A scratchy recording of Baa Baa Black Sheep and a truncated version of In the Mood are thought to be the oldest known recordings of computer generated music.
The songs were captured by the BBC in the Autumn of 1951 during a visit to the University of Manchester.
The recording has been unveiled as part of the 60th Anniversary of “Baby”, the forerunner of all modern computers.
For some reason, it has been a long time since I visited BetterPropaganda. I see they now have a pretty high quality podcast available with some names often found here on TWX. Highly suggested.
Here’s a remix from the ninremixes.com collective that I found to be quite good. Like the creator, i too always wanted an upbeat remix of ‘Something I Can Never Have’ as it was *the* song that truly turned me onto a continuos love/hate relationship with NIN while camping at a lake with exploding cans of spraypaint thrown into the campfire - I’ll save the story for another day. While this track is good, it is only a cover. The vocals are tolerable and remind me of Zeromancer and need to be a bit more refined… regardless, thank you emhead for making this classic something that I can always have on a mix CD alongside Covenant, VNV and Assemblage 23.
tweets for 2008-06-30
