2010 at 6:07 AM

    There are quite a few albums out there like this. Not strictly about copy machines, but utilizing equipment that is similar to a copy machine and making minimal electronics with it. the Symphonies for Dot Matrix Printers done by [The User] are probably the best, so far. Vol 1 of their stuff is here: http://misteriosoimpossivel.blogspot.com/2008/06/user-synphony-1-for-dot-matrix-printers.html
    and Vol 2 is here: http://artificiallyinduceddubsyndrome.blogspot.com/2009/08/user-is-canadian-based-artists.html

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  9. jabladavFebruary 18, 2010 at 12:23 PM

    I FUCKING LOVE THIS.

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  10. Chad SimmonsFebruary 18, 2010 at 12:58 PM

    This is the perfect companion piece to a short film I made!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd7NAekf73g

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  11. UnknownFebruary 18, 2010 at 10:50 PM

    this is cool

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  12. AnonymousFebruary 19, 2010 at 8:58 PM

    the sound of the Machine relentlessly stomping on humankind's face, forever

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