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TheFlaming Lips ‘ new single is a YouTube symphony that demand 12 smartphones to be properly heard .
liberate on Valentine ’s Day , the audio tracks that make up “ Two Blobs Fucking ” are spread out across a dozen dissimilar YouTube videos . Each of the 220 - second cartridge holder must be playact in sync to create the unadulterated tune – a conception riffing on the Oklahoma band ’s premature synergistic work “ Parking Lot Experiments ” and “ Boom Box Experiments . ” The Lips ’ 1997 album , Zaireeka , spread song components across four disk for four stereophonic system .
Whereas the band ’s premature interactional symphony forebode upon listeners to synchronize tracks on automobile stereos , boomboxes and habitation system to create glorious melodies of noise , sway and artistic creation , “ Two Blobs Fucking ” is a digital liaison for iPhones and Androids .
The Flaming Lips ’ sonic experiment is chronicled in the Heady Nuggs box set , out in April .
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When synced , the Modern exclusive synthesizes a brain - flex , spasmodic electronic intro that unthaw into one of the stripe ’s patented spacey grooves .
Each track is unparalleled , butLayer No . 9contains the Sung ’s human touch : A man say a weird floor .
The narrative tell a coloured sci - fi ( or drug - have ) exploration of a construction foreman ’s office and conclude in a bizarre discovery that give the birdcall its jolting name . at times the narrator ’s tincture is subtly altered ; the shifts connote he ’s not completely human .
To take the eyes , each of the 12 video clips include brightly tinge , visualisation - vogue interpreting of the sounds .
The array of tracks will no doubt inspire derivative , remixes and spinoffs . If you want some guidance before trying to force off your own smartphone symphony , check out the screaming instructional video recording above , in whichFlaming Lipssinger Wayne Coyne and direct guitarist Steve Drozd break how toassemble the call as they signify .
P.S. require more on the Flaming Lips ’ deafen back story ? Five - phonograph record vinyl and CD box setHeady Nuggs : The First 5 Warner Bros. Records 1992 - 2002goes on sale April 16 , also known asRecord Store Day .
The loge solidification ’s beautiful noise – feature brilliant releases Hit to Death in the Future Head , transmission From the Satellite Heart , Clouds Taste Metallic , The Soft Bulletin and Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots – ought to bring you up to speed quite aloud .
Take a listen below to Clouds Taste Metallic ’s classic anthem “ Psychiatric Explorations of the Fetus With Needles ” for more on that noisy rock candy score .
Additional reporting by Scott Thill .
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