Funnily enough, I have a whole CD set of Pierre Schaeffer's musique concrete sitting next to me right now. Considering what he had to work with in 1948, he would've found this mind-blowing.
Every music student needs to see this! I think that this is one of the best videos that you guys have put out because it covers the history of music at large.
I am SOOOOOO showing this to my History of Electronic Music class at the university where I teach... You literally touch on a majority of things I already cover in the lesson. Genius! (also, love the Nekonom(i)con shirt at the end! Nice...) Thank you!
I know and love the genre, I run an experimental electronic open mic called Breezeblock Beats, the names a homage to the pioneers. You nailed it in this video. Gret compisition at the end.
This is the first time I’ve seen one of your videos. I was searching musique concrète and this popped up. This is literally the best video on TH-cam. +1 sub
I unironically like this genre, particularly "Dripsody". The guy literally recorded a single drop of water, and then just manipulated the tape to hell and back, and make it this really trippy two-minute little piece. Also the original 1960s Doctor Who theme music was technically musique concrete, because they didn't bother commissioning an artist to do it, so people in the sound department just took whatever they had in the BBC sound catalogue and patched it into the now-iconic theme.
OK: still have to watch the video, but as a savage metalhead who's ended up studying electronic music at the conservatoire for some reason, i'm hyped. Edit: oke, studying this stuff, i can confirm we actually do go around sampling random stuff and then deconstruct and reconstruct it on computers.
I remember I found about Musique Concrète and that sort of stuff thanks to MySpace, when I was choosing the genres of my band and there was "Acousmatic Tape Music" in the list. Ah, the good old times of the Interweb.
funny as hell! 🤣 i've actually have a degree in this kind of stuff and i can guarantee for you that the piece would be considered too rhythmic and melodic in the obscure and evil classrooms of conservatories 😂 but sounds very fun!
I just gravitate toward weird noise avant garde music especially the types that pushes the definition of what is music. Also, I love when artists use non instruments and turn it into music. (Matmos.) This video is awesome.
I'm sad you didn't mention the random TH-cam videos of people reproducing famous pop songs using only a single noise making objects like "Beat It" but it's only door stoppers. Essentially NileRed videos for music.
I mean this just shows how important John Cage is to music, he invented sampling by inventing electro acoustic music and then musique concrete was invented.
Why did this not turn up in my recommendations last month or my subscription feed. I was literally writing some musique concrète inspired music for my college project. I wou’d’ve sited this video so much lol just for fun. Would’ve been such a great way to make my tutors pagefire fans lol
As a French, I don't know if I should be proud or ashamed that we have created such a thing. Also the song's name is superb! Alors continuez votre bon travail car vos vidéos sont géniales !
I wasn't familiar with either one of the versions before seeing this video, though, but for a moment I was really confused about how on earth could a song from '67 sound this modern! Like surely Pierre Henry was ahead of his time but the breakbeat made me suspicious
Wow! This reminds me of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop sound effects for radio and television. Nice job, Pagefire! Can you try elektronische musik in reaper too? Both Musique concrete and elektronische musik are both made by the bbc radiophonic workshop.
Amusing AF, y'all! Couple of addenda, tho... Some of the history on this goes back to before WWI, when the Italian composer and painter Luigi Russolo developed his concept of "Noise Music". This was performed using his "intonarumori", an ensemble of instruments designed to make and acoustically amplify various noise types. Sadly, there's only two poor-quality recordings of this, and Russolo's intonarumori were accidentally destroyed during the war. The other? A classical fave, Ottorino Respighi's "The Pines of Rome". Hah? Wut? No lie...that is the first musical work that SPECIFICALLY calls for a sample, and original scores of it actually came with a 78 RPM record containing the call of a nightingale, to be played during one section of the work. Amusingly, present-day performances of Respighi's work tend to use actual samplers with a proper digital recording of a nightingale...so, yeah. Oh...and in order to multitrack in the early, pre-Les Paul days, studios would use these frankenstein-ish cutting lathes with multiple, synchronized cutting heads and a similar arrangement of tone arms for multitrack playback. No, don't even ask; of course they were cumbersome and easy to f*** up, but worse still is that the "burr" being cut from the acetate disk was (and still is) insanely flammable. If the burr caught fire, you only had a matter of seconds to extinguish it before the ENTIRE LATHE would go up in a blaze of burning acetate! Only one studio in the USA that I know of used these, namely Columbia-Princeton in their "RCA Mk. II" studio...and then for only a short time as safer and less-screw up-able multitrack tape was finally available by the late 1950s. Great work, tho...MUCH better explanation of Musique Concrete than one normally hears, especially that tutorial track. Took me back to the late 1970s and my own initial explorations with splicing tape, blocks, and tape machine abuse in general! 👍
Why does it sound like Utopia soundtrack had seggs with Cruelty Squad soundtrack to me? I think I've power drilled through the concrete and my ears have been blursed.
