Tag: Sampling (music)
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Working Down On Mashup Farm: Microserfs and the New Economy
Something is very much not right in the state of Denmark – well if Denmark was the state of mashups. Recent events have suggested that certain platforms will now welcome mashups, unofficial remixes, unlicensed DJ mixes, podcasts of commercial music and the like. Apple made waves two weeks ago with such an idea of licensing…
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KLF United States of Audio mixumentary
Loving this ‘mixumentary’ about the KLF – going from Timelords to Extreme Noise Terror by United States of Audio aka Dave Trigg. (via Rob Manuel and Dave Green/Fakebit Polytechnic) Different approach to my two KLF shows (which if anyone wondered if the KLF are forgotten, they are still my most popular shows) with a mix…
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The Pre-History of Mashups – Medleys and Mixes
I suspect the public at large think that mashups are fairly new phenomenon, or at most 15 years old. [QI voice] This is not in fact true. Although sampling as a technology didn’t become widespread until the late 80’s (the likes of Art of Noise allowing, a band who also took parts of songs and…
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All U Writers
Released next week, every time I hear this house/disco track by !!! (Chk Chk Chk) I think ‘Hot Chip’ for some reason….probably because this is a complete departure from their usual sound (and the 2 Bears style vocals!). As they said in Thump it’s like they sampled themselves, and probably why I like it so…
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Video Will Eat Itself?
I suppose I should be honoured – plagiarism is the sincerest form of flattery, and this is the first time my video work has been ‘sampled’ to my knowledge, but to use nearly 50% of my video in another video with no credit? Naughty, obviously no honour among thieves anymore (I use snippets, but rarely…