Of all the things you could do when you put 64 floppy drives (floppy disks existed in a world without CDs, pen drives and fruit-based music playing devices) and eight eight-channel controllers with envelope simulation together, the usage in the video above might be the most unique.

Introducing The Floppotron, which makes up the computer hardware orchestra that plays covers of popular classics. It's made by self-proclaimed nerd Pawel Zadrozniak.

Here's the tech of a generation playing the song of a generation: Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit.

Zadrozniak started off with a less complicated device using only 8 floppy drives to bust out some thumping tunes, including the theme from the popular video game Super Mario and the Christmas carol Jingle Bells.

Floppy drive music is created using a software called Moppy (short for musical floppy controller). That's only the easy part and the last step in the process. A boatload of tech is required before the step is reached.

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Here's Zadrozniak attempting to explain his process, "Every device with an electric motor is able to generate a sound. Scanners and floppy drives use stepper motors to move the head with sensors which scans the image or performs read/write operations on a magnetic disk. The sound generated by a motor depends on driving speed. The higher the frequency, the greater the pitch. Hard disks use a magnet and a coil to tilt the head. When voltage is supplied for long enough, the head speeds up and hits the bound making the 'drum hit' sound"

Here's some classical music getting the classical tech treatment: Phantom of the Floppera playing Johann Sebastian Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor.

And the band whose music would lend itself perfectly to floppy drive music: Daft Punk.

Even Psy's Gangnam Style's got the floppy drive treatment.