This is not intended to be an exact note-for-note recreation. It’s probably not perfect, but I don’t think New Order would be too bothered if I got something wrong here and there. Check the description if you are interested in the equipment and process I used to make this rendition. Please also check out my original music. Thanks for watching!
@@PolaroidsofthePyramids that’s part of what made them so special, they wouldn’t just press play on some recorded set and dance around like todays electronic artists 😂
Sounds quite perfect to me! I never thought Casio could be compared to for example Yamaha, until I bought a Casio CT X-5000 2 years ago. Even the simpelest Casio keyboards from years ago can be used for creating something great. It just needs the right musician with the right mindset.
Casio, if they are smart, should use the momentum of the current time crave for the retro casio keyboards and do a new lineup of these classics. Should be laughably cheap to produce with todays chip tech and chinese manufacturing infrastructures.
The complexity involved in make this song was mind numbing. Watch a documentary of New Order and you learn a lot about how electronic music used to be made.
I used to play in a band with a guy who owned an SK-1. It was cool because it was a very low-cost sampling keyboard (under $100 retail when it came out in the late 80s) and it was also a lot of fun to play around with, even though it was still pretty limited compared to the big boys like E-Mu.
What a happy find I stumbled upon tonight! Thank you, TH-cam for recommending it. Great song, great talent, cool video. I'm 56 and the 80s never get old. My daughter says I'm stuck in time and I say YES!
OMG, I had a terrible day today and I came across this random, out of nowhere video and it put a smile in face for a change ... you saved the day, sir! God bless you and your talent!
Perfect! An academic lesson to the ones who pretend that cheap intruments are not good enough. Talent is work and inspiration. When the musician is enough every instrument sonds perfect. Bravo ! Great job and nice performance. For me it sounds like New Order, at least it's in order ;-)
It's an impressive collection of Casios though, and some look high-end, I meant not CZ high end but still. Try doing it all on a VL1 and you'll have something charming in its own way but not nearly as impressive.
I wonder if the janky sound of most of these was just the low-quality speakers. How much processing was done on the sound though? Compression, EQ and reverb can do a lot.
@@mikeciul8599 I used to have the VL-1. I gave it to a kid friend. This little thing introduced me to the world of synthesizers, and composition. Its specifications were amazing for the time , at such price. I still have a CT-310. In the Video, I believe the sound is fed to a mixer, from the instruments line out / phone jack. The recording sounds clean, without any room noise. To me, what you here are the synthetic sounds those electronic instruments delivered. You plug those machines to a delay, a reverb, flanger... and you have fantastic sounds. By the way even the most expensive synthesizers are used this way nowdays.
Nonsense. Maybe you can't hear the difference but it doesn't mean no one else can. This is a great song and is well executed but it's sonically awful. Very low production value and sounds like utter garbage.
So you expect someone with enough talent and determination should have done this in 1983 or whatever (doing it all live of course instead of using a 2020’s era computer to edit it together)
@@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx hmmm i'm not sure if New Order later had to pay some royalties or not. Could have been that they got allowance by Ralf Hütter. The band usually doesn't charge anyone, if they like the final result where some Kraftwerk Samples were used.
the choir sound is originally a ‘preset’ from the mellotron library (I use ‘preset' in the loosist sense with a mellotron lol) so quite easy to recreate. if you have a mellotron. and the choir bank of tapes! simpler still to get a software instrument version really.
This is somehow a perfectly flawless reproduction, despite sonically being a complete departure from the original. What an amazing concept and masterful execution!
I have that smallest Casio. It was a major part of my son's toddler thru kindergarten years. He's 20 now, and we still share a hearty laugh whenever we see one.
What's interesting is that if the person had recorded the original 7 minute 31 second version, it would have been almost as good as the _original_ version. It's good enough to be put on Spotify, if that's even possible.
