If you noticed a jump at 7:01, it's because WMG made a claim that blocked the video worldwide, so I needed to trim a clip of Bruno Mars' "Treasure" video out. You can find the full video on Nebula at watchnebula.com/videos/polyphonic-the-beauty-of-degraded-media
@juliannaagoncillo6090
4 жыл бұрын
Because WMG owns EVERYTHING -- Natalie Wynn, "Opulence"
@emilsgosko5217
4 жыл бұрын
I dislike your tone of speech but otherwise an ok video. Maybe a bit too long. Although, actually your voice makes this video quite hard to watch.
@HaHaHaLMFAOtv
4 жыл бұрын
@@emilsgosko5217 To me it's the opposite. I like his tone of voice and the way he articulates
@oanaalexia
4 жыл бұрын
@@emilsgosko5217 It's always a hit or miss when it comes to voices. I like his voice a lot actually.
@oanaalexia
4 жыл бұрын
Big Joel?
@adamogilvie9382
4 жыл бұрын
"Whatever you now find weird, ugly, uncomfortable, and nasty about a new medium will surely become its signature. CD distortion, the jitteriness of digital video, the crap sound of 8-bit - all of these will be cherished and emulated as soon as they can be avoided. It's the sound of failure: so much modern art is the sound of things going out of control, of a medium pushing to its limits and breaking apart. The distorted guitar sound is the sound of something too loud for the medium to carry it. The blues singer with the cracked voice is the sound of an emotional cry too powerful for the throat that releases it. The excitement of grainy film, of bleached out black and white, is the excitement of witnessing events too momentous for the medium assigned to record them" - Brian Eno, probably my favorite quote on this subject
@mauve9266
4 жыл бұрын
Damn that’s a really good way to put it
@psychill86
4 жыл бұрын
Adam Ogilvie c
@tablon8539
4 жыл бұрын
yes, I was looking for this on the video, now it's on the comments, thank you
@Syfoll
4 жыл бұрын
I wanted to write a comment woth this quote. Thanks for fulfilling my wish.
@bobdude6458
4 жыл бұрын
in the future, people will create a cracked iphone screen aesthetic
@randomhandle000
4 жыл бұрын
One form of media that I was surprised wasn't mentioned was books. They beautiful capture this same idea. There's nothing like buying a new book to imprint your life on, dog-earing pages, writing in the margins, underlining sections, wearing out the spine, etc. And what's just as great is buying a used book to see the life of someone else imprinted on it.
@veggiedragon1000
4 жыл бұрын
Gabriel Smith They do, the way the pages mellow and splotches following the oils of fingers on well thumped pages, the smell of an aged volume, is wonderful. But if you dog ear a book thou art a heathen.
@veggiedragon1000
4 жыл бұрын
Bill Wade In Britain at least they seem to be going strong.
@adamgardiner5869
4 жыл бұрын
Gabriel Smith I never borrow books off friends because I have tendency to read in the shower/bath. All my books have a bit of water damage so I know they're mine!
@Simplyprax
4 жыл бұрын
Specially with shared books in libraries, you could tell there was something interesting coming because of the wear in the pages, really a very interesting effect that could make reading a lot more joyful.
@HotStrange
4 жыл бұрын
veggiedragon1000 lol
@garysmith9823
4 жыл бұрын
An older relative use to say, "It's the wear that makes it real."
@schnoz2372
4 жыл бұрын
A profound truth wrapped in simple words.
@ruaoneill9050
4 жыл бұрын
That’a a smart relative!
@weebunny
4 жыл бұрын
Cf. The Velveteen Rabbit.
@sethmurrin5273
4 жыл бұрын
Finally an A E S T H E T I C Polyphonic video.
@_xTimeToClutch
4 жыл бұрын
We need MORE.
@theocean1973
4 жыл бұрын
This video reminded me of Contrapoints’ “Opulence” and hbomberguy’s “The Power of VHS.” I would highly recommend them too!
