It's only a matter of time before these guys are replaced by a word processor orchestra from Cambridge.

@BostonTypewriter

5 ай бұрын

The robot dogs from Boston Robotics have an AI typewriter band that play around here sometimes but they're total a-holes.

@Fubetuck

5 ай бұрын

This world's already gone to pot, as evidenced by the mindless array of disc drive, musicalized. Behold the horror, what is, The Floppotron! kzread.info/dash/bejne/ga2hmaRwiczKe9Y.htmlsi=cIdkgskHwUzszWqC

@MicahScottPnD

5 ай бұрын

Good stuff!! 😂🤣😂❤

@TheHonestPeanut

5 ай бұрын

Or a printing press ensemble from the Berkshires.

@ConcreteAli

5 ай бұрын

😂

You have reached the end of the Internet. This is the final page. You may go outside now. Thank you. That was agreeably psychedelic.

@Itabouttodo

5 ай бұрын

What time is it? It’s still 2011 yeah?

@heresbrownbear

5 ай бұрын

Best quote regarding internet EVER!!!! I literally lol'd!

@katreades-kt8jv

5 ай бұрын

😂 oh yay - it’s done…phew

@Mayakran

4 ай бұрын

But it’s 2:36 AM :(

@gorak9000

4 ай бұрын

out-WHERE??

Man this is so QWERTY!

@timbeaton5045

5 ай бұрын

French Translation.... "C'est tres AZERTY!"

@michaelburggraf2822

4 ай бұрын

German translation... "Mann, das ist so QWERTZ!"

@timbeaton5045

4 ай бұрын

@@michaelburggraf2822 Czech translation... "Páni, je to tak PYFGCRL!!!"

@martinphilip8998

4 ай бұрын

Instead of words per minute, it’s bars. Even a million monkeys couldn’t do this.

@DefendYoungstown

4 ай бұрын

Don't you hear that clean pitch? Clearly it's Dvorak.

1850s Kraftwerk.. i like it

@Wonderfulsensation

5 ай бұрын

I came here to make a Kraftwerk joke but your typewriter was faster!

@artisans8521

5 ай бұрын

Eh, 1874 Kraftwerk, you mean. But these machines are more 1920th till 1960th early 70th I guess.

@BostonTypewriter

5 ай бұрын

February 27, 2024

@benespection

5 ай бұрын

​@@BostonTypewriterKraftwerk invented some of their own instruments because nothing commercially available did what they needed :)

@christopherharmon2433

5 ай бұрын

@@benespectionLike the electronic drum.

When I woke up this morning I had no idea that I would see the Jimi Hendrix of the typewriter world take a squeaky rubber foot solo.

@akmadsen

5 ай бұрын

At 1:46 he's clearly referencing Tom Morello's solo from Bulls On Parade.

@SheeplessNW6

5 ай бұрын

@@akmadsen so the machine RATM rage against is... a typewriter?

@normanfreund

5 ай бұрын

I was waiting for the finale, a cymbal crash, throwing the type writer against the wall. Great rhythm, never heard a typing pool sound like that before.

@jeffbosch1697

5 ай бұрын

Tony Iommi's happy about the solo.

@kassiapencek6185

5 ай бұрын

😂

Underwoodstock.

@TheGhostofCarlSchmitt

5 ай бұрын

woodstockhausen😂

@Julie-bq6iz

4 ай бұрын

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏☮️

@peterglennie

4 ай бұрын

Perfect

it's the Tiny DESK Contest, after all...

@user-iy4rg9el4y

4 ай бұрын

🤔... Concert ☺️ But, hey! No cubicals !

I'm suddenly craving a dot-matrix printer solo on top of this

@pinlight97

4 ай бұрын

Crescendo with the paper strip tearing down the side and $&@; when it rips the paper. 😂

These guys are just my type ❤

"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy."

