Tag: mellotron
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The Secret Life of The Optigan
Following on from the previous post I looked up the source of the sample in the Paloma Faith track Upside Down and was surprised – it was from the Optigan. ‘That’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time…’ /OB1 The Optigan was a home organ, really a kid’s toy made by Mattel, a…
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Mr B is Back With An Existential Crisis
A THOROUGHLY MODERN EXISTENTIAL CRISIS by Mr.B The Gentleman Rhymer It seems the lockdown is now paying major dividends – another new(ish) release is this album from Mr.B The Gentleman Rhymer ‘A Thoroughly Modern Existential Crisis’ about COVID-19 and the state of the nation. Particularly like the live-streaming ode ‘Live Stream for One’ – been…
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Eclectic Method – History of Sampling
Not sure about how Revolution No. 9 has the Amen break (err, no), but here’s a good primer from Eclectic Method on the early history of sample culture – although as the excellent WhoSampled points out, some of these have been sampled by hundreds of artists with the most sampled not being featured here –…
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All Hail the Emperor’s New Limbs
Finally listened to the new Radiohead album ‘The King of Limbs’ and can hear what Radiohead fans have been kvetching about recently. I understand that each era of fans tend to change every few albums when a band experiments; the age old problem of locking an artist into their most successful era. But I think…