@sethmurrin5273
4 жыл бұрын
@@theocean1973 I'll check em out, thanks for the suggestion.
@mag866
4 жыл бұрын
Pikaia Gracilens. Thanks so much for spreading the name of those channels mate
@1ava
4 жыл бұрын
god i hate the word "AESTHETIC"
@pssurvivor
4 жыл бұрын
i think the beauty lies in the fascinated horror we hold for degradation in a world that seeks to sanitise and preserve everything. And as we realise the futility of that adventure we find beauty in loss itself
@snowyyyyyyyyyyyyy
4 жыл бұрын
you can find people's mixtapes from 30 years ago in second hand stores, but in 30 years from now will anyone be able to find our spotify playlists? it's interesting how digital media is both permanent and fragile, both flawed and sanitized.
@Shoulderpads-mcgee
4 жыл бұрын
They’re like two sides of the same coin. The perfectly preserved digital media lost and forgotten in the sea of information and copies and the degrading physical falling apart and wearing but passed through so many hands with so many memories
@chloepechlaner7806
4 жыл бұрын
My favorite color is that gradient between the yellow of adged paper and the stains where someone spilled coffee.
@TheR6R6R
4 жыл бұрын
nice profile pic
@alifaan595
4 жыл бұрын
My favourite colour is chromatic aberration
@1ava
4 жыл бұрын
you're so random and quirky!!!
@radgoodcoffee
4 жыл бұрын
so beige
@imlaion2133
4 жыл бұрын
Cowboy Bebop stood in my mind during the whole video. Although it came out in the 90's, the show captures the nostalgia that I believed people felt watching that decade come to an end, the serie's universe seems frozen in time, not wanting to let the go of the culture. For me, the show it's an ode to 90's nostalgia.
@juicebox9465
3 жыл бұрын
I agree. Something that many people notice in cowboy bebop is how worn and lived in the world is. In contrast to many sci fi settings where everything is sleek and futuristic, in the cowboy bebop world every single object seems to have its own history, it's humanity. For example the scratches on the bebop or old posters on the walls. It fits in really nicely with the shows themes of coming to terms with your past and nostalgia.
@jmalmsten
4 жыл бұрын
It makes me think of visual art in general. For the longest time, painters strived for lifelike realism. But as photography was popularized, realism became boring and mundane. So artists started experimenting with how far from realism they could go and still be able to call it a painting. Same thing with movies. As the medium codified what is the most efficient way of telling stories counter culture broke it down in several new waves. Purposely doing it as wrong as possible to see where the boundraries break. I think it's the same in most, if not all mediums of art. That once you get past perfect imitation of reality you het bored and want to break it and put it together badly just to see and hear what the result is.
@moth.monster
4 жыл бұрын
I feel like the "deep fried memes" have this same aesthetic but for a younger generation. The generation loss caused by careless screenshots, each time getting re-compressed with the same lossy algorithm, cropping and stretching and converting until the image becomes a blocky noisy mess, frequently with a few captions added along the way. Sure, the fact that it's "memes" makes it seem of a lower value than music is seen as. But I think modern memes are no less than neo-dadaist pop art, the graffiti of our generation. It won't be seen as art now, but come a few decades, I wouldn't be surprised if there was a gallery dedicated to showing off the strange nonsensical images created simply to amuse a few friends on social media.
@bluethelucario6194
4 жыл бұрын
C O R N N F L A E K
@masicbemester
4 жыл бұрын
@@bluethelucario6194 *C O R M F L A E K
@first-last557
3 жыл бұрын
@@masicbemester I have it on good ground that 106 says cornn
@knightwing5169
3 жыл бұрын
The worst part about memes as an art form is that untold numbers of them will be lost to time.
@InventorZahran
3 жыл бұрын
@@knightwing5169 Internet archivers: "Not if we have anything to say about it!"
