8-bit Boléro

Yes! Linus must really burn himself up, conceiving and executing masterworks like this! But saying "0 regrets" hopefully means he hasn't lost motivation for his next crazy project!

lll-o-lll• 7 months ago

Had to check the article because I read that as “greater than zero regrets”.

<= 0 regrets

aldousd666• 7 months ago

I love projects like this. finally someone found a new use for those dot matrix printers.

ramses02• 7 months ago

Radiohead: Nude - https://youtu.be/CgB5DU0uEdg

darkmighty• 7 months ago

:´)

thomassmith65• 7 months ago

  According to a possibly apocryphal story from the premiere performance, a woman was heard shouting that Ravel was mad. When told about this, Ravel is said to have remarked that she had understood the piece.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bol%C3%A9ro

mlsu• 7 months ago

And, Ravel did eventually go mad. There's a lot of discussion about whether the recurring patterns in the song had something to do with his neurological condition.

https://bigthink.com/high-culture/bolero-ravel-dementia-2/

xxr• 7 months ago

“Initially, Ravel was to create a variation on the music of Isaac Albéniz, but copyright laws prevented him from doing so.” [your article]

“[Koji Kondo] had planned to use Maurice Ravel's Boléro as the title theme as it perfectly matched its speed, seeing as under Japanese copyright law, music is released into the public domain 50 years after the composer's death. However, Kondo was forced to change it in November 1985, late in the game's development, after learning that it had only been 47 years and 11 months after Ravel's death.”[1]

Funny how things rhyme.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda_(video_gam...

ericio• 7 months ago

RadioLab did an excellent episode [1] about Bolero, where it asks the question if it was a leading indicator of Ravel’s madness.

1. https://radiolab.org/podcast/unraveling-bolero

layer8• 7 months ago

It’s probably not a coincidence that the climax starts at 13:37.

Centigonal• 7 months ago

0% chance that's a coincidence coming from lft

teddyh• 7 months ago

If I recall correctly, Boléro (the music piece) has a special meaning in the very early Swedish hacker scene, often used as a sort-of in-joke.

Snild• 7 months ago

Sounds interesting. Tell me more?

drivers992• 7 months ago

Listened to this exact video this morning when it was among the newest videos in my YouTube subscriptions. I've had it stuck in my head since then.

Eupolemos• 7 months ago

Did you hear his "A mind is born"? It is amazing outright, IMHO.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWblpsLZ-O8

drivers992• 7 months ago

I forgot he was the same person who did that! I was somewhat obsessed with it earlier this year. I had found a version you can type into BASIC that pokes it into a block of memory and jumps to it, since I have access to a C64 at a hackerspace that doesn't have a floppy drive, so I've run it at least once on real hardware. (I have a new C64 Ultimate on the way as well.)

jfvinueza• 7 months ago

so good

abetusk• 7 months ago

For anyone wanting to know, the keyboard layout is that of a chromatic button accordian [0] [1].

I guess there's a C64 "executable" that he's made available but no source so I don't know what the exact keymapping is. I did find a few different resources that show the layout in action [2] [3].

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwsZ41pA_Vo&t=58s

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatic_button_accordion

[2] https://okathira-dev.github.io/client-web-api-sandbox/button...

[3] https://www.rmwinslow.com/tones/

YesBox• 7 months ago

Beautifully done! What more can I say?

Those disc drive sounds are so cool

ramses02• 7 months ago

Radiohead: Nude - https://youtu.be/CgB5DU0uEdg

Tcepsa• 7 months ago

I am so happy that people make things like this <3

consumer451• 7 months ago

Ha! I almost posted this here but I thought maybe I was posting too many music videos on HN.

I am part of the LOAD "*", 8, 1 generation, and this is really freaking cool.

One of the funniest things in the video is the variety of neck tie configurations, one for each part.

jachee• 7 months ago

    LOADING. . .
    READY
    > RUN

ageitgey• 7 months ago

This guy's other video where he covers Clowncore's 'Computers' on computers is one of the most impressive, incredibly niche things I've ever seen on YouTube. He's a serious talent.

arthurdenture• 7 months ago

This is way more pleasant than the kazoo version by famous children's author Sandra Boynton. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U14IBek-wNU

themadturk• 7 months ago

Though when things really break out into harmony after the 12 minute mark, it's almost pretty.

(Sandra Boynton is amazing, no matter what she does.)

Rochus• 7 months ago

Great music survives everything ;-)

That's such a good idea with this old equipment. And you can see that the guy tried hard not to laugh. And surprisingly, the arrangement sounds great. Hilarious.

tantalor• 7 months ago

Several mentions of "the automaton" but no idea what that is. It's a bit vague.

The photo of "the automaton" appears to be a melamine white particleboard panel.

https://www.linusakesson.net/music/bolero/boxes-large.jpg

Sharlin• 7 months ago

It's the "percussion section" https://linusakesson.net/music/bolero/automaton-large.jpg

temp0826• 7 months ago

Linus never fails to impress. A true virtuoso

nebula8804• 7 months ago

He has come a long way since Craft. What a total rock star. In that time I have done nothing as awesome with my life (other than enjoying his productions). Heres to 17 more years of awesomeness!

LanceH• 7 months ago

I miss dynamic range in music.

nrhrjrjrjtntbt• 7 months ago

Nostalgic for Torvill and Dean too

disqard• 7 months ago

Amazing! Thanks for sharing.

codezero• 7 months ago

This is my favorite song, and I'm delighted to hear it as a chiptune! amazing work!

B1FF_PSUVM• 7 months ago

Why do I get reminded of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells?

(Yes, I've heard the Ravel before, I mean the presentation style, e.g. Oldfield: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdMtqKZ6GrY )

guenthert• 7 months ago

I too was waiting for the 'grand together' announcement.

timfsu• 7 months ago

Possibly best thing ever on Hacker News. There is something quite appealing about the simplicity of Boléro

kpilars• 7 months ago

If you like bolero look at this f guy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy5Ve3338-E

swiftcoder• 7 months ago

The theremin built out of a bar clamp is delightful

chris_st• 7 months ago

Thanks, that absolutely made my day!

8-bit Boléro

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