Magnetic Punk: The tape innovations of Open Reel Ensemble

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  • Опубликовано: 22 май 2019
  • A short film exploring the work of Open Reel Ensemble, the Japanese trio making a unique form of electronic music that stretches reel-to-reel tapes to the limit.
    More info: thevinylfactory.com/films/mag...
    Produced by Mike Sunda
    Directed by Sam King
    Music courtesy of Open Reel Ensemble
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Комментарии • 87

  • @4jayco
    @4jayco 3 года назад +85

    This is grossly underappreciated

  • @colinjones5379
    @colinjones5379 3 года назад +10

    I like that "PYOOOOO, WOWOWOWOWONG, HNGYAAAGN" is translated collectively as "weird sounds"

  • @groophz
    @groophz 5 лет назад +51

    The 70s are back :-D. Great idea in the digital age to put some analog to it.

  • @aurumon
    @aurumon 3 года назад +9

    It must be so nice for these three to have found one another and share their love for music

  • @nerdtm.5524
    @nerdtm.5524 3 года назад +33

    I love it for the instruments. The music is just a bonus

    • @openone3183
      @openone3183 3 года назад

      for me the spectacle of the instruments works because the music hits hard

  • @imalonerdottie
    @imalonerdottie 3 года назад +25

    So the Electronicos Fantasticos guy is also in Open Reel Ensamble? The more I learn about this dude the more he becomes my hero.

    • @DodderingOldMan
      @DodderingOldMan 2 года назад +1

      Oh, it is the same guy, is it? I thought it might be, but I wasn't 100% sure.

    • @saggytheclown9101
      @saggytheclown9101 2 года назад

      Oh my god

    • @weirdogangstudios4514
      @weirdogangstudios4514 2 года назад

      Yes

    • @lemone12
      @lemone12 Год назад

      That makes it even sadder in a way :(
      Like I thought it was just inspired by them and that would be pretty cool like woah the absurd electronic music thing is spreading and all that but that doesn't seem to be the case ;(

    • @sr60030
      @sr60030 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@lemone12 it is (kinda). them playing with Zuttomayo live and being featured with solo sections and acane playing the fan harp puts them in a big highlight and it's truly one of my favorite parts of every show

  • @RobertoGinsburg
    @RobertoGinsburg 5 лет назад +17

    This ultraoriginal trio *must be in Lollapalooza or Coachella* , must be showed to the entire world.

  • @otineb5
    @otineb5 4 года назад +22

    Interesting and innovative, and maybe they'll incorporate a Mellotron into their reel to reel tape act.

    • @ReelHifi
      @ReelHifi 3 года назад

      MELLOTRON !!

  • @Pile_of_carbon
    @Pile_of_carbon 3 года назад +4

    That's super clever! It was impossible not to groove along.

  • @andrewc.2952
    @andrewc.2952 3 года назад +3

    Very similar to the old mellotrons in sound and theory. Love love love the
    genius work here.

  • @loverofstars
    @loverofstars 3 года назад +7

    this might be one of the greatest things i've ever heard

  • @williamdavis7274
    @williamdavis7274 3 года назад +6

    Does anybody else find it funny that the one drummer guy still has the personality of a drum kit drummer. He's funny he's got jokes little quirky high energy

    • @michaelgeary9370
      @michaelgeary9370 3 года назад +2

      That's Ei-Wada of Electronicos Fantasticos. He does some beautiful stuff with other DIY instruments you should check out.

    • @williamdavis7274
      @williamdavis7274 3 года назад

      @@michaelgeary9370 i will thank you!

  • @theartistdiamond9397
    @theartistdiamond9397 3 года назад +2

    An interesting evolution. Check out Robert Fripp demonstrating Frippertronics.

  • @aestevalis0
    @aestevalis0 3 года назад

    I love that reel-to-reel accordion.

