THE VIDEO SHELF · electronic music from obsolete devices
電磁祭囃子 in NEO TOKYO 🏮
A short music video by the Japanese group Electronicos Fantasticos, led by Ei Wada, playing festival-style music on repurposed old electronics. Instruments include CRT TVs, a barcode reader, an electric fan harp and TV taiko drums.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN users share it as a delightful example of people making real music from obsolete electronics and self-built instruments.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- ELECTRONICOS FANTASTICOS!
- Topic
- electronic music from obsolete devices
- Format
- music
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2026
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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I was browsing YouTube the other day, and got recommended something similar: [VIDEO] Very interesting indeed! The title of the video translates to "Electromagnetic festival music".
entire-name on Hacker News · 2020-12
In Transmits AM radio on computers without radio transmitting hardwareReminds me of Electronicos Fantasticos (Japan) who re-purposes old items (TV's old fans, barcode scanners etc...) and makes electronic music. Super interesting stuff! [VIDEO]
jamdav16 on Hacker News · 2024-08
In p5.jsI dig the electroduotone. Congrats! Have you heard of electronicos fantasticos? It's this band from Japan who make incredible music with instruments they made themselves. [VIDEO]
solstice on Hacker News · 2026-04
In Ask HN: Any Interesting Niche Hobbies?
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