You just reminded me of Dave Brubeck’s Unsquare Dance, th-cam.com/video/_yExwkQYcp0/w-d-xo.html. It’s cool. I love all the variations in the percussion! In this one, th-cam.com/video/lbdEzRfbeH4/w-d-xo.html, you can hear the drummer at the end kind of laughing saying “Yeah”, being glad to have gotten through it. 🙂
You'll find this odd time signature, and many others like it, in most of Animusic's discography. Resonant Chamber, Drum Machine, Gyro Drums, Cathedral Pictures, just to name a few!
I like the videos, but I’ll have to pay closer attention to the time signatures (I’m literate, sort of, but not particularly adept - it doesn’t come naturally to me 🙂).
This'll always be a classic. I don't know if it's the unusual time signature, the robo-sunglasses, the fact that redbot's just jiving in the background, or the fact that apparently even robots can't have a percussion section without a cowbell. Simply incredible
Love the bit where Red and the "harpist" have their little jam session in unison for a second, always been my favorite part. It's like the red one was celebrating beating the blue one up there
God I remember watching these as a pre-teen! It makes me happy to see other people getting to experience this for the first time or for the sake of nostalgia.
Animusic was a huge part of my childhood and we don’t have a DVD player anymore, so I’m very happy to find these masterpieces on TH-cam. Who else watching in 2023?
@@MaxtherealmTC3421 yeah, that's why that spaceship is making sick music... In space... (If you didn't know, I was making a reference to the Alien franchise)
That would actually be worth exploring simply from a technical perspective, to actually have every instrument in the animation produce its sound at a specific point in a 3D space and have it sound different from different angles. Maybe in Animusic 3 fingers crossed?
Watch as someone makes an AI program that can create the 3D model from the video and then write the computer code to create the whole set and MIDI linkage- :exploding_head:
Animusic, especially with the slightly more recognizable individual instrumentalists work because all of them have been given very distinct and subtle flavors of personality to their animation. Something that was most certainly deliberately done. Blue is the chill experienced one, with only his continual bobbing. Red is the vibiest hypeman with slightly more exaggerated bobbing and ofc, his arms. The twins seem like they're swagging with no-look hits on the percussion. The "harpist" is focused with his head-banging to the melody. It's all purposeful and well executed personality, still fucking love it in 2023.
starship groove is such a heavy hitter. couldnt have been a cooler way to bring the project back. mark my words if i ever win the lottery im fully funding animusic 3. i understand there was the kickstarter debacle, but man id just give wayne lyttle whatever he needed to get 3 done
I use to watch the Animusic short films all the time on dvd back when I was a not even 10 years old back when it first came out, and watching it now in 4K 60fps as an adult, I’m even more blown away than I was back then. Animusic I&II will forever hold a special place in my heart, and even III never gets made, I can still experience the first two, and that makes me happy
Love these animations. Somehow I am reminded of an episode of Buck Rogers. Had this existed almost 50 years ago, it would have fit in perfectly. None the less, thank you for sharing such an uplifting work.
For the longest time, I thought that the pillars of light on the sides of the two keyboards had to be some kinda instrument that I couldn't hear. They are instruments - they're metronomes, playing to keep the rhythm of the song, which is in 7/4 time.
Beyond all the great little details everyone else has mentioned, I just noticed that there are visible scratches and scrapes on the platform from where Red and Blue have been rolling around. Incredible.
I never noticed that at 0:11 you can see one of the players still under the stage behind the drummers just jamming to the music waiting to go on stage!
“Sir, we have found a direct signal from an object of Deep Space Origin” “Patch it through, Officer.” (This thing plays) “My god” “What is it” “So remember in like elementary school when the music teacher needed something to pass time with and had an old dvd player?”
what make this look so great isnt just the high resolution or the high polygon count but the little details of the textures like how there are wear marks from where the robots go or just the textures on the robots themselves. its hard to belive this was made by 2 people over 10 years ago.
This brings back memories. My dad was really into this shit in like 2006 and he bought the DVD it was all on. We watched it constantly. Seeing this just makes me want a grilled cheese lmao.