Prendre des p'tits bouts de trucs Prendre, prendre Prendre des petits bouts de trucs et puis me les assembler ensemble Prendre des petits bouts de trucs Prendre, prendre Prendre des petits bouts de trucs et puis me les assembler ensemble Et écoute, prendre des petits bouts de trucs Prendre, prendre Prendre des petits bouts de trucs et puis me les assembler ensemble Prendre prendre des petits bouts de trucs puis me les assembler ensemble Et écouter le résultat tranquille, dans ma chambre 4 5 7 7... La Menuiserie, mec.
"Congratulation! You've made... art?"🤣
R E V E R S E O V E N G R I D
Now there's a band name...
9:00 "They just standing there.....MENACINGLY"
The original ambient noise music.
Basically the war retired grandpa.
I'm gonna play this song at my wedding
crustony bagtano???!!!??
Oh hi crustbag
Crustid bagth??
A wild Crustany Bagtano appeared
baggieous von crustus ?!
Funnily enough, I have a whole CD set of Pierre Schaeffer's musique concrete sitting next to me right now. Considering what he had to work with in 1948, he would've found this mind-blowing.
this is keeping the tradition of "whatever genre Andri touches ends up sounding even better"
Andri is the anti-me!
I would also say the intro sample to “Blinded by Fear” by Swedish Melodic Death Metal band At The Gates is also a good example of Musique Concrète.
Every music student needs to see this! I think that this is one of the best videos that you guys have put out because it covers the history of music at large.
Dispite it being april fools, honestly love how high effort the vid is
Its real
Musique Concrète is the definition of the quote “This is a journey into sound.”
Yes
Watched many of this channels videos. Never felt compelled to post a comment until now. I really enjoyed the track.
AETHER REALM SHIRST LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Took a while for me to understand that this is not a fake genre for April fools, like Backpedal xD.
Despite it being April fool's, Musique Concrète is an actual genre
le shitpost of music
best video since post-punk & doomer videos - spread those musical wings
I am SOOOOOO showing this to my History of Electronic Music class at the university where I teach... You literally touch on a majority of things I already cover in the lesson. Genius! (also, love the Nekonom(i)con shirt at the end! Nice...) Thank you!
I know and love the genre, I run an experimental electronic open mic called Breezeblock Beats, the names a homage to the pioneers. You nailed it in this video. Gret compisition at the end.
for the intro to a solo album i did i recorded a few people making random sounds like coughing or just grunting and made a short electronic thing
I'm still waiting for a tutorial on Dream Theater. Also, absolute banger of an April fools video
Really everyone is a mashup of their parents.
8:54 What I really like is how the music he made sounds like one of those stop motion shorts film from the 90s, 2000's, and early 2010's.
This is the first time I’ve seen one of your videos. I was searching musique concrète and this popped up. This is literally the best video on TH-cam. +1 sub
I unironically like this genre, particularly "Dripsody". The guy literally recorded a single drop of water, and then just manipulated the tape to hell and back, and make it this really trippy two-minute little piece.
Also the original 1960s Doctor Who theme music was technically musique concrete, because they didn't bother commissioning an artist to do it, so people in the sound department just took whatever they had in the BBC sound catalogue and patched it into the now-iconic theme.
