Pikachu! Use Deafening Racket!
Kaseo's Yellow Mouse Orchestra is a cacophonous array of circuit-bent Pikachu toys wired up to a MIDI controller, allowing Kaseo to turn the critter's trademark self-namechecking to create musical compositions. The result sounds oddly chiptune-like, despite being made from voice samples. The video above is a pretty listenable rendition of another Y.M.O. (Yellow Magic Orchestra) song. Hit the "source" link to hear a live performance, which is a lot less coherent.
The Y.M.O. is just one of the components of Kaseo's army of cyborg Pikachus. He also has a spikey Bent Pikachu Limited Edition, whose squeals have been turned into reasonably evil-sounding industrial-esque noise.
[Via Boing Boing Gadgets]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
aj @ Jul 29th 2008 11:56PM
This reminds me of Cephia's Treat, a record label for noise art and crazy bands.
http://www.cephiastreat.com/
Seriously, check them out. There are some interesting things there.
Ashley @ Jul 30th 2008 5:28PM
I wish there was less of that horrid vibration that sounds nothing like Pikachu and more "Pikas" at different pitches. It sounds pretty awful right now aside from that one clear "Pika pika!"
Nightrunner @ Jul 31st 2008 6:47PM
That had to be one of the most horribly annoying things I've ever seen/heard in my life.
Omigod - make it stop! :)