Using the worst sounding album of all time to review a record player
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- Опубліковано 7 чер 2024
- Donner sent me their new record player to review, and I put it to the test with the worst sounding album I could find! The Donner record player has a built-in speaker, aux output, and bluetooth capabilities, so you can listen to records with headphones, or play audio from your phone and computer. I've genuinely been using this a LOT since Donner sent it to me, and I've been really enjoying it
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - 01:18 - choosing a record
01:19 - 01:53 - WARNING: VERY LOUD SOUNDS
01:54 - 03:37 - don't listen with children, please
03:38 - 03:56 - listening to records with headphones!
03:57 - 05:22 - sending a Sakamoto album through Microcosm
05:23 - 06:12 - taking a phone call
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Donner DP-100 Turntable Style Bluetooth Speaker
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Great vid as always. I once stayed in a hotel in Philly. My room did not come with a Donner record player. But the room next to me must have included one as they played side B all night long.
LMFAOOO omg you really just made me laugh out loud hahah thank you so much for that!!! I needed a great laugh today 😂😂😂
Sometimes when my upstairs neighbor won’t stop practicing the same metal guitar riff for an hour I play Merzbow really loudly and just close the door and go to the other side of the apartment.
That will do it!
Which album?
LMAOOO I love it ♡😂
That's basically a Boris With Merzbow album.
I just love The Gerogerigegege , great japanese noise
I feel like, at the point that Emily is laughing so hard she’s crying, the record has won.
Also playing stuff through pedals like that made me rly happy.
At 2:25 I had just taken a huge swig of coffee. So proud that I managed to neither choke on it nor spit it out. It was…a struggle.
HAHAHA I am so proud of you, too 😂♡
Well done!
Hahaha that's hilarious, I did not expect the Gerogerigegege to show up here.
At least you avoided the track that's literally just a recording of someone taking a dump :D
(And for what it's worth they also made some really good non-gross ambient, check out ">(decrescendo) Final Chapter" if you're curious)
LOL Why does that idea for a track not surprise me? Jeez...
HAHAHAH WAIT WHAT THEY HAVE A POOPING SONG?!?!? 😂♡ I already thought they were weird enough for having this 6-minute track of a guy moaning while trying to hold in his sneeze...
@@emilyharpist You "think" that's what he's doing ;) I believe they had a reputation for "exposure".
@@emilyharpist bahahahahahaha. "Sneezing" is a great way to explain that.
This is great, it's like you're pranking your audience with noise music, which is basically my whole career
😂 😂
Oh, you can never go wrong with The Gerogerigegege. Am I weird for knowing their name well enough not having to double check spelling?...
HAHAH I'm finally at the point where I can spell their name without Googling it so I guess I'm weird too ♡😂
Yes you are weird, and that's a wonderful thing
Yea. A bit. And that’s fine
yes
The Gerogerigegege , just excellent surpreme Japanese noise 😎🥳
I just love them 😍
"I wanna find my favorite song, hold on..." Judging by your reaction, you found it!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
LMAOOO I swear it wasn't planned at all, I did NOT expect that sound... 😂
genuinely love this kind of music unironically, thank you for introducing gerogerigegege to me
ahhh I'm so glad!!! :) ♡
The Gerogerigegege , just excellent Japanese noise 😎🥳
UA-cam will show you their great compositions & videos 😍
Did I say Compositions ???? UUUH , decompositions , but I like them !!!!
Donner has a great taste for musicK 😍
it is refreshing to listen to after starting your day with Beatles
same the first side I actually liked
Bringing joy and laughter to my Sunday morning... not the music, just Emily's reaction to the record she picked...
Thanks, y'all 🙏 be good to you
hahah thank you so much, Scott!! 🥰♡
now thats some quality music
glass and the phone call actually sounded pretty interesting with the effects pedal :D
That phone call mangling was almost something akin to musique concrète :-D Put it on a tape and slice it to bits, put it together again and play it back at different speeds 😛
😂 exactly! It was so hard not to laugh hahaha
This is one of the funniest videos you've ever done - I honestly laughed so much that I wasn't even making sound any more. It was both sublime and ridiculous. I'd recommend the album 'Moog Plays the Beatles' by Marty Gold to run through that pedal; it could only be an improvement.
One of my favourite records - and the only "Beatles" record I own. I think it was the first record I ever bought.
@@TDRKB - it's a favourite of mine as well. A hugely underrated classic.
Omg I’ve watched a documentary on that type of noise Japanese music so when you read it I’m like OMG she has no idea hahaha and then it was exactly that music and we laughed our asses off! Then the Aux through microcosm! Ahh! That’s handy! The calls with the mix knob high is also a great use hahaha this was great!
