Tag: tape loop
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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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Pause Button Beats
“Public Enemy No. 1” was a pause tape beat” This is an amazing article via Ian Fondue of the Lloydbrary about early hiphop DJs using cassette tapes in their productions – yes a lot of us started creating ‘pause button edits’ and it’s amazing that some of the classics were created this way. I knew…
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Doctor Who Theme – BBC Radiophonic Workshop
EDIT: this video seems to be lost, it’s been pulled off YouTube and I can’t find it! EDIT 2: It’s the feature on the ‘Doctor Who Beginnings’ DVD called ‘Masters of Sound’. Saw this via Akira the Don and assumed it was the Alchemists of Sound but it’s actually from 1993 ’30 Years of the…