Posts Tagged ‘science’

Some Voice Sampling Songs

January 10th, 2010

Well, this is the first post of the New Year, so I thought I would take it easy and just make a quick post about one of my favourite artists and an album that is very interesting to me. The artist is Pogo, and the album is Symphony of Science.
These artists have one thing in common; they both make songs through Voice Sampling. Voice sampling is simply where you take voice clips and sounds and re-mix them to make music. Pogo makes his music almost entirely from music featured in films or television series, where Symphony of Science mainly uses voice clips from famous scientists, like Carl Sagan, Steven Hawking, David Attenborough, and quite a few others.

The main reason I wanted to make this post is because both artists have released a new song for the New Year, so I felt it appropriate to mention them.

Symphony of Science: The Unbroken Thread

“”The Unbroken Thread” is the fourth video in the Symphony of Science series, and it features David Attenborough, Jane Goodall, and Carl Sagan. The clips used in this installment come from Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, David Attenborough’s Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life, The Life of Mammals, The Living Planet, BBC Life, XVIVO Scientific Animations, IMAX Cosmic Voyage, Jane Goodall’s TED Talk, and a clever Guiness Commercial. The themes present in The Unbroken Thread attempt to explore the wild diversity of life on our planet, the intricacy and origin of its mechanisms, and its close relation to all other life forms. ” – Quote from <a href=”http://symphonyofscience.com”>Symphony of Science Site</a>

Pogo: Upular

Upular is made from voice samples and sound samples from Pixar’s Up.

Well, I hope that you enjoy the videos, if you have any other Voice Sampled songs I would be more than happy to hear about them in the comments,

Back soon,

Calum Gilchrist

The Boat That Rocked

April 4th, 2009

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First of all let’s get the cliche phrases out of the way; The Boat That Rocked really did Rock. It was a reallyenjoyable film full of laughs and classic music from the 60′s. The soundtracks was pretty much the Best of the 60′s, but what was I expecting from a pirate broadcasting station in the 60′s? Every character was different but every single one of them was brilliant. Well, the Radio Presenters were brilliant. Some of the secondary or even tertiary characters didn’t make that much of an impact but they still played their parts well.

The story of the Boat That Rocked is about a pirate broadcasting station that plays Rock Music 24/7 because the other channels only output a minimum of Rock Music. I can quote the film on saying that the BBC only played 45 minutes of music per day! There are a few storylines going throughout, Carl – a young man who was dropped from school who traveled to the boat of Rock Radio for his own personal reasons, but on the boat he found love but it was snuffed out in a slightly humorous way. The main plot is that Her Majesties Government are trying to close down the pirate radio station. Their are a few underlying plots but I don’t think it’s worth while to go through ALL of them.

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I’m going to keep this short and sweet, The Boat That Rocked was a really good film  and is worth seeing if you like humour and wit. I should probably mention that I wasn’t too enthusiastic about the Boat That Rocked but now my stance has changed and I would mark it highly in my list of films to see again. (Watchmen is at the top of that list, along with Monsters Vs. Aliens).

If you like 60′s Rock, laughs and Philip Seymour Hoffman*, go to your local cinemaplex and have a gander. I’ll be seeing Knowing over the next week or so, so expect a review on the, most likely, brilliant performance** of Nicolas Cage.

– On reflection, I’ll give it a
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*I can not explain why I’ve fallen in love with Philip as an actor over the past few months. He’s just brilliant in all the roles I’ve seen him in.
** Subject to availibility