I was not expecting this, but kind of really cool and interesting. :)
I was literally thinking to myself less than an hour ago about how much I like pagefire and wish they would upload more often.
In Judas Priests' "Metal Gods" the clanging at the end, to resemble chains, is utensils being shaken in the tray. Does that count? Lol
Actually the sounds you came up with were reaally cool
I made a Musique Concrete album when I was in highschool, my inspiration was "Prick" by the Melvins
Welcome back. Pagefire 4 life
you should do skramz/emoviolence
And mincecore lol
3:55 MY BOYS. gonna pour one out for floschno tonight 😔
EDIT: ok 5:23 is the best visual gag i've seen in a while. i love it. great job guys
OK: still have to watch the video, but as a savage metalhead who's ended up studying electronic music at the conservatoire for some reason, i'm hyped.
Edit: oke, studying this stuff, i can confirm we actually do go around sampling random stuff and then deconstruct and reconstruct it on computers.
I remember I found about Musique Concrète and that sort of stuff thanks to MySpace, when I was choosing the genres of my band and there was "Acousmatic Tape Music" in the list.
Ah, the good old times of the Interweb.
Amazing. Where you boys been? Glad you're back.
funny as hell! 🤣 i've actually have a degree in this kind of stuff and i can guarantee for you that the piece would be considered too rhythmic and melodic in the obscure and evil classrooms of conservatories 😂 but sounds very fun!
@5:00 Musique Concrete leading to Existential Dread is not only the funniest part but the truest as well!
Makes me think of all of the ambient Cyberpunk music I listen to.
4:08 so happy y'all finally mentioned one of my favorite bands ever
as trent reznor in a NIN song said: i'm just a copy of a copy of a copy....
Awesome video explaining the origins of the lovely songs I ever heard
Needed more Martin in the video.
This makes me want to dig out some of the early Young Gods albums.
Hey that's BBC presenter Michael Rodd from Tomorrow's World and Screen Test at the beginning!
Not long enough, but the track title makes up for it.
Throw in some convolution reverb and granular synths! You can really go crazy with sounds then!
It would be so cool to see industrial metal next.
1 day of trying to pagefire makes a video of how to make industrial metal
This video is amazing and the music at end is genius
I just gravitate toward weird noise avant garde music especially the types that pushes the definition of what is music. Also, I love when artists use non instruments and turn it into music. (Matmos.) This video is awesome.
Don't know why, but I love it
This is the soundtrack for my sleep paralysis demon.
That track came out nasty, niiice
Awesome Vid!
Thank You very much for Your Work! Greetings from Germany
Certified banger 👌
I'm sad you didn't mention the random TH-cam videos of people reproducing famous pop songs using only a single noise making objects like "Beat It" but it's only door stoppers. Essentially NileRed videos for music.
i forgot i had this playing in the background and was like damn what is this banger of a track. im afraid ive become too pretentious
This is basically just how to be radiohead
I mean this just shows how important John Cage is to music, he invented sampling by inventing electro acoustic music and then musique concrete was invented.
Hahahaha! great as always; and the song sounds good
ive always kinda wanted to do that
Nice, sounds like 80’s Foetus
Honestly, the track was pretty enjoyable.
This is weirdly relaxing on its own, and a good background for some Syd Barrett guitar. Bonus: Even the video is good!
we need a video of avant garde metal or experimental metal video
Ngl is it weird that I sorta vibed with the song?
This is Pagefire. Every single song is able to vibe with.
"We have Tipsy at home"
Finally you guys make a new video
This is art.
Also can you please release the instrumental to mfers from outer space?
koskenkorva in the background... like everyone should :D
"WHAT DID THE BIG BANG SAMPLE!?"
💀💀💀😂😂😂
Beau travail, c'est mieux que du CyberGrind.
The music from the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre is some great concrete musique.
Why did this not turn up in my recommendations last month or my subscription feed. I was literally writing some musique concrète inspired music for my college project. I wou’d’ve sited this video so much lol just for fun. Would’ve been such a great way to make my tutors pagefire fans lol
Should’ve also sited Martin’s paper. That would probably have been the better source lol though I don’t think my tutors speak Norwegian (?).