I've been transcribing this and it always brings me a newfound appreciation for anything I do, this especially has revealed that as well as the time signature being in 7, the tempo is exactly 111 so these robots must have worked at the alien gas station 7/111
this is actually such a good example of characterization through body language. none of the ‘characters’ say a word. their only other distinguishing features are their color and the instrument they play. their forms are all very similar, with only subtle differences. yet you can still tell exactly what they’re about, just from how they move and play
a subtle detail i love that was never visible in the original resolution of this is that there are scratches on the paths the red and blue robots move along as well as on the pads they play
I may be only 11 years old, but I still have nostalgic memories of my parents showing me animusic when I was five. I always though it was creepy and real.
Message Interceptor: Sir! We’ve just intercepted a message from a potential enemy! First Officer: Really? Out here? It’s the middle of deep darn space! Pilot: Surprising innit? Message Interceptor: shall I relay the message for you? Pilot: Please do so! (this plays) Pilot: … First Officer: … Message Interceptor: I know, right? *the pilot is having memories of listening to stuff like this in school*
Me as a musician is like: these time sigs are weird. 7/4, some 6/4 thrown in every now and again. Somehow, Animusic was able to create a song that feels like it can rock and is in seven.
ever since I can remember, I've loved this song. I was the blue one, my brother was the red one, and my sister was the yellow one. I love Animusic so much.
Dean Kamen ought to hold a FIRST Robotics Competition in which EACH competitor robot has a different assignment (as in this video). On contest day, the robots would all be put on the floor at the same time, and with the push of a single button, all the robots would begin to play. (Too complex, I know, but it's a fun thought.) I'm greatly impressed with all the art, music, and technology that goes into these Animusic productions.)
an interesting detail that I just noticed is the scuff marks on the deck from the two moving robots, this implies that these guys have been doing this for a while now. every time I rewatch animusic i see some new small detail
I have a fairly deep robotic creatures are actually alive creatures but they have a metal robotic cell and the force to make music but they like it though Annie Juliet
I love the odd signature used in this song. It's not common to hear anything other than 3/4 and 4/4, so hearing this 7/4 groove was honestly bliss
You just reminded me of Dave Brubeck’s Unsquare Dance, th-cam.com/video/_yExwkQYcp0/w-d-xo.html. It’s cool. I love all the variations in the percussion! In this one, th-cam.com/video/lbdEzRfbeH4/w-d-xo.html, you can hear the drummer at the end kind of laughing saying “Yeah”, being glad to have gotten through it. 🙂
heyyy! A fellow odd time singature lover!
@@Nafinafnaf Mostly Brubeck. 🙂
You'll find this odd time signature, and many others like it, in most of Animusic's discography. Resonant Chamber, Drum Machine, Gyro Drums, Cathedral Pictures, just to name a few!
I like the videos, but I’ll have to pay closer attention to the time signatures (I’m literate, sort of, but not particularly adept - it doesn’t come naturally to me 🙂).
I love how the red robot puts its hands in the air when it's not playing.
Just vibing
Yeah it does that everytime.
Yes I know he dances, it's great!
"In the air"
Its in space, theres no *air* because its a vacum.
So you could say "puts arms up"
@@MaxtherealmTC3421 Are you saying that space is a vacuum just because there's no air up there?
This'll always be a classic. I don't know if it's the unusual time signature, the robo-sunglasses, the fact that redbot's just jiving in the background, or the fact that apparently even robots can't have a percussion section without a cowbell. Simply incredible
Crap, I'd never noticed the weird time signature. It's totally in seven. It's funny things you don't notice until they're pointed out.
He has a fever...for more cowbell.
@@vtpandauu
I got a fever, and the only prescription.. is MORE COWBELL!
needs more cowbell
That no look, back drum hit has to be the coolest thing.
Agreed
Check out some of Sugarfoot's playing, he does a lot of that stuff with his cymbals.
The dude on the right getting to that crash symbal behind him.. how freaking fast he gets there!!!! Gawd..
I love how each of the dudes has a unique feeling personality.
Love the bit where Red and the "harpist" have their little jam session in unison for a second, always been my favorite part. It's like the red one was celebrating beating the blue one up there
This is still awesome. Its a cool jam and still holds its water today!!!!
