The Flaming Lips Compose Consumer Electronic Music

The Flaming Lips, a band who is no stranger to technology having sung about it in their music (even if it did involve a woman battling pink robots who have been sent to destroy us), has embraced the zeitgeist and released their latest song, “Two Blobs Fucking”, on YouTube. But being the Flaming Lips and fond of experimentation, a little mischief, and audience interaction (their live shows at one point featured giant inflatable balls flying into the crowd—sometimes with Wayne Coyne inside), their YouTube video is slightly different than the standard guitar-and-a-webcam variety. Rather, it’s an audiovisual symphony that uses 12 electronic devices—be they smartphone, tablet, laptop, or desktop—to play different tracks that, when played simultaneously, will compose a complete song.

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