HAHAH I'm so glad you enjoyed it Joan!! 😂♡
OMG, that Gerogerigegege album is really... something. Just read their Wikipedia article if you want the full WTF?! experience. Like, people are into this stuff? The whole Japanese noise scene was really out there, like Hanatarash who bulldozed a venue with the audience and band still inside,
HAHAH I KNOW I read some of the Wiki and was DYING 😂♡
You guys have incredible skill, creativity, awesome output and ideas but the humor and banter is what really makes this channel such a treat. I'm nerdy enough to enjoy the pedals for the subject matter alone even if I prefer VSTs but this way I come here when I need cheering up.
Thank you for making me laugh out loud :) It's been a while and I really needed it.
hahah you're so welcome!! :) thank you so much for watching and hanging out with us here today!! 🥰♡
Hey Emily! Its been a while since I've seen one of your videos and I've really missed them. Its really exciting to see you experimenting with different styles and the things youre interested in. I love your hair too, you look awesome! 😁
Ahhh thank you so much, Aidan!! :) ♡ I really appreciate that!! thanks for being here with us
@@emilyharpist Awww youre always welcome, Emily! You and your channel bring me a lot of joy :)
I have never laughed so hard at a review. I love you two!
hahah we love u too
That was the hardest I’ve laughed for a while! Keep up the great content!
hahah thank you so much!! :) ♡
What a great video! My favorite part is when you plugged in the effects machine, that was so cool!
But the first album...what the....?
HAHAH I know, it's definitely an ultra strange album!! 😂♡
you guys are a joy ✨
fun fact: i ordered a custom overdrive pedal off of Etsy (from Spain) while at at a local show last night hahaha. the world we live in wow. anyways, I’m excited to try it on my flute - thanks for always inspiring 🥰
10/10 would watch an overdriven flute video
YESSSSS!!!! Please upload a video of it when you try it out!! I'd love to hear that!! 🥰♡
Oh lord hahaha
Although if I know this channel's trajectory, now it's Emily going "what is this??!" and soon she'll be doing her own Merzbow and Melt Banana covers. Can't wait! I liked the post rock Nanna too
😂 post rock nana is my fav
You’re always consistently demoing new and interesting gear that makes me think, “Oh, that would be cool to play around with!” Or “Oh, if I had one of those I could do [insert idea here]”. Keep on making these vids!
thank you so much!! :)
Always spaces between tracks on the record. Just look at the grooves. Love you two!
Thank you!!! Lmao I couldn’t believe I didn’t know that 😂
I friggin
This might be the funniest thing I've ever seen on this channel
hahah thank you so much for watching!! ♡
The Gerogerigege and Ryuichi Sakamoto are sooo awesome. Love your content
Glad you are getting into noise music :) You should try some with harp!
You went all Longmont Potion Castle with the phone call, Love it!
There is nothing on that record as horrific as the sound Emily makes with her knuckles at 3:51
Also now hoping for some Techmoan/Emily collaboration videos
LMFAOOO every time I crack my knuckles at a harp gig I gotta do it FAR AWAY from everybody 😂♡
This made me laugh. I'm not currently in the market to buy a record player (But I think it would be so cool to get one! Says the 90's child raised on cassettes and cds). However it's nice to know about my options if I decide the time is right. :P Thanks for the fun review!
😊 thanks for being here!
ART IS OVER! 😂😹
Your laughs are killing me. And the phone call... 🤣
😂 thanks Tom!
I think you need to do a tribute to that first album with your harp and capture your laughter at hearing this wonderful music to replace the "vocals".
HAHAH I actually love this idea 😂♡
Oh god that phone call killed me! I'm dead!
😂♡
This Sakamoto-album sounds outstanding, thank you for the inspiration.
Sadly, the dp-100 is probably only available in the US?
thank you so much for watching! and it's actually available worldwide!!! 🥰♡
Best video ever! It was made even better by Larry David looking on in disgust behind you. P.S. Was the phone call about adopting from North Shore Animal League? I grew up on Long Island and remember seeing their commercials as a kid.
HAHAH YES IT WAS 😂😂😂 and I'm happy to report that Nana DID adopt her puppy from there!!!
I'm so happy you noticed the Larry David portrait hahaha my good friend and amazing harpist & artist Naomi SV on UA-cam drew it for me! :)
Love your channel. When 'tap delay' became a thing in the 90's we would use it on the stereo as well. lf you can set it correctly its fun to hear albums like the Beatles or the Stones with a tad of legit echo. We used a pair of Digitech 2120 Artist to do this back then.
Reminds me that I need to get a copy of Lou Reed's "Metal Machine Music", which has been described as a double album of guitar feedback.