@p0ssum798
4 жыл бұрын
Music that sounds slightly messed up, or grainy, or sound far away, takes me to a time I wasn't yet alive for, but still have an appreciation for it's existence. Not saying "I was born in the wrong era" but I feel a fondness for older stuff, and it's a weird feeling being nostalgic over something you have never experienced yourself, yet seem to miss it anyway.
@MedlifeCrisis
4 жыл бұрын
This was a beautiful video, visually and audibly. Absolutely superb. One of my favourites out of all of yours.
@caesarorzell600
4 жыл бұрын
I have a copy of Green Day's "When I Come Around" that I recorded off of someone's VHS tape because it sounds so much better that way. It actually gives me the chills when I listen to it, it's so comforting.
@justlily1209
Жыл бұрын
I know it’s been three years but if you at all have any sort of copy of it that could be digitally sent I would LOVE to hear that
@SmithMrCorona
4 жыл бұрын
Interesting video. I'm an artist that grew up using traditional medium - paints, pens, inks, brushes, papers. When digital started making headway, I transferred over. I thought it was great. It was smooth, mistakes were quickly corrected, sketches were quickly transformed into completed works. And it all mimicked what I was using before, but with no mess, and everything was at the tip of my fingers... apart from equipment and software costs, I didn't have to deal with supplies. If I wanted to make an "oil painting", or a "water colour" presto - I had what I needed. Cut to today, and I rarely do anything using digital. I feel more comfortable using the old ways, and I now love the mistakes, and things that are essentially un-correctable. Further, I now have a better eye for what was created digitally and what was created analog. Digital is great, and I would not decry it... but I feel there is so much more to explore when things are more tied to reality.
@soulchorea
4 жыл бұрын
when I was a little kid (80s), I had this same concept in mind, so I went and crushed up all my best baseball cards to make them look older 🤦♂️
@paisleyprincess7996
4 жыл бұрын
Like when you’d take a shirt and tear it up to make it look rough and worn...Did that too
4 жыл бұрын
In the 1970's the Star Trek animated series was transferred from one incomparable media format to another for distribution. The audio recording pitch was off by 1/4 and made the soundtrack and dialogue surreal, warbling and chaotic. To me it is the most ASMR thing I grew up with.
@charlesblithfield6182
4 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best videos I have ever seen in 10 years of watching on line videos. Thank you. This relates to my painting practice where I purposely introduce errors, hack at the board with carving tools, contrast areas of hyper-realism with roughly painted areas, purposely draw attention to the process used (leaving guide marks and pencil under drawing visible) and introducing visual artifacts that emulate digital capture, transmission, recording, compression and display errors as well as reproducing the conventions of screen based viewing ( overlapping windows, abstracted icons, buttons and the like).
@bacjam6139
4 жыл бұрын
I'm so happy he talked about the mountain goats
@thecosmicblueautie
5 ай бұрын
Did you see his video on Tallahassee already?
@retrofuture1989
4 жыл бұрын
As someone who loves collecting vinyl, VHS, cassette tapes and all other outdated forms of media, I can definitely say this video does a great job explaining why we like these things. Keep thrifting my friends.
@grantenglish5353
4 жыл бұрын
You know, it's kind of like characters in a story. When you want to create a character that the audience loves, imperfections make the perfection. A character without flaws seems boring, without conflict, outside the zone of relatability. There's a reason why Marie Sues are avoided, unless for creative reasons. That's just my thoughts anyway, and I've just passed the 4 minute mark.
@liamaldrich2476
4 жыл бұрын
This is one thing i always loved about the Mountain Goats, he only released on cassette for a good while
@mynamedoesntmatter9013
4 жыл бұрын
This reminds me a lot of why I love Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats. They actually recorded the majority of their guitar and bass on a cracked amp for a very atmospheric, early 60's garage band sound.
