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The envelope, please

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Here’s a track I’m working on, based around a couple of envelope filtered samples of Beethoven’s string quartet in A minor, opus 132, 3rd movement. Filtered Beethoven [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Me vs Guarneri Quartet vs Babsy Singer vs Don Henley vs DJ Trace mp3 download, ipod format download Envelope filter is [...]

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Brand Nubian meets Edie Brickell

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

While I was researching the Spoonie G meme, I noticed that Brand Nubian uses a lot of remarkably creative samples. It inspired me to do a sample map of their first album, One For All. Click to see it bigger. Hear all the tracks sampled on One For All, via Kevin Nottingham’s awesome blog.

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Björk thought she could organize freedom, how Scandinavian of her

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Björk knows how to balance the coldness of electronic production with hotly unpredictable vocals and instrument textures. Her approach is eccentric and her sound gets on some people’s nerves. It took me a couple years to be convinced by her. I’m glad I hung in there, because she’s been one of my best teachers in [...]

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Can robots DJ?

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Now that I have an office job, I’m spending a lot of time under headphones while I correct people’s grammar. It’s a good opportunity to explore the outer reaches of my music tastes. The office has some networked Itunes libraries heavy on the Pitchfork 500, and I have whatever I’m bringing from home. I’ve also [...]

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When The Levee Breaks

Thursday, June 18, 2009

The drum intro from Led Zeppelin’s “When The Levee Breaks” is, as far as I’m concerned, the very embodiment of The Awesome Majesty Of Rock. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] John Bonham’s staggeringly heavy drum performance was recorded by engineer Andy Johns in Headley Grange, a Victorian-era poorhouse in England. Bonham played a [...]

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