  • @DerKaia7
    @DerKaia7 5 лет назад +51

    M A G U N E T I K U P A N U K U - my new fav genre

    • @L00PdeL00P
      @L00PdeL00P 3 года назад +9

      Panku*
      instead of using the “ヌ” (nu) katakana, we can instead use “ン” (n) to represent the “n” sound in the English word “punk”. Therefore the romaji equivalent would simply be “panku”

  • @horsemology
    @horsemology 3 года назад +1

    At 5:00 it sounded like a song from the earthbound OST for a bit there. Really neat!

  • @Helaw0lf
    @Helaw0lf 3 года назад +2

    Emulate some bits of Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk, Yellow Magic Orchestra, even earlier pioneers too.

  • @ImpliedMusic
    @ImpliedMusic 4 года назад +2

    the world just got better.

  • @4jayco
    @4jayco 3 года назад +2

    absolutely amazing

  • @carlop3019
    @carlop3019 3 года назад

    "U drive me crazy.." So much

  • @wongalahara8196
    @wongalahara8196 3 года назад

    yall found like 20 different ways to basically play a trippy ass violin without a violin! thats fucking dope.

  • @marcusdolby1
    @marcusdolby1 2 года назад

    Pioneer RT-1011l such a great deck an awesome talent these guys are. Well done !

  • @nipslip8093
    @nipslip8093 4 года назад +16

    They could make such amazing anime intro songs 😂

  • @jackdevlin1107
    @jackdevlin1107 3 года назад

    I think the one guy on the reel keyboard plays the fan harp in Electronicos fantasticos

  • @georgerussell2947
    @georgerussell2947 5 лет назад +3

    So cool

  • @lostmorny1333
    @lostmorny1333 4 года назад +1

    FANTASTIC!

  • @anakiria2566
    @anakiria2566 3 года назад +1

    Great stuff

  • @UncleGhoulieTv313
    @UncleGhoulieTv313 3 года назад +4

    Dancers on the tape reel manipulating it = Epic brilliant

  • @stasostrikov1439
    @stasostrikov1439 5 лет назад +4

    Dope!!

  • @DARIVSARCHITECTVS
    @DARIVSARCHITECTVS 3 года назад

    it 50 more years, the technology to reproduce this music will no longer exist. Enjoy it while you can. This is old fashioned innovation at its finest.

  • @ChritsianBucic
    @ChritsianBucic 5 лет назад

    Superbe exploration musicale !

  • @AsAboveISoBelow
    @AsAboveISoBelow 3 года назад +4

    A style of instrument that can make super happy music, but could also make some of the best horror music as well. :D LOVE IT! I am a Magnetic Punk!

  • @SynthStreet
    @SynthStreet 5 лет назад +7

    Epic Stuff!🔥

  • @joymukherjee5238
    @joymukherjee5238 2 года назад +1

    ei wada the man behind crtelecaster

  • @vitriolix
    @vitriolix 5 лет назад +1

    Amazing

  • @mikh.574
    @mikh.574 3 года назад

    Get em on the next Safdie brothers film

  • @baddriddimworkshop
    @baddriddimworkshop 3 года назад +1

    what is it that makes us so crazy about tape?

  • @kebman
    @kebman 5 лет назад +5

    I used to play with Tascams and the like. Oh and the Nagra. Holy hell I _love_ the Nagra! Anyway if you run the thing on record, and open the mike on the mixer _eeever_ so slightly, you get the world's most lovely feedback echo.

  • @mallsehn4003
    @mallsehn4003 5 месяцев назад

    Genial 🎉

  • @GrandLordGeek
    @GrandLordGeek 3 года назад +1

    Magneticpunk is cool

  • @jrrr2451
    @jrrr2451 Год назад

  • @MegaMmmmn
    @MegaMmmmn 9 месяцев назад

    so great, how do they not break the tape drumming on it??