Full disclosure - the main bass in the song is actually a combination of the 1000p, the HT-700 and the MT-400V. That being said, the 1000p is what provides the bottom end fundamental "bassiest" part of the sound. I used the HT-700 to add a more traditional synth bass mid-range component and the MT-400V to provide a more aggressive pulse wave component. To your point though, without the 1000p the bass would sound a lot thinner as bass sounds aren't one of the strengths of most Casios. But, the keyboards of their sine wave era can pack a punch in the low end, especially the 1000p with it's synthesis capabilities. Thanks for the comment!
I used to play in a band where I played the bass on keys and my bass was a Casiotone 1000P. It cuts off the lowest of lows but because it’s all sine waves it’s pretty deep. Did the job well enough for some years!
Oh nice! I had the Blue Monday vinyl but never had the chance to get the s3m or mod file. My first mods were U96 Das Boot and Xtermin8 (can't find a version of this one on TH-cam sadly).
Wow them superdrums samples bring back memories as a kid in the late 80s. First keyboard I had was a casio MT205 with the digital drum sticks. Trying to change the drum sound with that button on the stick was a pain in the backside. Really great cover.
1:22 i was shocked I saw the mt40, it represents my childhood, from your video I now know the model number, thank you so much. And I love how you used casio devices to recreate Blue Monday
Now that's the thing to make Casio haters shut up for good. As a faithful user of XW-P1, which was often laughed at, because "why do you use a toy brand instead of getting yourself a Yamaha or Korg" I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
The XW is awesome! I think Casio gets too much flak for having a "toy" reputation but their recent keyboards like the Casiotone series are awesome as heck.
0:13 My oldest brother got this one for Xmas when he was a child. He eventually got bored of it and I took it with me. And it's still with me, inside my closet and working like a champ.
I believe this is a Casio ad. If it's not, Casio SHOULD pay you some money. I've played 3 or 4 of those cheap Casio's including the MIDI guitar. I cannot believe how good this cover sounds.
You had me at the final note. I loved every part of the track other than that sax thing. Seeing and hearing the Casio gear was great. Your post resembles the New Order "Perfect Kiss" video in the best possible taste. Thanks a lot.
Hey, it's the famous name from the monthly vocoder shoutout I have heard so many times! Great work! I love the HT-700 on the drums. I bought one a few years ago in a fit of nostalgia for my first "real" synth as a teenager in the 80s. I really need to use it more like when I had my original one. RIP my OG HT-700.
this is amazing! how many of these things do you have, good grief! pretty dam good cover of blue monday too, the accuracy of the sounds was remarkable. so much work, nicely edited and performed, good stuff.
Casio overload - and surprisingly close. New Order wasn't using especially advanced synths anyway, but it's interesting to hear this so close. Also interesting that you have so many Casio's. I'll try to not read anything into that. :-) From one "Bad Gear" to another, well done!
This came out when I was going into kindergarten, but I still got butterflies about the middle school dance watching this. Well done! The '80s were an amazing time.
This is not intended to be an exact note-for-note recreation. It’s probably not perfect, but I don’t think New Order would be too bothered if I got something wrong here and there. Check the description if you are interested in the equipment and process I used to make this rendition. Please also check out my original music. Thanks for watching!
New order wouldn’t play it the exact same way every time you’d see them
@@005connect9 Yeah, I saw them back in the day. I agree - they were pretty casual about how they’d play.
@@PolaroidsofthePyramids that’s part of what made them so special, they wouldn’t just press play on some recorded set and dance around like todays electronic artists 😂
don't worry , its beyond expectations! it's professional, this is what i came for
Sounds quite perfect to me! I never thought Casio could be compared to for example Yamaha, until I bought a Casio CT X-5000 2 years ago. Even the simpelest Casio keyboards from years ago can be used for creating something great. It just needs the right musician with the right mindset.
Best advert for Casio I've ever seen
Send it to Casio
Exactly!
@@rachelar Casio does a DMCA
Casio, if they are smart, should use the momentum of the current time crave for the retro casio keyboards and do a new lineup of these classics. Should be laughably cheap to produce with todays chip tech and chinese manufacturing infrastructures.