@Dragonkinglover
4 жыл бұрын
I swear this guy can make anyone seem like a genius
@jaiaq292
4 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@mariomujica2987
4 жыл бұрын
This channel has become one of my favorites ever on youtube. Thank god i stumbled into one of your videos a year ago. Your analysis through logical argument and careful, precise description of topics carefully selecting each word is astounding. Keep up the good work. I hope you never stop making these videos EDIT: i almost forgot to mention your amazing video editing. Your video essays are amazing in almost every facet
@clarapilier
4 жыл бұрын
My favorite rendition of Hey Jude is the one where you can the band talking in the background.
@XOPOIIIO
4 жыл бұрын
I love to hear music through big distortions or to hear far away music in open air through wind and sounds of summer. When music is barely felt it's just like from another world.
@bbpoltergeist
4 жыл бұрын
Your videos are just incredibly good, Polyphonic. You make some of the most interesting material on KZitem.
@paisleyprincess7996
4 жыл бұрын
What is no degradation of imagery was cutting-edge back in my day. The old VHS movies, 80s shows, horror flicks. The glitches on the VHS tapes...All of that brings back a nostalgia that I long for. That’s why I collect vinyl, because the crackling of those records, the covers, and the stories they tell you can’t get with digital. Seeing this really makes me miss my childhood
@TJones-zw9mw
4 жыл бұрын
I like comparing sound quality to heat. Digital music is like using the furnace in your house and a vinyl is like a campfire. Sure digital is more efficient and what you use most of the time, but nothing has the charm of sitting around the campfire. It’s a very intimate, very real experience that you don’t get very often anymore. That’s what makes it so appealing to me.
@peytonjackson855
4 жыл бұрын
I love this different but still related kind of video
@amberfillmore3517
4 жыл бұрын
Oh man, every one has that one vhs tape. And we all know exactly where it's gonna drag. Mine is Last of the Mohicans, and the whole into is warbly from rewinding to listen to the music so many times.
@ThePS3Beast109
4 жыл бұрын
I will find you - Clannad
@davidellis5141
4 жыл бұрын
Most used VHS copies of Fast Times At Ridgemont High have issues right as Pheobe Cates is emerging from the pool ! 😥
@thecosmicblueautie
5 ай бұрын
I wonder why. 😂
@harrisonE
4 жыл бұрын
So good to see Basinski get more recognition. I told his story in an old video of mine. You really connected some amazing dots here.
@swadloom40
3 жыл бұрын
I want to say, the bit at 5:21 where you can just *barely* hear Happiness is a Warm Gun through all the noise is the first time I've gotten legitamite chills in a while.
@1chauka1
4 жыл бұрын
I was listening to disintegartion loops like yesterday, and when I saw title of this film, this album was the first thing that came into my mind.
@lynchie2073
4 жыл бұрын
like you mentioned, this is the backbone of Gerard Way's Hesitant Alien album. he aimed to emulate the eighties fuzzrock and Britpop he grew up with, and incorporated their flaws (such as vocals being put under guitars in mixing so you could barely hear them) into the songs and music videos. he even filmed the videos on old cameras and film
@ananosanikidze2520
4 жыл бұрын
passing mention of caretaker chills me from head to toe still
@ghastlyshimmer
4 жыл бұрын
I watched the whole naruto in 360p this year because that's the quality I remember as a kid. It made it 10x more immersive.
@shortcutDJ
4 жыл бұрын
i don't see it like you do bc i lived through that era, younger folks such as yourself are the only ones who have this feeling of nostalgia they never experienced the real thing
@pattykrabbies
4 жыл бұрын
Clicked because of the cool thumbnail, hooked when I realized how interesting a topic this is
@organfairy
4 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one who thinks there is fine line between musicians doing their best on flawed technology and musicians trying to sound flawed on perfect technology?
@thecosmicblueautie
5 ай бұрын
There can be. One likes the ruggedness of sound, the other has no choice in what they use. But do they provide the same kind of beauty, though?
@organfairy
5 ай бұрын
@@thecosmicblueautie I think the latter has a big risk of appering fake. It's like when you buy a pair of 'factory worn' jeans: They look worn but there is something that seems wrong, something that sets them apart from jeans you have worn yourself over many years. It's the same with media. My pet peeve at the moment is artificial film scratches.They are often used in documentaries to make everything look dated, even if the footage is new, but the scratches are often cyclic (the same scratch appear at the same place at a fixed pace) so they look added instead of real scratches that are random.
