Saturday, October 15, 2022

THE COMPUTER ACCENT (MEMORY) Directed and Produced by: Riel Roch-Decter & Sebastian Pardo


In my opinion, the band Yacht brings its own brilliant branding and computer wizardry to the world's musically maverick geniuses. It may not be your  musical genre, but so what?  
Made by the band's own computer wizards for musical wizards, the 3-hour film explores the intricate pathways of making electronic music that combines sounds of the 70's. Using a multitude of strange things, the computer is the star here as it showcases artificial intelligence - all explained and demonstrated by Yacht. Many clips are integrated into this film that historically enlighten us.

I could not understand the amazing explanations for producing such sounds, but Yacht is the pioneer of synthesizer type music while integrating novel instruments, such as the theremin in a piece for weird effect. Yacht is more or less equivalent to The Grateful Dead when it comes to legends.


Inventively scored, but chaotically challenging to follow any melody (if there is one in their compositions), I enjoyed this documentary that insightfully educates those who are not familiar with this atonal music.