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My general experience of vinyl and turntables is that many treat them with care, almost to the point of reverence. It’s not unusual to see hardcore collectors handle vinyl with gloves. If you are one of those people, look away now. This old video has just hit the social media timelines, and is essentially a purist’s nightmare. It’s beyond steampunk and feels like the turntables met the Human Centipede in Silent Hill. I’ve watched this a few times now, and I still have no idea what I’ve witnessed.
Turntablism has provided a handful of incidents of turntable and vinyl abuse over the years. DMC competitions have seen incidents of what was considered to be ultra-violence metered out on expensive competition ready gear, but nothing quite as disturbing as this clip. Thanks (I think) to arkaei for providing nightmares for many readers of DJWORX, and for providing a rare WTF moment.
Feel free to add similar videos in the comments. Consider this the turntable orgy of violence thread.
That kicks so much ass
horrified and impressed at the same time
Turntablism was born out of using the turntable in a way other than it was intended to be used to create something new. When I see this video I don’t see turntables being mutilated, I see art.
“I don’t see turntables being mutilated, I see art.”
Ditto
Analog glitch like analog algorithym… Turntable as media (sampled) player or analog sampler/vinylmpler.
Nice. It similar or by the people of turntable experimental music group?
this is only really boring
That was sick, in more than one way…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuXc77bzTK8
You know that one scene in Toy Story where Buzz and Woody encounter all those left over toys that were pieced together into horrific creations…?
Haunting, funny, horrifying, hypnotic, weird… what else can I say?
Ditto on the Toy Story link.. So much ‘table carnage…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaW4qSZzVqI
This must a fake done on them fandangled computers.
No laptop!?!?! No sync button?!?! Yeah, right… nice try!
PS.
I loved it. This is electro-acoustic as it was meant to be.
Reminds me of Christian Marclay who was doing some Kid Koala/RJD2 (live) type turntablism back in the 80’s. Rather Avante-garde though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIFH4XHU228
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yqM3dAqTzs