Mashups. Sampling a President named Bush. Bah. In the early 90s, life was better. Multimedia collective Emergency Broadcast Network was sampling found footage in truly clever ways — using VHS, artifacts and all. And driving around in massive projection assault vehicles with rotating satellite dishes. And building rockets into golf bags. Really. Now that’s my kind of visualist. Robokid hooks us up with this “documercial” explaining their work (contrats on having a Wikipedia page, Josh!):
If you enjoyed the DJ/VJ grand piano, from EBN’s Gardner Post, you’ve only just seen the beginning. EBN were legendary in their time, but since there was no YouTube in 1992, it was tricky getting hold of their videos. Now, no such problem. Here’s one example of their work, which wins extra points for featuring a piano-playing pigeon:
Two words
Concrete TV http://www.concretetv.com/
Kinda maybe probably not safe for work, but growing up in Manhattan watching this late at night was the shit!
I loved EBN's album. The only cd I've ever worn out playing. This was the first multimedia disk I had ever seen. I remember inviting friends to my house so they could look at these videos on my computer. I was blown away by how they incorporated video and audio to make something really awesome. Thanks for bringing back those fond memories!
You should also note that EBN has been utilizing the EJ MIDI Turntable with the DJ/VJ grand piano. http://www.mixmusicvideo.com. EJ MIDI Turntable is developed by EJ Enterprises and is the world's first optical turntable that mixes video.
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