Paul Lansky - Mild Und Leise (Part 1)

[MrObviouslyJesus]

Made 0:44 my ringtone.

[RapScallion42]

It seems like just random synth noodling until BOOM! The greatest 4 chord sequence to ever grace music.

[TapOutBass]

how did radiohead find this random song haha

[anushca100]

@TapOutBass He's pretty famous...

[luciano53688]

@TapOutBass It was compiled on the 1976 LP First Recordings — Electronic Music Winners, which Radiohead instrumentalist Jonny Greenwood stumbled upon while the band was working on Kid A. -FROM WIKIPEDIA!

[GehennaNL]

Suddenly recognizing 4 chords by surprise, is the best thing ever :)

[Jfahy1992]

DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THIS IS CSOUND?

[tes4o]

what is this, its like my sanity is draining by listening to this

[NightXemnas]

@koalajones88 Okay, that sounds fair.

However:

1. You are also on this video.

2. Is a fair point, I didn't really take into consideration other people annoying you,

3. Idioteque is one of my favourite songs, but I don't like this piece of music at all, except for small parts of it.

Anyway, the main reason I thought you were trolling is because I didn't realise all those insults thrown at you.

[NightXemnas]

@koalajones88 Actually, I never claimed I liked this music. Isn't that prejudice on your part?

[NightXemnas]

@koalajones88 That is not why you are a troll - If I make any type of argument at all, you will become overdefensive and claim I'm being elitist.

[NightXemnas]

@koalajones88 King Troll, right here.

[Karmapoliceofficer]

0:44 - 4 chords which changed a generation.

[nosferatu1966]

How's the hate, everyone??!? I can't believe how many posts on YT are hateful spit - even over a piece of music that translates to "Mild and Quiet". Really?

[landonpeer]

@koalajones88 Delightful.

[landonpeer]

@koalajones88 Random junk? Does you dismissing this piece make you feel good? Like you've got the art world all figured out? Is it important to you that people that hold Lansky's work dear know that you think it's crap? Do you think that Thom Yorke just thought it was a cool sound and decided to quote it in his work? Why don't you write him an email. And ask him what he thinks. I think you may have an inferior mind. As long as you find this amusing, answer all those questions. Justify yourself.

[DarkZekeX]

@landonpeer He's a troll.

[OnlyVideoGuyOnEarth]

@koalajones88 I don't even like the music, but I won't dismiss it as random crap. Believe me, I used to live amongst a crowd of people who thought they were intellectuals, they don't go about it by saying 'do you know anything about the compositional process', they say 'you're just some pop fan who doesn't understand, you'll never understand because you have an obviously inferior mind'. At least there's an offer to expand your horizons. Take it or leave it.

[OnlyVideoGuyOnEarth]

@koalajones88 Dude, as much as I agree that a lot of people like to listen to things that make them feel superior, and use jargon to add to that image, I really don't think DarkZekeX is one of them. You seem to have insulted his taste in music, which you clearly don't like, and now because he is overreacting and calling you dumb, you're calling him elitist. It's just stupid, if you say things are crap because you don't like them, it's simply close minded.

[DarkZekeX]

@koalajones88 The facade is all yours friend. Enjoy your tiny box.

[DarkZekeX]

@koalajones88 Its not random noise dressed up as cleverness. Why are you even making that claim? Do you know anything about the composer? Have you studied this piece or his compositional process? Or are you just claiming it is because you heard it and there weren't traditional chord changes or melodies like you're used to, and rather than learn to expand your musical horizons you just call anything that makes you uncomfortable crap?

[DarkZekeX]

@koalajones88 I'm not being elitist. I don't think I'm better because I do enjoy this. But I do think you are foolish for insulting something you obviously don't understand. This is quite beautiful music. You don't have to be clever to hear that.

[DarkZekeX]

@koalajones88 if this sounds like random noise to you, you are just dumb. Seriously. This is not hard music to grasp. Also, popularity doesn't indicate quality of any idea. Philistine.

[lookmisvideos]

i will download some albums of this man, i like it

[kenrben]

@koalajones88 It's less a song and more of a tone Poem. expand your definition of what "music" is, your life will be enriched. ;)

[kenrben]

@koalajones88 Different musicians serve different functions; without artists who disregard what limited western ears deem "good" and explore outer reaches of abstraction there would be no progress in music. You cannot appreciate this piece because it strays too far from what your ears relate to. I enjoy challenging music because you have to learn it's language. I listen to Pop music. Two radically different things..