Credit to the cameraman for flying all the way out into space and filming this
Ya know, when you love your work... it ain't a job! 😜
This is Animation, it’s in the name. 😑
r/whoooosh
@@Komander5062 OK WHAT THE FRICK IS WOOSH
@@Komander5062 r/ihavereddit
God I remember watching these as a pre-teen! It makes me happy to see other people getting to experience this for the first time or for the sake of nostalgia.
i remember watching this ten seconds ago
I remember back in elementary school, my music teacher would reward us with these videos, my favorite is pipe dreams
@@phantic_omg same!!! Where has the time gone???
Animusic was a huge part of my childhood and we don’t have a DVD player anymore, so I’m very happy to find these masterpieces on TH-cam. Who else watching in 2023?
This should be Elon Musk's Theme song at Starship Base
I am still here
Fan from the start till forever. Magical stuff
I’m watching in 2024, forever reminiscing about the good ol’ days 😔
2024 actually, man time flies
Captain, our sensors are picking up something...funky.
Set phasers to groove, Mister Spock.
Cap'n, the funk is uncontainable! What should we do?!
_Release the cowbells._
@@DaveTheFloomper dammit Jim! I'm a doctor, not a backup singer for Funkadelic!
@@kennyhagan5781 But sir... The funk-a-tron can't hold us for any longer. Phasers are still good but it won't do enough.
@@DaveTheFloomper Red shirt robot is gonna die
@@No_Comment259 bruh
In space, everyone will hear you groove.
Groove so powerful, it makes Galactus dance
sound cant travel in vacum
@@MaxtherealmTC3421 yeah, that's why that spaceship is making sick music... In space...
(If you didn't know, I was making a reference to the Alien franchise)
@@MaxtherealmTC3421It can if u tune into the frequency.
Nope...no atmosphere = no sound transmission
This could actually be floating somewhere in deep space and we'd have no idea
wdym rick this is real footage from deep space. nasa told me so
We could make a religion out of this
@@BNLandim you could make a religion out of this
@@BNLandim i am joining your cult
Let do it lmao
If only there was a way to convert this into a VR concert experience! Imagine walking amidst the sounds!
That would actually be worth exploring simply from a technical perspective, to actually have every instrument in the animation produce its sound at a specific point in a 3D space and have it sound different from different angles.
Maybe in Animusic 3 fingers crossed?
im bouta learn how to make a vr game just for this
@@Icetea-2000 if the third one ever comes to fruition
Watch as someone makes an AI program that can create the 3D model from the video and then write the computer code to create the whole set and MIDI linkage- :exploding_head:
What I'd like is the red and/or blue bots as functional VR chat avatars
How am I seeing these for the first time?! This is incredible! Where has this been all my life...? 😃
Waiting on the internet
its been floating through deep space
my dad and I would dance around like the red guy when I was a kid. probably my fondest memory growing up
omg that's so adorable!
It's a red female.
my grandma and i pretended we were them
@@AlexLikens dude same😅
Animusic, especially with the slightly more recognizable individual instrumentalists work because all of them have been given very distinct and subtle flavors of personality to their animation. Something that was most certainly deliberately done.
Blue is the chill experienced one, with only his continual bobbing.
Red is the vibiest hypeman with slightly more exaggerated bobbing and ofc, his arms.
The twins seem like they're swagging with no-look hits on the percussion.
The "harpist" is focused with his head-banging to the melody.
It's all purposeful and well executed personality, still fucking love it in 2023.
The fact that we're not too far away from being able to replicate this IRL gives me joy
I feel like the red and blue torso-synths could (relatively) easily be based on gutted keyboards
I love how much personality the red robot has
they really ARE groovin! look at the red dude! this is one of my favourite pieces in 7/4!!
starship groove is such a heavy hitter. couldnt have been a cooler way to bring the project back.
mark my words if i ever win the lottery im fully funding animusic 3. i understand there was the kickstarter debacle, but man id just give wayne lyttle whatever he needed to get 3 done
I use to watch the Animusic short films all the time on dvd back when I was a not even 10 years old back when it first came out, and watching it now in 4K 60fps as an adult, I’m even more blown away than I was back then.
