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Digital Wonderland Playlist #5
Feb. 27th, 2022 01:24 pmI had the opportunity to spend a night away in a hotel, and thought I should have a new Digital Wonderland video to watch. I already had a few ideas for the next one, but not enough of any single idea to make an entire 90 minute video, so decided to cobble together a potpourri video.
Here's an abridged version.
And here’s the playlist. Number links refer to previous playlists on which the artist appeared.
Notes:
• One of the clips came from the 1974 movie Zardoz, which gave me the idea to call each section a Vortex. Here’s an audio clip from when Sean Connery’s character approaches the periphery shield—the voice is that of actor David de Keyser.
• There was another Vortex between Akihabara and Sci-Fi Films Part 2, but I was dissatisfied with the original footage, despite several attempts to re-edit it, so I deleted it, making this Digital Wonderland video shorter (about 68 minutes) than the others (usually 90 minutes).
• Star Trek: The Motion Picture, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Blade Runner all feature the work of the late Douglas Trumbull (1942-2022). Even after all these years, his works still look more futuristic than modern CGI effects.
• I wanted a mid-century “faux Shouwa” look for the final Vortex. The best I could find was a clip from Shimokitazawa of a festival taking place in narrow alleys. To make the footage look older, I blurred it slightly, increased the exposure, added a warm golden glow, and an “old film” filter. These effects, however, made the footage look more like a colorized silent film! More Taishou era than Shouwa, perhaps, but it works for me!
Here's an abridged version.
And here’s the playlist. Number links refer to previous playlists on which the artist appeared.
| Song (Year) | Artist | Link | |
| Vortex 1: Mario Kart A single lap around 18 increasingly futuristic courses. | |||
| 1. | “Heaven” (1987) | Eurythmics | Link |
| 2. | “Green Jellyfish” (2008) | Dynastic 4 | Link |
| 3. | “Gizmo” (2014) | eM | Link |
| Vortex 2: Sci-Fi Movies, Part 1 featuring clips from: Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Dark Star (1974) | |||
| 4. | “Changes Come” (2011) | Gus Gus | Link |
| 5. | “Taurus” (2004) | Zombi | Link |
| 6. | “Ballad for Amalia” (2010) | Opolopo | Link |
| 7. | “They Them” (2001) | Jan Jelinek | Link |
| 8. | “Eidolon” (2011) | NOEL-KIT | Link |
| 9. | “Quantum” (2009) | Keinzweiter | Link |
| Vortex 3: Akihabara (link) | |||
| 10. | “Fly” (2012) | dayz & knite | Link |
| 11. | “Combo4” (2007) | TEC | Link |
| 12. | “Tokyo” (2020) | Nohumano | Link |
| 13. | “Sealed Dimension” (2007) | Tatsu 1, 2 | Link |
| 14. | “Valve POD” (2019) | Peel Seamus 2 | Link |
| Vortex 4: Sci-Fi Films, Part 2 featuring scenes from: Blade Runner (1982) THX-1138 (1971) Zardoz (1974) | |||
| 15. | “Disrupted Neural Gateway” (2014) | Transllusion | Link |
| 16. | “4th Experience (Morning Star)” (2011) | Blurix | Link |
| Vortex 5: “Faux Shouwa”, Japan Actually, Shimokitazawa (link) | |||
| 17. | “Yugao” (1965) | Master Hagiwara Master Hatta Master Kitagawa Master Kikusui Master Mineuchi Master Yamaguchi | Link |
| 18. | “Echigojishi” (1965) | ||
| 19. | “Godan-Kinuta” (1965) | ||
| 20. | “Haru no Kyoku” (1965) | ||
| 21. | “Shin Takasago” (1965) | ||
Notes:
• One of the clips came from the 1974 movie Zardoz, which gave me the idea to call each section a Vortex. Here’s an audio clip from when Sean Connery’s character approaches the periphery shield—the voice is that of actor David de Keyser.
• There was another Vortex between Akihabara and Sci-Fi Films Part 2, but I was dissatisfied with the original footage, despite several attempts to re-edit it, so I deleted it, making this Digital Wonderland video shorter (about 68 minutes) than the others (usually 90 minutes).
• Star Trek: The Motion Picture, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Blade Runner all feature the work of the late Douglas Trumbull (1942-2022). Even after all these years, his works still look more futuristic than modern CGI effects.
• I wanted a mid-century “faux Shouwa” look for the final Vortex. The best I could find was a clip from Shimokitazawa of a festival taking place in narrow alleys. To make the footage look older, I blurred it slightly, increased the exposure, added a warm golden glow, and an “old film” filter. These effects, however, made the footage look more like a colorized silent film! More Taishou era than Shouwa, perhaps, but it works for me!
