Alice, a song and video composed from the Disney movie's audiobits.


Remixed into being by 19-year old Nick Bertke, who is based in Australia. Link to video on YT, found on Kottke, with this link to audio download. What a sweet little unicorn chaser of a video this is. (Thanks, Susannah Breslin!)


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#1 posted by Tenn, May 21, 2008 8:14 PM

That was fantastic.

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Amazing! I can't tell if all the audio sampled or if some of it is original.

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So adorable! Thank you, Xeni.

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#4 posted by Jack, May 21, 2008 8:26 PM

Awesome! Project this in HD somewhere and I am there.

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#5 posted by Anonymous, May 21, 2008 8:29 PM

Wow. The riff was totally hypnotic. I almost turned it off but as I was reaching to click "pause" found myself just absolutely absorbed and rode it out. So glad I did.

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yes indeedy!

someone showed me this today:(if you like stop motion)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FRtkek-Et4

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Charles Do-Do-Dodgson would be pleased.

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#8 posted by Tenn, May 21, 2008 8:47 PM

Taku-san!

That was fantastic! I don't even like that sort of music and that was just fantastic- I think I've heard part or all of it before but the video was great.

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Can anyone make out the lyrics?

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I could recommend it to patients who are having trouble sleeping. Almost worked for me! Great job.

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#11 posted by Tenn, May 21, 2008 8:54 PM

Every time I try, Mister Armstrong, I just get lost in the pattern again.

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#12 posted by Rindan, May 21, 2008 8:56 PM

This is awesome... but seriously, you need to listen to it NOW. I give it less than a day before someone starts to fling DMCA take downs at this. You don't fuck with your mouse eared overlords and live to tell the tale.

Personally, I find the situation maddening. This should be full protected under fair use. Hell, it probably IS covered under fair use. Of course, that will not matter a lick once Disney flings a few take downs at it.

I find it utterly absurd that I can patent a useful technology and hold that patent for 14, but this post is copyrighted automatically, with no deed, no record, and no title... until long after I am dead.

I personally always liked the idea of making copyright have to be registered (like normal property is), and then requiring people to pay a single penny in order to maintain the copyright. The next year, they have to pay 2 pennies. The year after that, 4, 8, 16, and so on. After seven years, you are still paying just over 2 bucks. If you want to hold a copyright until the end of frigging time, well, it better be economically worthwhile.

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#13 posted by Tenn, May 21, 2008 9:00 PM

Download it and we can make a dozen mirrors.

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Shameless plug: Detroit Electronic Music Festival this weekend:
http://www.myspace.com/detroitmusicfest
Moby, Richie Hawtin, Carl Craig, Kevin Saunderson, much more.

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#15 posted by Joyuna, May 21, 2008 9:04 PM

Part of it is a line from one of the songs, "I always give myself very good advice, but I very seldom follow it". The rest I can't make out.

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#16 posted by noen, May 21, 2008 9:12 PM

The note says this:

"The music video for my song 'Alice', an electronic piece of which 90% is composed using sounds recorded from the Disney film 'Alice In Wonderland'. Download the full song in 128kbps MP3 format here:"

http://www.last.fm/music/Pogo/_/Alice

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#17 posted by Takuan, May 21, 2008 9:28 PM

mary sell always logbook of trouble... what do you hear??

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"I don't even like that sort of music and that was just fantastic.."

Bah! Everyone likes Primus :)

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#19 posted by TK, May 21, 2008 9:36 PM

Trippy... just as Lewis Carroll would.

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#20 posted by TK, May 21, 2008 9:41 PM

BTW, Rindan is right if you know what happened to Neo-Mickey. I was among the lucky people who got it before the takedown.

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#21 posted by holtt, May 21, 2008 10:19 PM

Wow - wonderfully hypnotic!

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Awesome. This reminds me of watching the old 'DTV' music videos on the Disney Channel back in the mid-Eighties.

I bet this Oz kid like Avalanches. :-)

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this is brilliant!!! anyone interested in contemporary vocal cut-ups should check out Todd Edwards: here.


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That's some amazing editing. It makes Alice In Wonderland look like an acid-fueled rave... Oh. Wait.

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AWWWWWWW....
(Now, where's that bottle of Ketalar?)

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#26 posted by jcrbuzz, May 22, 2008 4:38 AM

I think it's "there is always an awful lot of trouble"

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I love that icky sticky crap!

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"there is... they'll always... love... the devil"


dont get me wrong, i love the tune, but what the hell?

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That was fantastic.


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If you follow the link to download the mp3, he's got three other Alice tracks on there. I'd strongly recommend Lost; Unbirthday and Bread & Butterflies are okay, too.

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#31 posted by jesgrew, May 22, 2008 9:28 AM

If you like that hypnotic sample based kind of electronica you should check out The Field.

This is my fave track from the last album: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ktx9HorB0EM

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The repeating phrase at 0:30 is

very sel(dom) follow it.

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#33 posted by chris23, May 22, 2008 7:21 PM

Wow. Kudos. Please mirror everywhere before The Mouse tried to bury it. Makes me wanna see the flick again.

Srsly, Disney: This is _exactly_ the type of thing you want kids doing with your content.

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#34 posted by Nollie, May 23, 2008 6:51 AM

i think this is my favorite post of the week! Three cheers for singing flowers!

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#35 posted by KevinKS, May 23, 2008 9:23 AM

I'm convinced it is:

"Where is there always love (something) trouble?"

Glad I downloaded the mp3, 'cause the vid went bye-bye. =(

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I've just listened to this song five times in a row, after watching the video twice. It's frickin' hypnotic. The vid is still up on YouTube, and some of the comments are 10 months old. Either Disney hasn't noticed yet, or they actually recognize... nah,they haven't noticed yet.

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#37 posted by maxoid, June 8, 2008 9:44 PM

i believe it is saying "where is there always love where there isn't trouble," which is the only thing i could get from it that actually made sense. and it makes a good deal of sense, so i am going with it.

this kid has a future in this stuff, i am thinking. rock on!

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" Very sel(dom) alright. We love the devil, but the trouble."

That's what I got :)
Trippy stuff.

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???????????????????????????? are yall for serial?

:
mary sailed all the way to love. up too (true?) ... up and grab hold (grapple?) sit up.

I think this sort of thing must seem a little too hard for some of us too handle. LOL...LOVE

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#41 posted by Anonymous, May 25, 2009 12:17 PM

"mary sailed all the way to love the depth (death) of the gravel"

makes aboslutely no sense but thats what i can hear, even when i try to use that line from the movie its apparently based off of.

i gotta watch the movie again cause this was an INSANE reminder

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#42 posted by Anonymous, May 25, 2009 2:51 PM

mary sells lingerie

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#43 posted by Anonymous, June 25, 2009 1:54 PM

wow, this is trippy... i like it though.

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#44 posted by Anonymous, August 15, 2009 4:27 PM

"mary said always to lock the door of trouble"

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