I know. 😂
In a world of Moog, Yamaha, Roland, and Prophets... be a Casio.
Put that on my headstone!
🤣🤣🤣
I've owned Casio WK1630, WK3000 and WK7600's. Love me some Casio.
Ah my favorite Aristole quote ^-^
Don't forget T.O.N.T.O. , the world's largest synthesizer from the early 1970s.
Sometimes TH-cam can recomend great jewels like this video!!
Correct
This
i am fascinated by how complex this "ordinary" pop song is. why cant we have nice things like this in the top40 anymore?
The complexity involved in make this song was mind numbing. Watch a documentary of New Order and you learn a lot about how electronic music used to be made.
The guys who made this music were really, really smart.
yeah so many different melodies and rhythms strew across so many different instruments...a masterpiece!
coz we mutha fking can't, thats why
Come on, Blue Monday is easily one of the most extraordinary pop songs of the last 40 years.
The talent on display here is almost as impressive as the thoroughness of the instrument collection
Yeah the instrument collection is fantastic, the bass and that sax/oboe? Are they all vintage?
@@eskimosound Yes. I owned a DH200 'digital horn' back in the 90s.
A good workman never blames his tools
Yeah, say that next time you try to cutting down a tree using a rusted handsaw.
@@SmithMrCorona A good work man would sharpen the handsaw before trying to cut down a tree with it.
@@SmithMrCorona maybe you could play Blue Monday on the handsaw?
The challenge is to use the rusted hacksaw - challenge accepted !
That's still the workman's fault. A good workman would look after their tools.
That SK-1 vocal sample, still sounds great even at it's crazy low sample rate
Was coming here to say "that ahhhhhh was spot on"
I used to play in a band with a guy who owned an SK-1. It was cool because it was a very low-cost sampling keyboard (under $100 retail when it came out in the late 80s) and it was also a lot of fun to play around with, even though it was still pretty limited compared to the big boys like E-Mu.
I had an SK-1 as a kid, and I reckon I’ve played about 50% of the keyboards in this. 😂
It sounds just right to me 👍
After 40 yrs of ownership, I just sold my SK-1 last month for $200 USD so there's apparently a demand.😅
What a happy find I stumbled upon tonight! Thank you, TH-cam for recommending it. Great song, great talent, cool video. I'm 56 and the 80s never get old. My daughter says I'm stuck in time and I say YES!
What a great time to be stuck in!
Parada no tempo não!! Nós, é que sabemos o que é bom!!😎👍
OMG, I had a terrible day today and I came across this random, out of nowhere video and it put a smile in face for a change ... you saved the day, sir! God bless you and your talent!
Same, big smiles as I watch this. So fun, and it's really all Casio.
Me, too. This was what I needed today. One of my favorite songs of all time. 💙💙💙
Same here! Bravoooo
Perfect! An academic lesson to the ones who pretend that cheap intruments are not good enough. Talent is work and inspiration. When the musician is enough every instrument sonds perfect. Bravo ! Great job and nice performance. For me it sounds like New Order, at least it's in order ;-)
many great bands started with crappy instruments and yet gave us great songs
It's an impressive collection of Casios though, and some look high-end, I meant not CZ high end but still. Try doing it all on a VL1 and you'll have something charming in its own way but not nearly as impressive.
I wonder if the janky sound of most of these was just the low-quality speakers. How much processing was done on the sound though? Compression, EQ and reverb can do a lot.
@@mikeciul8599 I used to have the VL-1. I gave it to a kid friend. This little thing introduced me to the world of synthesizers, and composition. Its specifications were amazing for the time , at such price. I still have a CT-310. In the Video, I believe the sound is fed to a mixer, from the instruments line out / phone jack. The recording sounds clean, without any room noise. To me, what you here are the synthetic sounds those electronic instruments delivered. You plug those machines to a delay, a reverb, flanger... and you have fantastic sounds. By the way even the most expensive synthesizers are used this way nowdays.