@allanbani
4 жыл бұрын
Damn that William Basinski story nearly made me cry :O Such a deep meaning.
@tonylancer7367
4 жыл бұрын
I think I and a lot of YT video guzzlers can agree that you're a real gem of a channel in this sea of weird and crazy channels on YT. There's something special about the aesthetic of the past, nostalgia of people who lived in the era and the new generation that want to live like the old era.
@thehmc
4 жыл бұрын
I've been saying this for a few years. The future is physical. Digital will be looked back on as a weird era that didn't live up to expectations.
@danacoleman4007
4 жыл бұрын
Interesting thought
@blankface911
4 жыл бұрын
Holy crap this dug into a thought train I've had for so long. Thank you for analyzing this for us, it's so nice to have someone put this into words, why older sounds effect us the way they do. Well done, per the usual my dude.
@sashasai
4 жыл бұрын
Blankface91 oh my god me too
@thebeingdestroyerofworlds8690
4 жыл бұрын
The begining of wish you were here is my favorite example
@revealzed1853
4 жыл бұрын
Please talk about vaporwave
@sabdg4148
4 жыл бұрын
dude this sounds like a good idea I love vaporwave
@markusfen01
4 жыл бұрын
I would recommend this video. Have you seen it? kzitem.info/news/bejne/lph4uWtqn6B7hqA
@theocean1973
4 жыл бұрын
Why is no one talking about Vaporwave?
@harrylane4
4 жыл бұрын
@@theocean1973 a lot of people did when it reached its peak a few years back
@AidanChickTV
4 жыл бұрын
@@harrylane4 Peak? Maybe in terms of mainstream popularity, but not in terms of quality or number of releases.
@bellringer53
4 жыл бұрын
I remember being very little, and everytime we would go to the movies I would search for the little burns and black marks. It made that film seem precious and used. I cant really describe it but it's the same feeling that degrade music gives me....
@marcscordato4385
4 жыл бұрын
It’s been said when we say someone has character we are referring to there character flaws .
@Tricksterbelle
4 жыл бұрын
I wonder if we're going to see a similar appreciation for the rough edges and tags on this era of 3d printed objects as their printers get wider distribution and better quality. Also, the 'Clair De Lune but in a haunted, abandoned ballroom' genre of youtube is totally leaning into the horror/beauty of degradation.
@Devo_gx
4 жыл бұрын
Just think of how many people have fond memories of listening to a static-filled AM radio broadcast of baseball or hockey games from a famous announcer (or a famous moment). It's not just the moment; it's how the moment was heard - degraded audio or not
@IanMT56
4 жыл бұрын
This is probably my favorite video you’ve made, as a music creator it really gave me a different perspective on things. You also managed to enlighten me on some incredible music I will check out
@generationdead
4 жыл бұрын
I love the pops and crackles of vinyls, it makes it gives it so much more character and worth buying vinyl used
@pedrodeeg3893
4 жыл бұрын
This is a fantastic take on so many musical styles.
@ShawnTewes
4 жыл бұрын
Your Tapestry story really hit me close to home. I recently got a hand me down vinyl copy of "Tapestry" as well. It was given to me by my aunt who got it from my grandfather after he passed away. Over a decade ago in a different country, I discovered a home recorded reel to reel containing a dub of Tapestry in my grandma's attic made sometime in the early 70s, with a locked groove towards the end of the recording. Curious, I played the vinyl from my aunt, and sure enough, the same scratch as that 40+ year old dub is still there. That locked groove now serves as a wonderful reminder of both grandparents, and seemingly has quite a bit of history.