  • @thamuswitwill
    @thamuswitwill 3 года назад +2

    These guys need to get a hold of a mellotron

  • @raulacevedo-esteves9493
    @raulacevedo-esteves9493 2 года назад

    The Mellotron-Kaizer

  • @ytwhite5930
    @ytwhite5930 3 года назад

    WOW! I'm thoroughly impressed...You guys seem to favor the PIONEER RT-1011L/1020L machine. Is there
    A technical reason for this or did you just have them lying around? I have a bunch of reel decks and you all
    have given me some inspiration on how to use a few of them,I promise that I won't be copying you but this is ALL your idea and I can't wait.... THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!!!

  • @icedrago6500
    @icedrago6500 3 года назад

    Quality entertainment

  • @fareastmanilavideoproducti4499
    @fareastmanilavideoproducti4499 4 года назад +14

    so the keyboards control the tape reels like a mellotron?

    • @baddriddimworkshop
      @baddriddimworkshop 3 года назад

      no not realy, the tape is recording the keyboard and what you hear is the recorded sound, wich he can play with once it's on tape a few milisecons after

    • @asbjo
      @asbjo 3 года назад

      @@baddriddimworkshop That makes no sense. If it is a combined read/write head, then the recording action will couple to the read head and they wouldn't get the effects from manipulating the tape. If the read/write action is done by the same coil, then it is directly coupled.
      If it is separate heads, you'd have too much time-lag between them.
      I'm not saying it is impossible, but, for what you are saying to be possible, you'd need to carefully and precisely interlace recording and playback, and do some interpolation in between sample points on the tape. However, that requires exact timing, and with the chaotic motions the artists are making with the tape, it seems to be a very difficult thing to pull off and keep the sound intact. Especially with that type of equipment.
      I think it is much like the mellotron. They even explain as much in the video. The tapes have more tracks, and they might have gotten hold of heads with more tracks. They seem to be keeping things relatively analogue on the tape side.
      Though, it is certainly possible to use a digital time-code track to use digital samples on a computer, much like DJ's using time-coded vinyl to play them continent mp3's. That decouples the whole physical aspect into a one way input to the computer to interpret and playback. But then the tapes are just time-coded digitally and the rest is happening digitally. I doubt that to be the case.

    • @baddriddimworkshop
      @baddriddimworkshop 3 года назад

      @@asbjo the units these guys use are all top shelf bro, these are three head machines. a quarter second is enough. and if you manipulate the tape during recording what comes in will ccome out anyhow. I know what i'm talking about, i own a tascam 38 myself and i have modded tape machines in the past. please go take a look at my channel...

    • @asbjo
      @asbjo 3 года назад +1

      @@baddriddimworkshop I didn’t mean any disrespect. And yea. What comes in comes out again. But your hypothesis about them interleaving recording and playback on a millisecond basis, still makes little sense. I’m gonna give an example. Assuming no crosstalk or any issues with timing or technical challenges:
      If the tape is at x speed, accelerating towards speed y and you record a sample point, and play it back a millisecond, or a few, later during this acceleration, the output would be near enough the same as the input, as the change in tapespeed between recording and playback is negligible in such small timescales.
      I’m sure they do a lot of recording on the fly. I’m also speculating that they use some of their tape manipulation to “simply” modulate/change sound in other sound sources. Like when they use keyboards to play notes. I am wondering how they achieve the modulation they do, as sometimes it seems they are using more notes than I would think is feasible to fit on the tapes.
      Btw, I also own a Revox A-77 from 1970.

    • @baddriddimworkshop
      @baddriddimworkshop 3 года назад

      @@asbjo yes ,i'm talking about manipulating the keyboards sound if it's recording and sound is coming out of play head at the same time and you speed up the reel , it will be speeded up while recording and also speeded up at playback so the actual speeded up sound you hear will be twice as fast as what he is doing to the reel, unles he stopes moving the reel before the sound hits the play head(in that case it wont be doubled), if that makes sens. i didnt take it as disrespect man, it's just that i'm used to these things. no worrys

  • @LavLab
    @LavLab 5 лет назад +3

    👽👍

  • @Billy-rz1jg
    @Billy-rz1jg 3 года назад +1

    Anyone know the song at 5:30? The build is beautiful.

