From Eric Sorenson Sent Tue, May 1st 2018, 16:27
That is so cool, thanks for tracking this down Brian! > On Apr 28, 2018, at 3:14 PM, Brian Behlendorf <xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx> = wrote: >=20 >=20 > BTW, I reached out to Alex Rutterford about Grantz Graf, to which he = replied the following; I asked if I could forward and he agreed. I = thought others might find it interesting. >=20 > Brian >=20 >=20 > On Mon, 23 Apr 2018, alexander rutterford wrote: > Hey Brian, >=20 > Glad you still like this video after almost 20 years - wow its = scary when I say that. >=20 > The bad news is that it was never rendered at 1080 it was = finished at D1 PAL 720x576 pixels, and the only way of seeing this at = 1080 is through a pixel blow up . >=20 > I have recently been going through a pile of cd=E2=80=99s, some = having cd rot and archiving in an attempt to find if I backed this up, I = did this video whilst working elsewhere and I can=E2=80=99t > reminder whether I took a backup. >=20 > So far I found only a small part but nothing enough to reproduce = fully. >=20 > My next step is to go through some old magneto optical discs and = zip cartridges at a data revival service and see if i get lucky, as one = of my missions in life is to re-render this > video in 4K and have a 3d version as well. >=20 > But at this stage it looks like it could be lost in time. >=20 > That video took me 6 months on and off fitting around other jobs = and was crafted using animation and very little generative solutions, = only the slicing look was a visual filtered > version of the music but the rest was all animated by myself. >=20 > Otherwise the only way is to re-create is from the bottom up, and = I don=E2=80=99t think I=E2=80=99m crazy enough to do that now. >=20 >=20 >=20 > Have a great day dude. >=20 >=20 > Best >=20 > Alex. >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > On 23 Apr 2018, at 05:07, Brian Behlendorf = <xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote: >=20 >=20 > Sending an email as a shot in the dark. Count me in as a = big fan and someone who's die to see a proper 1080p scan of Grantz Graf = if one ever were to materialize. I > assume not without proper fundage; does source material = exist? See ref below from other fans. >=20 > Brian >=20 > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Eric Sorenson <xxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> > To: Brian Behlendorf <xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx> > Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2018 09:33:49 -0700 > Subject: Re: music videos from the MTV era > Cc: Chris Taylor <xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>, idm list = <xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> >=20 >=20 >=20 > On Apr 21, 2018, at 10:42 PM, Brian Behlendorf = <xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote: >=20 >=20 > Yeah, that Warp video compilation is amazing. Pretty = much anything by Chris Cunningham or Michel Gondry from that era was fun = to mindblowing. >=20 > Granz Graf is my ATF. Wish I could find it in true = 1080p, not just upscaled SD. I'd love to know how much of this was = generated from the same upstream source > as the music, vs emulated afterwards. = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dev3vENli7wQ >=20 >=20 > I'm not sure it exists in 1080p , since it targetted DVD = resolution .. 2002 was a different time :) >=20 > rutterford said it's not generative at all, it's animated = by 'hand' to match up to the music...which is somehow even crazier than = writing a program to do it >=20 > = http://warp.net/news/alex-rutterford-on-the-creation-of-the-gantz-graf-vid= eo >=20 >=20 >=20 > underworld - rez >=20 > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DF6Y7lcvubhU >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > We Have Explosive holds up as a sort of Keith Haring = on acid play: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DXc9l7pygQRo >=20 > There was a VHS tape put out for the Orb's Adventures = Beyond the Ultraworld, which someone has encoded and put on Youtube, at = least the latter 3/4ths of it, > that I for some reason really like: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DgEBRTFGtYBI >=20 > Orbital's "The Box" was pretty arty: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DIcQXy4YdFcM >=20 > I know the above are practically Top 40, but nothing = was as accessible (and still pretty era- and genre-defining) as Bjork's = All Is Full Of Love > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DAjI2J2SQ528 >=20 > And I forgot about DHS's "House of God" video til = just now! > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DUVRPEDOVJzk >=20 > Hexstatic used to have a lot of fun with videos and = sampling: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DBhXp-Wemn3I > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dz-jK46PEwcs > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D2e4ItvRGwis >=20 > OK, pulling out of the rabbit hole, >=20 > Brian >=20 > On Sat, 21 Apr 2018, Chris Taylor wrote: > Anyone have any favorite Official Music Videos = from the MTV era they'd like to share? > I was compiling a playlist of house music = videos and couldn't remember if there had been a good music video thread = on here. The one I put together > is below but like I said, it's on the house = music tip, > although IDM heads should recognize sasu = ripatti/Vladislav Delay appearing for one moment in the extremely banal = video for his alias Luomo's > Tessio. What a fucking tune tho. > = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D9_gidanrIFc&list=3DPLqe7_QSh_6iy8Sv6JCLw= BeS9oNqdpTg8K > All the Warp videos were obviously really dope, = I used to have that DVD they made. But yeah please share some vids! I = live/grew up in the US, so > all this stuff which I assumed was in somewhat = regular > rotation in Europe never got played here = outside of the really poppy stuff (like Crystal Waters or Real McCoy) or = on speciality shows like Amp. > Ahhh - here's another good one: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DIwUQ5oKM-hE >=20 >=20