Nude Remixes

Big Ideas (don't get any) from James Houston on Vimeo.For those of you who know me well, it's no secret that I've been bitten by the Radiohead bug. Several future posts are already planned dedicated to that band alone. In more recent events, Radiohead offered individual stems from their single, "Nude," for purchase and hosted a remix contest. Some people were upset that Radiohead charged for the stems when Nine Inch Nails frontman, Trent Reznor, set up a remix contest for his band without by encouraging people to Torrent his songs, but I will also discuss this in a later post. The Nude remix contest is over, and the winners have been posted. Follow this link to hear the spor remix, which was voted the most popular remix on www.radioheadremix.com.

Embeded is a remix by James Houston, a student at the Glasgow School of Arts. Regarding his remix, Houston said, "Based on the lyric (and alternate title) "Big Ideas: Don't get any" I grouped together a collection of old redundant hardware, and placed them in a situation where they're trying their best to do something that they're not exactly designed to do, and not quite getting there [...] It doesn't sound great, as it's not supposed to." (see the rest his post here.) The result is both haunting and surreal, and reminds me of the tape music pioneered by French-born composer, Edgard Varese, in the early 20th century - something I know Radiohead would appreciate.