Gizmodo
There were well more than 100 entries in this remix competition—and picking the winner was a tough tough decision. It's clear that the challenge of making music based on the sound of Hitachi hard drives failing was as much a reason to take part as winning the Tokyoflash Equalizer watch. So before announcing the winner, let's review the highlights:
Rap Wars:
Crizzash "All the MP3s I loved to play / Well at least the rootkit is out of the way"
vs.
Rootin' and Falootin' "So come aboard ladies / Your cap'n is waitin' / You can swab me poop deck if you know what I'm sayin'"
Best Samples or Vocals:
Sex Drive
Drive Time (Jane's Book of Computer Disasters Mix)
Please Don't Die
Runnner's up (the one's I kept going back to for another listen):
Tuhin Mehta
El Hardo Disko Morte
The winner, whose chill two-minute track is made entirely from the hard drive noises:
Hitachi Hard-Drive Project - Noriko Version
Congrats James Postlethwaite. E-mail me at tips@gizmodo.com to pick up your Equalizer watch.
Thanks to Tokyoflash for the watch, Odeo for the MP3 storage, DJ Hitachi for the hard drive failure sounds and to everyone else for taking part.
Comments
Nice sounding track...congrats man!
wow, the pirate rap reminds me of the MC Chris guy you featured a few years back
'Crizzash' has to get the nod for funniest.
Awesome work everyone. The lyrics of crizzash are brilliant. Tuhin Mehta's is the most listenable, great beats. But I agree Noriko should be the winner because it was the only one that used 100% hard drive sounds (and still managed to produce some nice music).
you guys are amazing. great stuff.
Several of the tracks were made entirely from the hard drive samples - Noriko was not the only one. Sex Drive is all hard drive except for the vocals, only the drums are un-sampled in Hard Drive Malfunction. And HD Death Dance, Hard Drive Dying, Head On A Platter, All my friends think i am werid cause i make songs using hard drive samples are all pure sample.
How many of the songs were made entirely out of the hdd sounds with no additional samples?
Don't forget Pyramid Head is One Hell of a Dancer, which is also entirely samples from the hard drives! :)X
i'd be VERY interested in hearing the winning track in a version that's more than two minutes long.
The songs are gone from Odeo! Who says that the internet is forever? :-(
You can find a copy of the winner's entry at his (James Postlethwaite) MySpace page:
http://www.myspace.com/dorenoriko
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