Oh gosh, as soon as I saw that record player in the background I realized that it's the same cheapest possible mechanism that is in all the cheap crap record players.
Why, Donner? Why? Why do you even bother? There are tens of other companies selling the exact same shit.
Super easy to sell those to hipsters that don't actually know anything about vinyl but that it's cool since those kinds of people have done zero research on how to build a setup that will actually sound good and not abuse your records.
I don’t know what I was expecting from that first album but I was laughing hysterically in the end. Great review 👍🏻
This is the weirdest review channel ever and I LOVE it! LOL
HAHAH I feel like we're just getting weirder and weirder 😂♡
Excellent! Made my day, hilarious!
amazing fun. Tyanks Emily. iblaughed heaps, thanks for sharing.
hahah thank you so much for watching, Robyn!! I really appreciate you being here! 🥰♡
I can hear some Merzbow influences. Beautiful music! Also, The Contortionist? You've got some good taste.
Can't stop smiling every time you lose yourself :D This must be my favorite video of yours after the Fart Pedal video
hahah thank you so much! 😂♡ I'm so glad you enjoyed it!! 🥰
Oh man, I hadn’t heard of the George…whatever since the early 90s when I was on a mailing list for experimental music where there were a bunch of people into Japanese noise like Merzbow. I’ve actually never heard their “music” before.
…oh damn, I just got to the part where you’re running an album through Microcosm. BRILLIANT!
😂 thank you so much!!!
I love it! Such a funny video
Thank you so much!!!
The laughter on this video is infectious. For some reason many years ago I told myself I should make an effort to appreciate noise rock (free jazz too). It didn't work so I gave up. 😀
HAHAH I'm trying to listen to other harsh noise bands too in the genre... I don't think I understand it enough yet
@@emilyharpist What about now? 😆
When I first started listening to noise back in the early 90s it took a little while before I found the particular style that really clicked, for me it was Phlegm Bag Spattered from Controlled Bleeding. I had already been listening to a wide variety of music at the time and was into more low-keyed weirdo experimental music, mostly more academic sort of compositions and INA-GRM styled electroacoustic/acousmatic sort of work. I had picked up a used vinyl copy of The Haters album In The Shade Of Fire having no idea what sort of music it was beforehand, and was very intrigued by the sounds I heard, so much so I made a cassette copy and would sometimes let it loop continously while I was driving, people definitely had questions, LOL! Anyway, that kind of helped set my course, and in '95 I started doing my own noise project which I've done for the past 27 years!
That phone call 😂😂
lmaooo I love my nana
Wow, I can't wait for a full album harp cover of this amazing record!
STAY TUNED
hahaha gero geri gegege is kidna like "pukeeee diarrheaaaaa scaryyyyy" in english. i'm always amazed at how you can find funny stuff like this. really enjoyed the video!
This is my fav video you’ve made by many miles, at least comedically speaking 🤣
HAHAH I'm so glad to hear that!!! we had a lot of fun with this one 😂♡
you need to do more funny review videos like this and the guitar one. Shit is hilarious.
hahah I'm turning into a big shit-poster now 😂♡
This was so freaking funny 😂
Yes! More records through effects pedals please.
Definitely!!!
That laugh. Subscribed!
Damn I never thought I'd see The Gerogerigegege of all bands pop up here! Legit one of my favourite Japanese Noise bands.
They’re legends!!!!
You two are getting really good at this.
haha thank you so much 🥰😂
ha! great idea :D
love the inconsistency of censoring the "bad" words
HAHAH we tried our best ♡😂
Was not expecting that level of hilarity :D much noise, such fun
Thank You* Emily !
Countless boring and anesthetic record have been released every year since 1952. I am very happy to discover the Gerogerigegege who provide actual feelings !
:D
I'm tempted of commenting
Thank you
on each video you publish.
The snark in this video is so potent, I'm surprised you were able to actually review anything in it. Wonderfully done!
This video brought me back to my noise/Japanoise/Merzbow days. :') Thanks for the ear bleeding memories.
hahaha you're so welcome 😂♡ I'm trying to get into Merzbow now but I juST CAN'T I DON'T GET IT
@@emilyharpist It's like ambient music's misunderstood cousin. And like ambient music it's often more about the textures, feelings, and moments rather than the whole sum of the pieces themselves. But it is a lot harder to fall asleep to.
I have tiny 5.1 bookshelf satellite speakers I usually set to multi channel stereo when I'm not listening to something in genuine surround sound, it really brings out the magic in the samples from your lo fi noise rock albums.
This is probably the most substantive and useful review of a record player I have ever witnessed.