  • @KosmoDeuz
    @KosmoDeuz 2 года назад

    Japan in one word ))

  • @PugFaceMedia
    @PugFaceMedia 3 года назад

    At 0:35 I learned “spice” in Japanese is “spice”

  • @todanceonbrokenglass
    @todanceonbrokenglass Год назад

    I love you crazy bastards so much. If you want some old US inspiration listen to late 60’s group United States Of America. They made one album on Columbia in ‘68, but it’s gold

  • @FedericoIrisOsmoTinelli
    @FedericoIrisOsmoTinelli 3 года назад +1

    More than punk, seventy psychedelic freedom culture mixed with 90' freedom culture electro-beat (without shit addiction)

  • @nojusticeanywhere
    @nojusticeanywhere 3 года назад +1

    are there records? I want to buy this music!

  • @ilovevanhalen
    @ilovevanhalen 4 года назад +2

    かっけ〜

  • @spensert4933
    @spensert4933 3 года назад +1

    We need kind and creative techies running things not er what we have.

  • @bobsbits5357
    @bobsbits5357 5 месяцев назад

    hi do a re work on the tascam 38 of the main logic pcb it was bad and could not be fix so a dip the pcb and got all the parts of the pcb
    and i started to re make note the power ic's that deal with the motor s were all right i going to post a video this year i know i will get a alot of mail
    the logic to make the motor turn is 2v to 5v the more tenson the more volt don't go over 5's you kill the power ic's
    how i have a tascam 38 that can spool tape like a pro deck a knob just to move the tape in play back in low tenson rew mode
    so it easy to do alot more things

  • @lovelylovelylovely1629
    @lovelylovelylovely1629 Год назад

    Howwww only 78 comments?!!

  • @MBungle
    @MBungle 4 года назад +2

    These guys need to make techno. Germany would shit itself

  • @luqmxxxn
    @luqmxxxn 3 года назад

    Anjir ngerti gamelan pisan cuk? Weh adoh tenan dolanmu 😮

  • @corrupteddrive
    @corrupteddrive 3 года назад

    Who disliked this?

  • @id34l48
    @id34l48 3 года назад

    Magnetism has everything to do with music

  • @Hemux0
    @Hemux0 3 года назад +1

    ブレードランナーについて、よく分からなかったけど、あれは冗談だったかしら?まさかSFは本当に好きじゃない?嘘だろう。。。

  • @sirlorax9744
    @sirlorax9744 3 года назад +1

    the guy on the right is the anime man
    bottom text

  • @batnasangankhuu3039
    @batnasangankhuu3039 3 года назад

    ёстой гоё

  • @jennalee5967
    @jennalee5967 4 года назад

    how are those 3 young men not fluent in English? They must live in deep corners in Japan where they dont get much exposure to western media/content.

    • @casanovafunkenstein5090
      @casanovafunkenstein5090 3 года назад +5

      The number of people who speak English well is actually very low in Japan (which in turn leads to really poor educational materials being used in schools, as there is little to no involvement from people who are fluent enough in both English and Japanese to catch the errors) and most films and other media that gets imported is dubbed, so it's not all that surprising that they wouldn't be confident enough to take the interview in English.

    • @jennalee5967
      @jennalee5967 3 года назад +2

      @@casanovafunkenstein5090 fiugering then its mostly the elite who go to private schools were its taught as a dual language or take personal effort to refine thier English

  • @joshshepherd2390
    @joshshepherd2390 3 года назад

    You can do the same with vinyl why waste good hard to find tape. Not cool

  • @Acidmarx
    @Acidmarx 4 месяца назад