Nonsense. Maybe you can't hear the difference but it doesn't mean no one else can. This is a great song and is well executed but it's sonically awful. Very low production value and sounds like utter garbage.
It just goes to show you can’t blame the gear. This is really inspiring
exactly
nailed it
ever watch Bad Gear?
Never can blame the gear. Its the enduser almost always…
So you expect someone with enough talent and determination should have done this in 1983 or whatever (doing it all live of course instead of using a 2020’s era computer to edit it together)
It works because the synths they used were not that far off from the Casios in the video, lol
Also. These casette-player / keyboard hybrids look like out of this world.
I suspect that the rubber drive belts have long since turned to mush.
@@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx I have the ck-500 . it's fun, but doesn't sound great
I'm old enough to remember when that thing came out. A Casio keyboard integrated into a boombox is peak 80s.
This is mankind's greatest achievement.
❤😂
Sagely said, sir.
For a synth geek, it is very inspiring to see that low-tech gear can sound this great 🤓
Hear, hear!
😂😂😂
I love that you also included the Choir sample from the Kraftwerk track "Uranium". :D Just as New Order did.
Oh yes, so it is. I hadn't realised that. I wonder if NO paid royalties?
@@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx hmmm i'm not sure if New Order later had to pay some royalties or not. Could have been that they got allowance by Ralf Hütter. The band usually doesn't charge anyone, if they like the final result where some Kraftwerk Samples were used.
@@KRAFTWERK2K6 That's very kind of him.
the choir sound is originally a ‘preset’ from the mellotron library (I use ‘preset' in the loosist sense with a mellotron lol) so quite easy to recreate. if you have a mellotron. and the choir bank of tapes! simpler still to get a software instrument version really.
@@brianwilson49 Yeah this was before they got the Vako Orchestron which they used a lot from "Trans Europa Express" onwards.
This is somehow a perfectly flawless reproduction, despite sonically being a complete departure from the original. What an amazing concept and masterful execution!
I am 54 and I still wear a New Order Blue Monday T shirt!
You wacky guy, you.
I'm 58 and wear the Joy Division t-shirt
@@criticus100 Lol, two sides of the same coin!
The t-shirt with the concentric circles? I have it, too! And of course the legendary Joy Division one.
57 :)
That's a completely new order of instruments to play that song. Very impressive.
Well Dang now I have to go back in time and start collecting Casio instruments.
I have that smallest Casio. It was a major part of my son's toddler thru kindergarten years.
He's 20 now, and we still share a hearty laugh whenever we see one.
This is bloody fantastic !
Genius and totally awesome. You have such a cool and large collection of vintage casio synths, it's awesome.
Thank you so much!
As someone who owns a Casio MT-500, I smiled when seeing it appear with the drum pads on this video. S Tier work.
The entirety of this music ensemble was available for $472 from the electronics section of Target in 1988.
Fun fact: $472 in 1988 was equivalent to $1,255 in 2024 dollars.
It reminds me a bit of Orkestra Obsolete's cover where they performed the song using 19th century instruments. This is just as amazing.
I was just about to say the same! Have you heard the hurdy gurdy version?
@@SuperMickyChow What's the TH-cam of that version?
What's interesting is that if the person had recorded the original 7 minute 31 second version, it would have been almost as good as the _original_ version. It's good enough to be put on Spotify, if that's even possible.
I saw New Order at a private gig in 1985. And they played this about 10 feet in front of me. Ah the memories.
This video feels like it was tailor made just for me. Two of my hyperfixations - Casio instruments and Blue Monday - combined.
It's the first synth song I would try to do. Very basic. I have my hands full being a Reggae pianist though.
Dang, the bass coming out of the 1000p is impressive! I didn’t know of any casiotones that could do such a full, round bass sound.