This is going to be the soundtrack to a horror movie about someone lost in a maze of cubicles trying to find their lunch or the thermostat.

@murphyshsu

4 ай бұрын

Yes!!!

@ImahSillyGirl

4 ай бұрын

YES. With all those sharp/flat notes and the consistent clickity clack... So perfect in the right horrific spot.

@ImahSillyGirl

4 ай бұрын

...and that machine dragging! 👀

I call this genre "vintage journalism type beats"

Treading that fine line between performance art and shitpost - love it

For their next concert I was able to get seat in the home row!

@DonoVideoProductions

5 ай бұрын

ASDFG! That's great!

I genuinely like how their clothes and the video colour/definition makes this look like it was filmed in an eastern block country in the 80s

@artisans8521

5 ай бұрын

With an Underwood.....if they'd have used Erika's, that would be more convincing.

@CapTexamerica

5 ай бұрын

It wasn't?

@michaelburggraf2822

5 ай бұрын

Some Aaki Kaurismäki vibes ...

@mjfan653

4 ай бұрын

I just recently bought an old tsarist era underwood in my post soviet country. They might not have been in office use, but were highly valued for samizdat, or illegal literature copying, because all store-bought typewriters were listed and font checked by the kgb. So the underground people sought out presoviet typewriters or brought them when they had some chance to visit Poland or Czechs.

The smashing of the instruments at the end is legendary..Fans often shower them in white out.

@jordsupp

4 ай бұрын

This post needs a BIG FAT SPOILER ALERT! You spoiled the ending.

By pressing down a special key It plays a little melody

I stumbled upon this randomly and no regrets. this was the best thing I've seen in a while. it is weird and artsy and I am here for all of it

This looks like something a bunch of dads started just to get out of the house a couple times a week.

@johnwilliams22

4 ай бұрын

Or drive their teens crazy

@user-iy4rg9el4y

4 ай бұрын

🤔... You mean stayed late at work to explore the "closet of obsoletes" ?

i moved my typewriter out of frustration like that in the 80’s, not for creating music, but to almost throw it out of the window, then all the keys unlocked

@DR_1_1

4 ай бұрын

I worked in IT support for some time, and when I had someone too emotive on the phone telling me they had already done everything to make it work, I just told them "go to your PC, unplug all cables, grab it with both hands... and throw it out of the window." A few of them were incredulous, even asked "Are you serious?"

It's like watching hardcore rock music go down at a library. 🤘

@BostonTypewriter

5 ай бұрын

February 27, 2024

The most amazing thing about this is that someone said hey what if we were to use typewriters to make music and 3 other guys were like yes lets do it! Sounds amazing!

Amazing! I want them to be typing "It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times"

@ledelste

5 ай бұрын

Apprehended this reference

@Sandy-dd4le

5 ай бұрын

I was hoping at least one of them was typing, "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy"

@pinlight97

4 ай бұрын

So….you’re calling them monkeys?! 🙊😂

@MrFaabala

4 ай бұрын

Times New Roman

What on earth ever brought these people together? Inspiring and disturbing at the same time. That table-squeak solo to finish!

@thomp9054

5 ай бұрын

My guess would be typewriters

that B part is sick, a real highlight when adter the second time it happens it transitions into the fully percussive C part with the table friction-squeaking just for the melody of the B part to come back in on top… awesome

@BostonTypewriter

5 ай бұрын

You're hired. Monday 9AM in the large conference room.

I'm old enough to have used manual typewriters for realz, and I always loved the technology. I'm so happy they've found a new, most excellent career!

I love how this exudes vibes of pure 90's nerdiness

MTV's "Unplugged" was meant for these guys.

Imo this kind of performance is absolutely perfect for Tiny Desk, good luck fellas 🫡

a memory of those old days in my typing classes

I am absolutely captivated by this. What the hell! I can only imagine John Cage would love this.

@BostonTypewriter

5 ай бұрын

February 27, 2024

homies taking the projections to the dome

Just the type of music I was looking for.