Animusic I&II will forever hold a special place in my heart, and even III never gets made, I can still experience the first two, and that makes me happy
I love how you can really hear the synth tones now, they sound epic
You're a legend among men, remembering this masterpiece. Senior discount for you!
The dvd menu for Animusic 2 with the interactive version of this song was absolutely fire. Still probably one of the best dvd menus ever.
This is probably one of the best remasterings out of the whole collection. It's really clean.
Love these animations.
Somehow I am reminded of an episode of Buck Rogers. Had this existed almost 50 years ago, it would have fit in perfectly.
None the less, thank you for sharing such an uplifting work.
For the longest time, I thought that the pillars of light on the sides of the two keyboards had to be some kinda instrument that I couldn't hear.
They are instruments - they're metronomes, playing to keep the rhythm of the song, which is in 7/4 time.
i love the marks that show the wear and tear of how long theyve been doing this
Me too.
Beyond all the great little details everyone else has mentioned, I just noticed that there are visible scratches and scrapes on the platform from where Red and Blue have been rolling around. Incredible.
I never noticed that at 0:11 you can see one of the players still under the stage behind the drummers just jamming to the music waiting to go on stage!
I also just noticed that!!
Holy shit
holy cow, you're right
wtf this is a crazy detail
Yellow guy is so hard to notice
I love there is never a static moment. There is movement throughout each piece. And it's jammin' too!
Absolutely stunning! What an extraordinary level of skill and talent to put this together! Wow!
Круто. Роботы отдаются музыке на полную. Космос бесконечен. Музыка вечна.
These videos were a big part of my childhood and hits me in the center of my nostalgia gland
“Sir, we have found a direct signal from an object of Deep Space Origin”
“Patch it through, Officer.”
(This thing plays)
“My god”
“What is it”
“So remember in like elementary school when the music teacher needed something to pass time with and had an old dvd player?”
Yeah Sr…What about it?
The signal appears to be groovier than the nostalgia itself
The sick thing is, i could very easily see live people trying all this and succeeding spectacularly.
Those drum fills at 2:18 are absolutely killer
Omg those two little segments back to back are my favorite part of the song
what compelled you to remaster a legacy?, well done. i always thought that i was alone in loving this stuff
I love the shrewd use of the cow bell.
More cow bell!!!
Definitely the best song by Animusic in my opinion because it’s so rapid and insanely detailed.
I watched and loved these growing up, and now my favorite band is TOOL. Its all coming together now...
"Now witness the jams of this fully funkadelic and groovy space station."
1:19 the way red is like "oh shitttt take it away blue" gets me every time
1:33 "take it away yellow" and 2:03 "take it away space lasers"
I remember watching this in music class in elementary school
I remember this being shown on PBS at night.
Me to
Me too.
Same
Same
I like the red robot dancing whenever it wasn't his musical number. Wayne and Dave certainly have a sense of humor. 😂
what make this look so great isnt just the high resolution or the high polygon count but the little details of the textures like how there are wear marks from where the robots go or just the textures on the robots themselves. its hard to belive this was made by 2 people over 10 years ago.
"So you're in a band? What instrument do you play?"
"I play the necktie."
This brings back memories. My dad was really into this shit in like 2006 and he bought the DVD it was all on. We watched it constantly. Seeing this just makes me want a grilled cheese lmao.
give me a slice
I've been transcribing this and it always brings me a newfound appreciation for anything I do, this especially has revealed that as well as the time signature being in 7, the tempo is exactly 111 so these robots must have worked at the alien gas station 7/111
We have reports of an interstellar funk approaching from the orbit of Pluto, sir.
Yep.
This sticks in my mind as the most photorealistic Animusic video of all time.
this is the only animusic video that has someone actually playing the instruments, for a given value of "someone."
Pogo sticks has it, too.
Watch pogo sticks
I’m impressed how well sound travels in the vacuum of space! 😁
this is actually such a good example of characterization through body language. none of the ‘characters’ say a word. their only other distinguishing features are their color and the instrument they play. their forms are all very similar, with only subtle differences. yet you can still tell exactly what they’re about, just from how they move and play
I always come back watching this when im sick. Currently sick and having fever dream. LETS GOOO
una maravilla de trabajo ,me encanta contemplar los movimientos
how was this upscaled? this looks incredible!!!
