Each week, Complex’s resident music expert DJ Treats will be bringing you key tracks from a variety of genres. Click below to see this week’s choices !
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As popular music’s reigning kings of experimentation, Radiohead have always been ahead of the curve with their videos. For “House Of Cards,” their latest clip from In Rainbows, they moved beyond cameras to create a visual by using advanced 3D plotting technology.
Director James Frost shot lasers and “structured light” at his subjects to capture data about the relationships between objects and people, which were then mapped out in these startling teal-colored dot patterns. Watch the “House Of Cards” video below.
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The digital divide between musicians and fans seems to get smaller every time Radiohead does anything. First they let you determine the worth for In Rainbows, now they are giving away the tools (what they call “stems”) to remix the song “Nude” from their latest release In Rainbows.
No cease and desist orders or charges of copywrite infringement here—all the instruments that the band themselves have cleared are there for you to sample in the remix contest. Download the “stems,” crank out a quick remix in GarageBand, then upload the remix to Radioheadremix.com. Listen to the top 3 remixes (so far) after the jump.
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