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Nomadic Sound Systems Marches to Extreme Electronica

by Warren Riddle on July 10, 2010 at 05:00 PM

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Marching bands don't exactly enjoy a "cool guy" rep as it is, so you'd think that throwing on guido tracksuits and dropping synth-heavy beats would doom band members to an eternity of after-school beatdowns. Somehow, though, against all cliquish odds, Nomadic Sound Systems from the U.K.'s Royal College of Art makes it work.

Directed by Benjamin Newland, the group attempts to "open up new possibilities for electronic music performance to play with location, narrative and choreography of the sound system components themselves, in human surround sound." Basically, it's a disjointed and artsy electronica processional, but the video after the jump is definitely worth checking out, particularly if you've ever wondered (as we all have) what happens when a high school marching band forms an unholy trinity with Devo and Moby. [From: Royal College of Art, via: Dvice]

Tags: devo, dubstep, electronica, MarchingBand, Moby, music, NomadicSoundSystems, RoyalCollegeOfArt, synthesizer, techno, top

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