Wud love to see more of this...
Starship Groove!
AniMusic still alive in 2024, in 2050 this will be a real thing
A group of robots just having a jam session while flying through space feels very Hithiker's-Guide-esque 😂
Thanks for the camera crew to go all the way into space and record the robots and the spaceship
Gosh I love the 7/4! Such a groovy beat!
Can we just appreciat how our boi in blue took little to no breaks through the whole song.
He was in the moment I tell you.
Yeah red couldn't handle the heat
a subtle detail i love that was never visible in the original resolution of this is that there are scratches on the paths the red and blue robots move along as well as on the pads they play
かっこいい！
that snare is killer
Fr
Это супер. Ничего по данной теме не видел. Кайф слушать и смотреть одновременно.
Imagine being so advanced that you could basically conquer whole solar systems in only a day, and one of your engineer just goes: "haha funny music"
Yeah.
Still amazes me this was done using OpenGL and ancient hardware by today's standards.
Ahh, yes. The musically retrofitted starship that has about the same shape as an Imperial Star Destroyer.
What if these guys were Palpatine’s higher ups?
It does look a lot like a Star Destroyer. I love Animusic and The Mind's Eye, makes me wish these movies were on Netflix.
I may be only 11 years old, but I still have nostalgic memories of my parents showing me animusic when I was five. I always though it was creepy and real.
The drummers laying their heads back looking up at the dudes on the upper stage jamming away!! ♥
These videos remind me of Blue Man Crew
Message Interceptor: Sir! We’ve just intercepted a message from a potential enemy!
First Officer: Really? Out here? It’s the middle of deep darn space!
Pilot: Surprising innit?
Message Interceptor: shall I relay the message for you?
Pilot: Please do so!
(this plays)
Pilot: …
First Officer: …
Message Interceptor: I know, right?
*the pilot is having memories of listening to stuff like this in school*
They are wonderful !
Yes they are.
In space, they can't hear you Jam!
I love how "Red" is the Hype robot.
Best group I've seen in a long time :)
Nobody:
Red Robot: 🙌
Me as a musician is like: these time sigs are weird. 7/4, some 6/4 thrown in every now and again. Somehow, Animusic was able to create a song that feels like it can rock and is in seven.
id love to see this written out, but then again I wish that for most songs I hear lol
ever since I can remember, I've loved this song. I was the blue one, my brother was the red one, and my sister was the yellow one. I love Animusic so much.
The Animusic are so fun to watch. I even have there CD from years ago when they first came out!!!!
My childhood! 😭😭😭😭😭
I love this.
this one was always my favorite growing up. thank you for remastering it like this :D
... nothing gets you amped for Antiques Roadshow like a dope electronic beat.
I love it we need more videos like this
So robots can be hip and square. Amazing video, very creative and well done :)
Technically, hip and pentagonal.
@@kylestubbs8867 "erm actually pentagonal..." he is referencing beat poets with "hip and square"
I like how red guy just starts vibing at 2:10
It's female
The percussion in this one goes so hard
Dean Kamen ought to hold a FIRST Robotics Competition in which EACH competitor robot has a different assignment (as in this video). On contest day, the robots would all be put on the floor at the same time, and with the push of a single button, all the robots would begin to play. (Too complex, I know, but it's a fun thought.) I'm greatly impressed with all the art, music, and technology that goes into these Animusic productions.)
an interesting detail that I just noticed is the scuff marks on the deck from the two moving robots, this implies that these guys have been doing this for a while now. every time I rewatch animusic i see some new small detail
The blue and red robot's instrument also has wear from being touched, and the drumheads from being hit
Core memory unlocked 😂❤ elementary school music class
Amazing Video And Song.
The first Animusic video I ever saw.
I mean song
I have a fairly deep robotic creatures are actually alive creatures but they have a metal robotic cell and the force to make music but they like it though Annie Juliet
Looks so good in 4k
This really just feels like a song for the 1980s
My favorite one i grew up on this
It sounds so gorgeous!