Full disclosure - the main bass in the song is actually a combination of the 1000p, the HT-700 and the MT-400V. That being said, the 1000p is what provides the bottom end fundamental "bassiest" part of the sound. I used the HT-700 to add a more traditional synth bass mid-range component and the MT-400V to provide a more aggressive pulse wave component. To your point though, without the 1000p the bass would sound a lot thinner as bass sounds aren't one of the strengths of most Casios. But, the keyboards of their sine wave era can pack a punch in the low end, especially the 1000p with it's synthesis capabilities. Thanks for the comment!
I used to play in a band where I played the bass on keys and my bass was a Casiotone 1000P. It cuts off the lowest of lows but because it’s all sine waves it’s pretty deep. Did the job well enough for some years!
That kick drum is spot on. Some of the snare sounds too
You took this Gen-Xer back to better days for 3+ minutes. Thank you.
This song was one of the first STM/MOD files I ever got.
Oh nice! I had the Blue Monday vinyl but never had the chance to get the s3m or mod file. My first mods were U96 Das Boot and Xtermin8 (can't find a version of this one on TH-cam sadly).
@@hdufort I had a (to my mind) extensive collection of STM, S3M, MOD, XM, etc files - sadly they were all lost in The Great Zip-Drive Crash of 2003.
Very impressed by the cool New Order performance with such a maniac collection of vintage CASIO instruments!!
Brilliant ‼️takes me back to 1984 , attempting to play along to new order on my mt-65 ( from Dixons😂)
Awesome!
Swapped it for a Yamaha CS 01, wish I still had both
Now THAT is a talent worth praise!
That was absolutely glorious.
Wow them superdrums samples bring back memories as a kid in the late 80s. First keyboard I had was a casio MT205 with the digital drum sticks. Trying to change the drum sound with that button on the stick was a pain in the backside. Really great cover.
Yeah, got the exact same setup one Christmas, imagined it'd be just like having an invisible drumkit! The reality was...slightly disappointing :D
@@havvacuppa Tying to use them little buttons on them too.. arrrgh.
That`s brilliant, the best cover version of Blue Monday, I ever heard.
Thanks!
Heard many interpretations of Blue Monday and this is up there with the best of them! 😊
Always waiting for a new cover from you. Love it!
Awesome - thanks so much!
1:22 i was shocked I saw the mt40, it represents my childhood, from your video I now know the model number, thank you so much. And I love how you used casio devices to recreate Blue Monday
Now that's the thing to make Casio haters shut up for good.
As a faithful user of XW-P1, which was often laughed at, because "why do you use a toy brand instead of getting yourself a Yamaha or Korg" I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
The XW is awesome! I think Casio gets too much flak for having a "toy" reputation but their recent keyboards like the Casiotone series are awesome as heck.
Team XW-P1 forever 🎹✊
@@subwaygaragemusic thank you for these warm words, I appreciate it. It is, surprisingly, very solid synth.
2 CZ-101 Owner here and I love'em. Gorgeous little synths.
That was awesome!
I have no words for this incredible achievement! Bravo, maestro!
Casio was such a cool company. Always my favorite products all- around
Amazing how a track composed to test a new drum machine still inspires new takes decades later. Casio need to send you a watch for this great advert!
That was bloody good! nice one !
A very talented guy recreating my fav track of 1984 thankyou for showing me how complex it is
This was very excellent. I love New Order and I love Casio 🎉
Wow! The best thing I’ve seen on TH-cam in years.
Wow. That old Casio VL takes me back about 40 years when my mom's friend gave me one for a birthday. I loved that thing and played it until it broke.
0:13 My oldest brother got this one for Xmas when he was a child. He eventually got bored of it and I took it with me. And it's still with me, inside my closet and working like a champ.
I enjoyed this more than I should’ve, bravo!
why hasn't this gone viral (yet)? Absolutely brilliant take!
Thanks!
Wow this is something else! You got all the gear and a bloody good idea how to use them☮👍
@@SuperRingoffire1Thanks!