@QuyenNguyen-cp4eq
4 жыл бұрын
The strive for perfection in sound and visual form comes with a price. It’s not crackles of vinyl that makes it special but the quality of its natural soundstage that’s flattened in the digital conversation. As a visual artist we explore reality and reintegrate our thoughts into a meaningful piece in culture. It’s not preference for degraded visual effects for nostalgic simulation… it’s about human nature with imperfections.
@bennymills_
2 жыл бұрын
this is one of my favourite videos on youtube, everything covered was necessary to the whole yet every little idea was explained so articulately about a topic that i find very interesting. thank you so much for this.
@horseenthusiast1250
4 жыл бұрын
Oh man, this video hit me. One of the things I’ve noticed lately as I rewatch Inuyasha (an anime I watched in middle school), it makes me feel little again when I see the little pink and green streaks, the little ghosts of old tv in the sections of white and grey. And listening to my music on a record player always just feels so much more personal than on my phone. I mean, I remember the afternoon I listened to Billie Holiday and Simon and Garfunkel while I drew and it rained outside, but I can’t remember many specific days where I listened to music on KZitem. There’s certainly something to be said for the stronger presence in analog media than in digital.
@laikathunderchild5746
4 жыл бұрын
Oh I rue the loss of so many of my vinyl albums and singles...just too many manic moves & loss of attention “You never know what you’ve lost until it’s gone “
@Hummabubba
4 жыл бұрын
Oh my god I am SO SO happy you brought up Disintergration Tapes! One of my the most amazing pieces of music ever.
@garrett2604
9 ай бұрын
Sublime was a band that released a lot of “unfinished” audio and I think it helps listeners feel much closer to the artist.
@CameronMcKee
4 жыл бұрын
this was a really interesting video to a question I had never thought of before but as always it is top notch! One aspect this made me think of is the benefit it gives to seeing a band live. There is nothing worse to me than seeing a live band that sounds exactly like their record, regardless of how talented they are. For example I saw Mumford and Sons 3 years ago after waiting and waiting for them to come to my city since before Sigh No More was a thing. I was soooooo disappointed because they sounded EXACTLY like the record. No improve over any songs, no stretching of songs or dragging out notes in choruses, just beat for beat, line for line identical. Had their records been on a degraded media like a record this wouldn't be an issue cuz there wouldn't be the same crisp clear sound
@earthbenderjfjdj4335
4 жыл бұрын
My favorite video of yours!! I love this topic, most especially lofi-hiphop. Anywayyy, this was nice and I love the balance you have found between objectivity and subjectivity. Please, please keep, the subjectivity because that's what make you more enjoyable, intimate and real. God, I love how delivery of a line when it's some thing very personal to you or something intimate. I also love how your love for something almost crosses the screen and hits my face. You're amazing!! You're video editing is so good as well!! Keep up the good work!!
@bevadryl
4 жыл бұрын
Alice by Tom Waits is fantastic in the style of lo-fi because it’s not exactly lo-fi, in fact it’s very clean and very clear. However you can hear the gentle noises and shuffling of the people playing, as if you’re watching a live show in a pub.
@CubicApocalypse128
Жыл бұрын
9:24 It's worth noting, this is actually where the whole Caretaker thing started. His first album as the Caretaker was titled "Selected Memories from the Haunted Ballroom" and the final track is the same Al Bowlly song the movie ends on.
@MITCHY_B_2003
4 жыл бұрын
I still have a bunch of old Polaroid vhs tapes from the 90’s that I recorded movies from tv onto , old ass commercials and all . I recorded “Home Alone” on vhs on the NBC channel back in the winter of 1996 or 97 ( I was 7years old) , during that time there was a big blizzard slamming the Boston area and when ever those old nbc news commercials show clips of the blizzard and weather man commentary , it brings me back to the exact feelings I had when I originally recorded it .
@wallywutsizface6346
4 жыл бұрын
My favorite example of this is “Game of Pricks” by Guided by Voices (the alien lanes version). I used to not like the low quality of the recording, but I now appreciate it
@jomy10-games
4 жыл бұрын
A lot of movies are still shot on film because of their organic feel, because of the grain on the footage. A lot of people put film noise on their digital movies to recreate that effect. In this case, we've become so used it, most successful movies have that grain.
