17 minute video about the most sampled drum beat in the history of recorded music, the amen break, from the the pop track Amen Brother by ’60s soul band, The Winstons. & by the same guy – Bassline Baseline, a … Continue reading
by j p, May 24, 2006 0 comments
For audiences in cubicles, sucking down media dripfeeds, virtual nightclubbing no longer sounds just inevitable, but already exists. Witness the auctioneer fitness of the virtual spaceship bought for $100,000, being set up as a virtual marketplace and nightclub within the … Continue reading
by j p, May 24, 2006 0 comments
Out of work turntablists might enjoy an advantage within some of the following occupations: Sandpapering the tops of telegraph poles ( it’s all in the wrists ) . Washing dinner plates (two at a time, tap & temperature controls in … Continue reading
by j p, May 24, 2006 0 comments
In the river of mp3 watches, crazy frog mutations and the white noise of over-abundant music choice, floats the DJ species, but are they flowing forward with the tide, or being washed back out to sea? A few snapshots from … Continue reading
by j p, May 24, 2006 2 Comments
“The drum machine should be renamed what it is: a rhythm synthesizer. I call that rear view hearing. The drum machine isn’t a drum machine, there’s no drums in it – it’s pulses and signals synthesized into new pulses and … Continue reading
by j p, April 21, 2006 0 comments