Earlier this summer, Evan wrote about a single from electropunk band Feral Five called “3D”. With its refrain “Press a button 3D printer”, the song invokes 3D printing to paint dystopian tones about the use of technology, all to a catchy beat. Since the song’s success, Feral Five has gone on to make a music video to accompany the track, complete with flashing lights, mesmerizing colors, and a MakerBot 3D printer doin’ its thang:
The band tells Louder Than War that the song “is essentially all about printing 3D human beings from a 3D printer. Sounds like science fiction but prosthetics and even vertebrae are being printed now. We’re imagining a future where whole people will be scanned and reprinted, not cloned – printed. The immediacy of being able to produce humans to order, on ubiquitous printing tech is what the song is about and who is at the controls. The ethics of it all.” The only thing that can top this 3D printing song is an entire concept album.
If you like songs and music videos about 3D-related stuff, you might consider “POP!” by Mikey Valis. Not that I know/am the guy or anything.