@anothersmallpotatopassingb8167
4 жыл бұрын
that is also why "worn-out" jeans are evertrending, and major brands reproduce this effects so that you feel like you have shaped it, eventhough ultraconsumerism shaped it for you and didn't give you the time to.
@cryptidproductions3160
4 жыл бұрын
I have an old, well-loved, it also obviously cared for and cherished copy of Led Zepplin's Untitled I found in a tote bin on the curb I feel the same about as you do about that record you mentioned. It's a bit rough but there's something special about knowing it's because it's nearly 50 years old and was likely someone's favorite album they experienced Stairway to Heaven on for the first time back in the day. It gives listening to it a special feeling like hearing a window into the past.
@willelliot4001
4 жыл бұрын
Every Video is better thank the last. Thanks so much for all the work that goes into these and keep it up.
@bluethelucario6194
4 жыл бұрын
This is why I love things like the Vaporwave aesthetic. It’s just... so beautiful. Also, one artist that makes good use of distortion is Jack Stauber. Just listen to Baby Hotline, you’ll see why.
@someguy2135
4 жыл бұрын
Early CD's of older albums sometimes included a small print warning that the original master tapes were flawed and that the CD would reproduce these flaws. Often the "flaws" were a result of analog recording.
@clarapilier
4 жыл бұрын
Artist don't strive for perfection, but for emotional reaction.
@andrewcleary9952
4 жыл бұрын
10:17 that has to be one of the most well-known drumbeats in the history of music by this point.
@zacman8472
4 жыл бұрын
As usual an amazing video!! I’m personally a sucker for using vintage mediums like vinyl records and film cameras for a long while but never really understood why I enjoyed the aesthetic so much? Your video explains why so well. Much appreciated Poly.
@BariumCobaltNitrog3n
4 жыл бұрын
Tape hiss is also called white noise. It is the reason high-pass filters were invented but Its calming effect has been well-documented. The word nostalgia literally means broken memory. It is something remembered differently and better than reality.
@EuropeanQoheleth
2 жыл бұрын
Nostalgia does my head in. People say things were better then but then people deliberately put the flaws of things from back then into stuff. The good things were good and the bad things are good also...because they're old. If ever there was proof that nostalgia has nothing to do with quality or how things really were it's this kind of overly sentimental stuff.
@metal666pwns
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for making this video. I just bought a JVC GRC1 camcorder, the first VHS-C camcorder with playback and featured on Back to The Future/Stranger Things and am absolutely doing this for the degraded media. There are so many possibilities and mixing new media with this old will be amazing. P.S: Welcome to Vancouver! Would be awesome if you held an event to meet your subscribers :)
@urbanfox7322
4 жыл бұрын
Music seems as the soil where cool ideas are grown by you for this channel. This is another great video. Thx!
@snowyyyyyyyyyyyyy
4 жыл бұрын
jenna stoeber made an excellent video about the use of degraded media, what she called the obsolete, in horror. it elaborated on the part here where polyphonic talked about music and horror.
@LittleMusicBoxes
4 жыл бұрын
“Let’s take a closer look” - I’m 1:41 in and I can’t be more excited. I recently fell in love with lofi and started producing my own beats. This should be interesting look at why it’s so novel yet familiar and what it is about that that is so appealing.
@WorldWideWong
4 жыл бұрын
you really went all-in on the "Degrade Media Aesthetic" in this video!
@NeverlandSystemPixie
4 жыл бұрын
Degradation is the imperfection of the medium (real or simulated)... it's comforting cuz WE are imperfect. It's unsettling to have too much sanitized perfection. In fact, that was a HUGE complaint at the "prequels" of Star Wars movies... they were ALL CG and pristine and without any degradation or flaw. They were TOO clean, too pure, too perfect.