Awesome, the sound on the dance floor at Jackson’s discotheque Staines circa 1983.
I believe this is a Casio ad. If it's not, Casio SHOULD pay you some money. I've played 3 or 4 of those cheap Casio's including the MIDI guitar. I cannot believe how good this cover sounds.
They spin me round like a record. I love those sounds.
You had me at the final note.
I loved every part of the track other than that sax thing.
Seeing and hearing the Casio gear was great.
Your post resembles the New Order "Perfect Kiss" video in the best possible taste.
Thanks a lot.
I'm blown away by this. Absolutely well done
Dude, this sounds so flippin' GOOD!
Thanks!
2:39 There's a blast from the past! We had one of them in my family when I was a child.
Fantastic, so good !!! Viva La casio. VL-1 was my first synth. Everytime I hear it I get a nice warm feeling. A true classic, and used on many.
Awesome - glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for the comment!
I am in the mood for some Depeche Mode now, thanks great cover
How about some New Order?
Me, completely losing it at 1:13 : How does it feel to treat me like you do? When you've laid your hands upon me, and told me who you are. 🤘😎
I think Im more impressed by the collection of working Casio musical instruments than I am the song, and you did a great job on the song.
Hey, it's the famous name from the monthly vocoder shoutout I have heard so many times! Great work! I love the HT-700 on the drums. I bought one a few years ago in a fit of nostalgia for my first "real" synth as a teenager in the 80s. I really need to use it more like when I had my original one. RIP my OG HT-700.
Awesome & thanks for the comment!
that was so fun and it sounded great
One of the best music videos in TH-cam history!
Each instrument became more wild as the song went on.
That is awesome. I had an MT68, a VLT1 and MT500
Nice!
The VL-Tone clinches it for me. This little device taught me about ADSR back in the day!
Sounds pretty much like the original. Love the axe !
the casio guitar is where i lost it
And this with Casio equipment, wow
This was fun to watch. I've owned at least two of those Casios in my lifetime.
Hey Shakira, can your Rolexes do that? 😂
00:34 and 00:45 wanted these so damn bad when younger. Really cool to see them again after (mathing...) well, a lot of years.
You're the best ! A great and talented artist !
Thanks so much!
This was just awesome!!
Very impressive sir. And quite the array of Casii
Oh my god, this is incredible!
0:55 was what I was waiting for
Kraftwerk themseve used a Vako Optical Sampler for this sound.
I haven't played my keyboard in so long.. felt like the bug was gone... this video just gave me it back, thank you.
I have what is essentially a Casio child's toy keyboard, and, with effects, there's an organ and a vibraphone sound that are perfectly useable!
YES! Dr. Z here - I love New Order AND Casio gear :)
Absolutely superb, we’ll done that was awesome 👌🏻 wish I’d not sold my PT-7 now!
Blank trailer the exact length needed to accommodate TH-cam's adverts. Thank you.
Amazing collection of oddities!
That was brilliant - well done !
Sir, you won music on TH-cam. This made me grin like an Idiot for one hour straight. The drums and the bass parts hit so very hard. ❤
this is amazing! how many of these things do you have, good grief! pretty dam good cover of blue monday too, the accuracy of the sounds was remarkable. so much work, nicely edited and performed, good stuff.
I was having a bad day, this has really cheered me up
A testament to how its not about the gear, but the musicianship
Casio overload - and surprisingly close. New Order wasn't using especially advanced synths anyway, but it's interesting to hear this so close. Also interesting that you have so many Casio's. I'll try to not read anything into that. :-) From one "Bad Gear" to another, well done!
This came out when I was going into kindergarten, but I still got butterflies about the middle school dance watching this. Well done! The '80s were an amazing time.
The Casio Man!
That was bloody good Sir
Splendid
Thanks!
I could have this whole set up and still could do it!!! Love the vintage Casio sound!!!
Are you the curator of some weird Casio museum?
😄👍
So meny memorys coming back from the 1980's. Thank you :)