Check out this awesome rendition of ‘The Sound of Silence’ on floppy drives

There are plenty of covers of the Simon and Garfunkel classic "The Sound of Silence" — but not many involve the clatter of noisy hard drives.

But YouTuber Arganalth just posted this wonderfully quirky rendition, recorded entirely on computer drives in a suitcase.

So why that song in particular? "The choice of the song can maybe be a little strange because the floppy drive are very noisy," writes Arganalth, who added in an iPhone with a picture of the musicians for good measure, "but I had this song stuck in my head since one week so I had to do it."

Check it out:

by Jennifer Van Evra via Electronic RSS