Please let your assistant know that I will check out his favorite record! #freearchitecturalmusic
Record time with Emm and Russ: IDIGGIT! 🦄
This was pretty hilarious. While I like noise rock and am aware that there are some Japanese bands that will take it to the unlistenable, I was unaware of this "band?" While it is not something that I will try to experience, it was pretty hilarious to watch Emily's reactions. Thanks for the great video.
hahah thank you so much, Gary!! 🥰😂♡
That was absolutely hilarious!
hahah I'm so glad you enjoyed it!! 😂♡
I think you’re my favorite person lol there’s almost nothing better than watching you try new stuff...
Hahaha thank you so much!!! 😊 I really appreciate you jhacker!!!!
@@emilyharpist I appreciate you too ☺️ you’re the best! 💖
Come for the noise, stay for the trippy phone call.
Oh my GOD. I'm a Gero fanatic and seeing this on your channel just burned a hole in my brain.
"RUSS BRING ME THE ULTRA SHIT"
LMFAOOOO
Hey Emily Hopkins and Russ! After experiencing this trauma inducing video my first reaction was to take back the bonus points I awarded you earlier! I reconsidered and reluctantly thank you for sharing! Ride ride ride!
Ahaha reminds me of the time I saw Japanese noise rock band Melt Banana open up for Tool. I was in shock 🤣🤣🤣
Melt Banana rules though!
😂♡ I STILL NEED TO LISTEN TO THEM
Lou Reed’s “ Metal Machine Music “ now sounds like a lullaby.
Lmao I need to check that one out next!!! I just heard about it yesterday!
what's the song playing at the headphone part? @ 3:49
it's from the Gerogerigegege album but I have NO IDEA which track it is lmaooo I'm sorry!!
This is almost like you gave a 12 year old the choice of record
This made me laugh even harder than your fruit synth video and that was hilarious. Great work guys.
Hahaha thank you so much Jed!! This was so fun to film :)
Okay, I did NOT know about Glass. And am on board with it! Huge Ryuichi fan!
It’s SO GOOD there’s a video of the performance on Vimeo or somewhere I think
@@emilyharpist Watched it after this vid. 😂😂🥰🥰
"Directed by David Lynch"
😂♡
This had me DYING laughing lolol love your content, found on insta (:
I bought this vinyl because of this video. I have to have the "best" and the "worst" of all kinds if music.
Thank you for the recommendation. The album cover and insert are hilarious.
Yoko Ono's favorite album. :D
2:20 had me in tears!!!
p.s. that glass album is very beautiful :)
Thanks Kyle hahha. And that record really is beautiful!
Great video, cool bands and turntable.
is this a fever dream? did i just watch an ad read on acid? what just happened? 😭
Damn, cut off Russ and dissed his record!
AHAHAH he knows I love him and am just a big shitposter 😂♡
Before I clicked this video I was shaking in my boots, scared that you were going to pull out Wang Chung's Everybody Have Fun Tonight. 😅 whew!
HAHAHAH OH MAN I MISSED SUCH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY 😂♡
2:18 I NEED a youtube link to this song for the kitchen playlist at work.
That baths record is a classic. Deff planted the seeds for my obsession with all things electronic music
It’s SO GOOD!!! I love Baths
Hahaha this video was a hoot. Running the phone call through the Microcosm
lmaooo my nana is a great sport 😂♡
You can tell where the track on an album starts by looking at the album itself and looking at the grooves in the album. Where a track starts, you will be able to tell just by looking at it. Just take a look and you will see what I mean. I also am pretty sure most record players have 3 speeds. When everyone else got a CD player in the 90's, I got gifted a record player that was used. It had 2 tape decks, an 8-track player and AM/FM radio and I loved that thing. Unfortunately the belt started to go and I didn't have money to put into it and couldn't handle listening to The Beatles sounding slowed down and thankfully neither could my parents 😂 I got a CD player for Christmas that year but.... and don't get me wrong, I love CD's and still use them too but... I miss having a record player and think it's high time I got a new one! Something is definitely wrong with me though, I am going to look up this Audio Shock album now so I can listen to it and decide if it's even worse than I am expecting it to be in it's entirety. I have to listen to it to find that out!! 😂 I am a little scared after watching what your ears endured here but still curious. 🙂
what was the pink record?
I am going to go find that record now, just to gift it to a friend so thank you.
LMAO glad I could help
3:07 What are you doing to this poor woman Russ. LOL
OH MY GOD! As if I couldn't be a bigger fan, you have Language on vinyl!!!!
I can’t believe you sent nana through the microcosm
LMAOOO she's a great sport 😂♡
“Audio Shock”!? Whoa! Too much for me. That was way beyond Avant-garde to me.
hahaha SAME 😂♡
"the cool thing about this turntable is that you can play any size record" ...wow
😂 😂