Psychostick refers to this as
MICIN' SHIT UP
This is great!
As a French, I don't know if I should be proud or ashamed that we have created such a thing. Also the song's name is superb! Alors continuez votre bon travail car vos vidéos sont géniales !
I loved the song! 10/10
2 day of trying to pagefire makes a video of how to make industrial
I actually like this
this is awesome
Damm! This genre is so nice and so easy 😅😅😅
I hate the sadness.
8:50 that's an.. interesting name for the song
When you realize the instructions from 07:07 onwards literally describe your workflow ö_ö
Is this modern art in audio form?
its more postmodern
If youre into Musique Concrete inspired stuff i can't recommend french musician Lingouf or the german Einstürzende Neubauten enought.
The clip very scary!!!!!😮😮😮
martin is scaring me
3:15 I got to point out this isn't the original '67 version of "Psyché Rock" but instead a version called "Malpaso Mix" made by Fat Boy Slim in '97!
I wasn't familiar with either one of the versions before seeing this video, though, but for a moment I was really confused about how on earth could a song from '67 sound this modern! Like surely Pierre Henry was ahead of his time but the breakbeat made me suspicious
Could you guys do a *how to make grunge* next?
Please do Harsh Noise Wall next.
Wow! This reminds me of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop sound effects for radio and television. Nice job, Pagefire! Can you try elektronische musik in reaper too? Both Musique concrete and elektronische musik are both made by the bbc radiophonic workshop.
Please do "How to make Egg Punk"
Amusing AF, y'all! Couple of addenda, tho...
Some of the history on this goes back to before WWI, when the Italian composer and painter Luigi Russolo developed his concept of "Noise Music". This was performed using his "intonarumori", an ensemble of instruments designed to make and acoustically amplify various noise types. Sadly, there's only two poor-quality recordings of this, and Russolo's intonarumori were accidentally destroyed during the war.
The other? A classical fave, Ottorino Respighi's "The Pines of Rome".
Hah? Wut? No lie...that is the first musical work that SPECIFICALLY calls for a sample, and original scores of it actually came with a 78 RPM record containing the call of a nightingale, to be played during one section of the work. Amusingly, present-day performances of Respighi's work tend to use actual samplers with a proper digital recording of a nightingale...so, yeah.
Oh...and in order to multitrack in the early, pre-Les Paul days, studios would use these frankenstein-ish cutting lathes with multiple, synchronized cutting heads and a similar arrangement of tone arms for multitrack playback. No, don't even ask; of course they were cumbersome and easy to f*** up, but worse still is that the "burr" being cut from the acetate disk was (and still is) insanely flammable. If the burr caught fire, you only had a matter of seconds to extinguish it before the ENTIRE LATHE would go up in a blaze of burning acetate! Only one studio in the USA that I know of used these, namely Columbia-Princeton in their "RCA Mk. II" studio...and then for only a short time as safer and less-screw up-able multitrack tape was finally available by the late 1950s.
Great work, tho...MUCH better explanation of Musique Concrete than one normally hears, especially that tutorial track. Took me back to the late 1970s and my own initial explorations with splicing tape, blocks, and tape machine abuse in general! 👍
Why does it sound like Utopia soundtrack had seggs with Cruelty Squad soundtrack to me? I think I've power drilled through the concrete and my ears have been blursed.
Suggestion: how to make beatdown
Prendre des p'tits bouts de trucs
Prendre, prendre
Prendre des petits bouts de trucs et puis me les assembler ensemble
Prendre des petits bouts de trucs
Prendre, prendre
Prendre des petits bouts de trucs et puis me les assembler ensemble
Et écoute, prendre des petits bouts de trucs
Prendre, prendre
Prendre des petits bouts de trucs et puis me les assembler ensemble
Prendre prendre des petits bouts de trucs puis me les assembler ensemble
Et écouter le résultat tranquille, dans ma chambre
4 5 7 7... La Menuiserie, mec.
Musique Concrete AKA Revolution No. 9 by The Beatles