[kenrben]

@koalajones88 You do realize The Beatles were inspired by John Cage and Karlheinz Stockhausen two of the most inaccessible experimental musicians in modern music.. On Sergeant Peppers in particular, they took risks with their music but never really strayed too far from common pop chord progressions. I don't really respect them as bold musical frontiersman, in the mainstream arena maybe. I respect them as brilliant songwriters. 

[MrNoodleson]

@kenrben paul mccartney was also inspired by George Formby: /watch?v=oYo7a0GZlZQ

[kenrben]

@koalajones88 Congratulations! You're a fucking idiot with no understanding of experimental approach to creating music! :D Go listen to Coldplay or some shit..

[fooplip]

@koalajones88 Erm, sounds of different pitches being combined to make a harmonic progression in a rythmic pattern. Yep that's music for ya.

[FreedomBeats]

@koalajones88 LOLLOLLOL!

[Redmilitiageneral]

so this is what a sega genesis sounds like during intercourse...

[SweetSweetWaldo]

Lansky makes friendly electronic music, but never schlocky.  I recommend all the "Idlechatter" pieces for new fans!

[EmperorEmpoleon2]

The sheer amount of people commenting about Radiohead is just...

*sunglasses*

Idioteque.

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAH

[ftwsalio]

I'll laugh until my head comes off, I'll swallow 'till I burst.

[Hianndryv]

Who's in a bunker who's in a bunker

[zehmurder]

those teeth are YELLOW.

[Stratgtar565]

Around 6:05 or 6:06, it begins to remind me of Kid A...

[TheJasonStrunk]

I don't get it.

[rkotm]

wheres this video goin? in his teeth?

[karmapolice12]

yay for this sample - YAY for radiohead!

[5rd5rd5rd]

kid A

[Superstarseven]

@5rd5rd5rd Yeah, we got it.

[ECHOES2131]

areyouawizard.jpg

[cdiSPAGHETTI]

@ECHOES2131 WHY.jpg

[Colourbend]

play the amazing sounds of orgy at 1:10, they sync up really interestingly

[loodwig]

Funny.  I've listened to radiohead and lansky for years, and just now made the connection. Marvelous.

[JohnnyCagePro]

what's radiohead?

[DEEECKED]

@JohnnyCagePro how dare you

[BradWest96]

Who's in a bunker, who's in a bunker...

[OutcastMKD]

what the fuck is this played on ???

[crubba]

@OutcastMKD an IBM 360 mainframe (a computer from the 1960's)

[PrivateBuckwheat]

@crubba Out of curiosity, do you happen to know what synthesis techniques he used? It sounds like FM to me, but maybe it could be granular synthesis or something. It's really interesting. Sorry if you have no idea; I just figured since you knew what computer maybe you would have an idea.

[crubba]

@PrivateBuckwheat haha i have no idea, i just looked it up on wikipedia. i'm sure you'd probably be able to find out somewhere in the depths of the internet.

[Bollo2]

@PrivateBuckwheat from Lanksy's website: "It uses FM synthesis, which had just been worked out at Stanford, and later became the staple of Yamaha's DX7 series of synthesizers, and also a special purpose filter design program written  (in Fortran IV) by Ken Steiglitz. Oh yes, the harmonic language of the piece is related to George Perle's 12-tone modal system.". You're welcome.

[lafla2]

damn. just listening to the chord progression gives me shivers.

[zalapukite]

This is really stunning.

[yeahyeahyaha2]

this blows my mind man, kid A is one of the best records ever made in music history

sounds so cool when the 4 chords sound the first time

hey if we are really radiohead fans we have to get this in our ipods right now

[GuchiB65]

this kinds sucks,

[maddhattertime]

The beginning sounds like the intro to I Might Be Wrong.

[RussellThePumpkin]

Thumbs up if you came for Radiohead's Idioteque sample.

[hank19890902]

@RussellThePumpkin

absolutely!!!!!!

[betocracks]

@RussellThePumpkin hhahahahaha

[MarkoSalasOpazo]

@jkins019 me too! this is really a radiohead fan's sacred relic, hehe.

[Jobizzie]

Radiohead's idioteque at 0:44 

[alfaripopo]

@Jobizzie yeah, came here exactly to hear that, thx

[jkins019]

@alfaripopo same here....so epic