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Jun 13 2007

Theremin Cover of Gnarls Barkley Crazy, avec Moog et MPC

Yes, the Theremin can sound bluesy. In case you haven’t seen this, here’s a wonderfully-done rendition of Gnarls Barkley’s Crazy, on Moog Etherwave Pro (recently discontinued, sadly, though maybe it’ll come back in some form), iZotope Trash for effects, Akai MPC1000, Moog Minimoog Voyager, and … actually, not sure about the keyboard. Got distracted by the general awesomeness. Theremin musicianship is on the rise!

Cee-lo will like it, I think. Watch to the end for an unusual Google + Wikipedia salute to the genius of Leon Theremin. (Yep, Google is your friend.)

Thanks to (corrected link) Jason at boozhoundlabs.com, and SNAG.

These guys are also doing a whole Theremin video series — we’ll be watching. (Check out their full description at the YouTube page.)

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19 Comments

bliss

That’s great! Another great find, Peter! :)

June 13, 2007 @ 1:03 am

Broken'ed

That is one of the most enjoyable things I’ve seen for a while. beautifull and hilarious at the same time. thanks

June 13, 2007 @ 3:25 am

Long time reader

Obviously that’s an MPC1000 not a MPC2500

June 13, 2007 @ 4:01 am

Peter Kirn

@bliss: Jason gets the credit for sending it in. ;)

@Long time reader: Erm, yes, quite obviously … I think I wasn’t exactly thinking when I wrote this.

June 13, 2007 @ 8:06 am

corporation

this is great. just great.

i still love the song, and this is a smashing version.

June 13, 2007 @ 8:33 am

Jorge Jorquera

Awesome!!! :-O

June 13, 2007 @ 11:30 am

Keith Handy

Great performance, not just on the theremin (impressive enough) but on the backing instruments as well. :)

June 13, 2007 @ 11:46 am

Keith Handy

P.S. nice trick inserting a few frames of that still right in the middle so that it shows up as the thumbnail. It would be nice if YouTube let you do this without “tricking” it, although I suppose that would be one more thing for people to abuse…

June 13, 2007 @ 11:51 am

Matt

Haha theremins are excellent! Bill Bailey has often used them to great effect in his stand up shows as well, in which he incorporates a bunch of musical instruments… well worth checking out too

June 13, 2007 @ 8:32 pm

Formant

“Watch to the end for an unusual Google + Wikipedia salute to the genius of Leon Theremin. (Yep, Google is your friend.)”

I think that that is actually a nod to the “Web 2.0 … the machine is Us/ing Us” video. You can find it here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g

June 14, 2007 @ 8:28 am

Aretzki

Check out this guy’s version of Bobby Mcferrin’s “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”. Great too.

June 14, 2007 @ 3:46 pm

Joaquins Musikblog

Das Theremin spielt Gnarls Barkley Crazy…

Das 1919 vom russischen Physikprofessor Leon Theremin erfundene Theremin (zu deutsch Ã„therwellengeige), gehÃ¶rt wohl zu den beeindruckendsten Instrumenten Ã¼berhaupt. Es gilt als das erste elektrische Instrument und eines der wenige, die ohne kÃ¶rperl…

June 15, 2007 @ 5:12 pm

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June 15, 2007 @ 7:00 pm

Mdiddy

I dug that a lot :) I was curious though, there is a point where two mics are really close together and the guys is moving his hands around them. Ummmmm, what’s he doing there?