@ply61
4 жыл бұрын
My mother made me a tape with the music I liked the most when I was a kid back in the day, the tape ended up in a box for a long time, I downloaded the music I had and listened saying "something's missing", then one day I found that old box with tapes, played it and I went back in time, I had this clear picture of me, with a Walkman and my headphones at the age of 6-7... Was a warm and intense moment and yet i ended up feeling sad. Not sure how to explain it, but I prefer that hissing and worn out tape over the Spotify file I have in my phone
@schnoz2372
4 жыл бұрын
I could listen to you talk all day, not a single second of that video was anything less than spectacular. At the end I wished it had been an hour longer . Luckily you’ve got a whole ass channel lol
@carrotsporks
4 жыл бұрын
A great example is Tom Waits' album Mule Variations. Most of it was recorded in a barn, or outside the barn, and the sound is incredible. It's a feeling that is very warm and personal, but also open and distant. The specific acoustics of that environment add a layer to the music that's inimitable. Additionally, there are "flaws" and mistakes you'd never get in a studio. In Chocolate Jesus, a rooster crowed in the background during one recording, and he decided to keep that track as the final release. Additionally, you can just make out the distant roar of a plane going by overhead. in the song Take It With Me, a very intimate, personal song, you can hear occasional creaks from the piano bench, and a gentle thumping from the piano's peddles as Tom plays. The imperfections add up to really make it feel as though you're sitting there with him as he plays, and he's playing to you directly. Combined with his iconic voice, you can almost smell the smoke and whisky in the room with you. As you can probably guess, I really love the album and highly recommend it.
@thenotsorealslim
4 жыл бұрын
It is worth mentioning that there is a mountain goats song literally about this or at least named for the phenomenon--source decay
@JakeTheBear1
4 жыл бұрын
I also want to relate this with photography, why I "retrograde" back to using film. Digital photography has become too easy and perfect. Analog ones and film feels much more honest and human.
@singlesideman
4 жыл бұрын
Very glad that you included William Basinski - we met at an intimate performance at Issue Project Room in Brooklyn about ten years ago. Lovely gentleman. I believe the video you're referring to was actually made by his partner, James Elaine. I'm surprised that you made no mention of microsound and lowercase, or The Books...
@HotStrange
4 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favorite videos of yours and I’m glad you brought it up. There is definitely something special about it. That Caretaker album is something else. Aaron Dilloway is a great noise artist as well.
@joppevanderveer9589
4 жыл бұрын
One example of this that came to mind immediately was the voice crack of the female vocalist in Gimme Shelter by the Rolling Stones. The imperfection makes it so much more beautiful and I always get chills when I hear that, there is just so much emotion in that imperfection.
@desu38
4 жыл бұрын
This sounds a lot like wabi-sabi. According to Wikipedia it's an "acceptance of transience and imperfection".
@canturgan
4 жыл бұрын
There's a Jeff Beck track called Goodbye Pork Pie hat (by Charles Mingus) on his "Wired" album where he comes in early by mistake but he left it in the mix on the released record. That shows class and the mistake makes him human and enhances the listening experience.
@rundoetx
4 жыл бұрын
I kept stopping the video trying to figure out that that noise I was hearing outside was. Then I realized is the slide projector sound as you change images. Cool.
@msudawg1997
4 жыл бұрын
Very insightful and thought-provoking. Thank you for covering this subject. I think it gives me insight on why I continue to hang onto all of the CDs I collected over the years, even though I never listen to them now. Each one is more than the 1's and 0's that are contained on the disk. They each are pieces in the story of me and the evolution of my musical interest.
@malikfaisal416
4 жыл бұрын
I like the distorted noise sound in Windsor Airlift "This Is Television" and "Love" combine with a calming piano
@1337megahacker
4 жыл бұрын
You worded the reason why I collect VHS tapes and LPs much better than I ever could have. Great video!
@RiseandFireBill
4 жыл бұрын
Amazing video as always, Polyphonic. I enjoy researching the references that you present in every video. Great stuff!
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