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Reminder that Brian Eno authored the Windows 95 startup sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3Ak5VgyEoc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3Ak5VgyEoc Here's t
by kibwen 3y ago
Reminder that Brian Eno authored the Windows 95 startup sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3Ak5VgyEoc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3Ak5VgyEoc
Here's that same sound slowed down 23x if you'd like to hear a more representative sample of his music, it's actually fairly beautiful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNIfbdi41ho https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNIfbdi41ho
- scarnz 3y agoThat slowed down version sounds remarkably complementary to his piece for David Lynch's Dune in 1984, the timelessly haunting "Prophecy Theme": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4onBqilHvc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4onBqilHvc
- SeanLuke 3y agoThis is cute but I think it violates the artistic integrity of his piece. The whole point of the 95 startup chime as a piece of art was that Eno took the job because he was fascinated with the idea of creating musical art entirely within a tiny time interval. Imagine if Walt Whitman became interested in writing haiku for a little while, but because he'd previously written epic poems, hey, let's stretch out his haiku to epic length. No.
- jjulius 3y agoYou're not wrong about the "point" of Eno's original approach to the chime, but I think you're taking things a bit too seriously and I respectfully disagree that it "violates the artistic integrity of his piece".
- easyThrowaway 3y agoI suggest you watching the interview of Zane Lowe with both Eno[1] and his nephew Fred "again." Gibson [2], It's clearly apparent that Eno loves this kind of "disrespectful" experiments. [1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui9TPLTV-Rk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui9TPLTV-Rk [2]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeD0g5xXo7E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeD0g5xXo7E