In the 1960's my high school typing class would have had a lot more guys if they would have let us do that.

It’s like STOMP, but with fingers.

have to keep coming back to this..........carriage return.......have to keep coming back to this.......carriage return......have to keep coming back to this...

This should be mandatory played background music during EVERY newscast of NPR!

I can't believe this is the sound we've been missing all these years.

This is the greatest. The table squeak method, science is now complete.

I really was hoping they played Black Sabbath's Electric Funeral on these typewriters...

@assmane999

4 ай бұрын

Lol that’s what I was expecting

❤ you guys are amazing with your creativity. Thank you for inspiring others to look at the world differently. Typewriters are no longer obsolete. I hope to hear and see more of your videos.❤❤

The User: Symphony number One for Dot Matrix Printers “Acoustic Live Edition”

They got it down to the letter

Otherworldly sounds and it’s amazing. Can’t stop smiling and grooving.

I love humans so much, man. This rocks

I wonder how the choice of ties affects the sound?

@BostonTypewriter

5 ай бұрын

February 27, 2024

I couldn't help myself but to watch this all the way through... fantastic!! ☺️👍👏👏👏👏

So original and EXCELLENT !!!! Bravo. Fun to watch and listen.

Hoping like hell these guys have made an album, this is amazing! Hypnotic. I have grooved so hard since the last time I listened to the vegetable orchestra.

@BostonTypewriter

5 ай бұрын

February 27, 2024

I can't precisely define art but I know it when I see it.

They are all look like perfect nerds. Typecasting.

Gives me vibes similar to Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments. Love it!

The typewriter song you never knew you needed.

I salute you mad lads.

"My people use every part of the typewriter."

This is the modern equivalent of creating rhythms when processing grains by hand 😂

LMAO! In a good way!!! These guys rock in their own way!! My drummer and I are diggin it! \m/(>

As a former typewriter repair technician, I approve of this application of these classic machines.

Kicking it old school 😎

At first i thought this was cool but when the solo came in I realized how metal this really was

Best at double speed

BRAVO!!

The meanest clack in the game!!!

one of the most memorable music experiences I've ever had thanks to the internet

Thanks. I needed this.

Living proof “ the end is near!”

this was fabulous guys, good luck on the tiny desk

The paperless office FTW! Eat your heart out @Wintergatan

I have officially seen it all now!

This song plays eternally in the heads of those who get PTSD from the christmas rush at office.

This rules in every single fucking way. Then again I work on the print edition of newspapers.

Well, I have a new favorite band now, I didn't think that would happen today. I hope they tour!

It's got a ring to it

Love the squeaky noise..This is the best. Love it.

An enjoyable and interesting performative experience. I doubt I would be as interesting in merely the audio alone without the spectacle.

@societywolf

4 ай бұрын

Close your eyes and give it a whirl, Pete! Let us know.

Kafkaesque nightmare - but make it quirky and musical

It's the new BTO!

Ahhh!!! The sound of noise!! (watch the movie!) Awesome dudes!

This is metal af

absolutely incredibole

Crazy, maaan.

Awesome 😎

I really like this! VERY CREATIVE.

Amazing!

Dudes rock

This video is just my type!

Omg Arlington MA. 😊

Shaking algorythm's hand😮

brilliant!!!

😂 that's what our office full of girls typing letters, insurance policies and reports sounded like in 1968 😂😂

If anyone should win so far it's these guys

This is great.

That is actually some great cadence; dang, never would have believed unless you made this KZread video 😂😊😂

The World needs more of these guys! 👍

Let’s goooo

Oh man. This is amazing.

Awesome. Excellent job, everyone

I'm about to hear Black Sabbath on typewriters? Perfect! I'd only been typing a couple years when the album was released.

Excellent!

This is the best 4 minutes and 4 seconds I've seen on KZread in *ages*