Boards of Canada's Olsen Performed on a Pdp-1 [video]
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A video surfaced of Boards of Canada's Olsen performing on a PDP-1, a historic minicomputer, highlighting the intersection of music and early computing technology.
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gausswho
3 months ago
Sometimes you watch a master in action, it's like their hands, their smooth motion, effortless nonchalance... is subtle ephemeral uncanny valley. How?! Their consciousness at this moment feels made from without. A subject of the object.
gabrielsroka
3 months ago
"Olson" is a song by Scottish group "Boards of Canada"
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