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Have You Seen This? Floppy disk drive music
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At first, this case of drives looks like something the IT department would have in a bottom drawer somewhere that just in case collection of outdated hardware that may one day be crucial to retrieving a document. But soon, a grungy melody emerges from the drives moving parts. - photo by Celeste Tholen Rosenlof
FLOPPY DISK HEAVEN Floppy disks may have been outpaced technologically, but they can still serve a music purpose, apparently.

It seems there is a movement on the Internet of people who are reusing floppy disk drives as a means of making music. YouTuber Arganath uses his collection of drives to grind out the melody of Nirvanas classic song Smells Like Teen Spirit in this video.

At first, this case of drives looks like something the IT department would have in a bottom drawer somewhere that just in case collection of outdated hardware that may one day be crucial to retrieving a document. But soon, a grungy melody emerges from the drives moving parts.

It seems this floppy drive music hobbyist really took Kurt Cobains demand, Here we are. Entertain us seriously, because this is strangely captivating and really impressive.
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