In the lazy hours of the afternoon, a friend sent us this. We then spent a good quarter of an hour taken with it's little beauty's.
As said on the website, "In Bb (the musical note B Flat) 2.0 is a collaborative music and spoken word project conceived by
Darren Solomon from
Science for Girls, and developed with contributions from users." Basically, a New York artist who fiddles around with IDM and computer based music began stitching together disparate YouTube elements, all played in the same musical scale. He began by performing a bunch of these clips himself, but as the project grew he put out the word to other artists to help contribute.
In his email, he outlined the instructions for contributors to follow:
- Sing or play an instrument, in Bb major. Simple, floating textures work best, with no tempo or groove. Leave lots of silence between phrases.
- Record in a quiet environment, with as little background noise as possible.
- Wait about 5-10 seconds to start playing.
- Total length should be between 1-2 minutes.
- Thick chords or low instruments don't work very well.
- Record at a low volume to match the other videos.
- You can listen to this mix on headphones while you record.
- After you upload to YouTube, play your video along with the other videos on this page to make sure the volume matches.
The final construction is a page of 20 YouTube videos that, regardles of when you press play, all somehow merge into creating a mysterious sympathetic symphony; effectively making the viewer the mixer in the process. It's beautiful. And not unlike the random clips pulled together by a fellow calling himself Kutiman, that we featured here a while back. Only this time, everyone's in on the project.
Go to the 'In B Flat' website to play.