This is a subject that is ideally suited to the podcast format. Not only can I gather the music examples together, I can seamlessly weave a vocoder demonstration in there too. I also do a little remixing as a comparison method. This is going to be more of a method going forward and I am …
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The “Rockit” rhizome
I have come to believe that Herbie Hancock’s “Rockit” is the most interesting musical recording of all time. It touches every form of twentieth century American music, from blues to jazz to rock to techno, and it’s one of the founding documents of global hip-hop. Not bad for a last-ditch effort to keep Herbie’s label …
DJ on the one and two
Turntablists use record players to play records in ways they weren’t meant to be played. By speeding up, slowing down and reversing the record under the needle, a whole universe of new sounds becomes possible. The record player as musical instrument is still in its early stages of development. DJs already invented the instrumental sound …