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That's one of the things that interests me about them.. "Authorship" and that.. Also, with the Sprinkles example especially there's a very socially-minded (political in some sense) motivation behind the choice of samples. Or something. And yeah, breaks are the classic example. I'm sure there...

Hello, I'm doing a project at the minute that looks at sampling, and one thing I'm looking at specifically are 'sample genealogies', instances where a tune samples another tune which itself samples another (and so on).. For instance: Les McCann - Sometimes I Cry --> Massive Attack - Teardrop...

Ja, ages ago, must be 8 years back at least. I had the same username as here I think, although I didn't post that much innit.

Off-topic, but are you the same Zhao who used to post on the Designers Republic forum? As for DJing with 'real instruments', my general inclination is that I don't like a conflation of music playback with music performance. Then again, most electronic [ableton] live shows are essentially...

Awesome! That very song went on to become this, which in its own way is as joyful IMO

I remember reading about David Cunningham's "Error Systems" from this album a fair while ago, although I still haven't got round to listening to them. I'm not sure if it's any way canonical w/regards aleatoric composition, but it may be of interest - the link includes some notes on it.

represent!

I was obsessed with 2001 as a kid so all that stuff has stuck with me, although aside from hearing some of his other works performed, I'm not that familiar his work outside said film. I think Lux Aeterna is definitely one of my all time favourite modern classical pieces, and probably one of the...

an SCSI SD drive for my criminally neglected MPC, please.

Maximo Park nearly played in my north-eastern hometown (pop. 8,000) at the esteemed 'selefest' festival, but they had to pull out on account of the fact they were in the studio that day, recording their debut for Warp. Had they shown, it would undoubtedly have been one of those seminal moments...

Uh, I'm not sure if that's sarcasm or genuine, but just in case, I should point out that Laid Back are Danish.. Although actually that reminds me that I've always found dancehall and the like quite difficult to get into for the homophobic stuff, and I guess that's a prejudice. Although I...

Too right. I can't believe that guy a) got into the RCA, b) graduated from the RCA. I guess one good thing about it is that it's distinctive, which is always handy when it comes to passing over it when browsing for records. As for music I'm prejudiced against.. I guess one would be minimal...

Did they only start broadcasting at 11 then? I would've loved a recording of Untold's set, it were thoroughly good.

oh, and I think the most I spent on a 12" single was £16 for The Return of Drexciya. It's actually quite painful how expensive all their stuff seems to be.

I'm generally in agreement with those who've said that it's a bit sad to pay a huge amount for a single record — or at least, it's not really very satisfying. I think the most I've paid for a single record was £24 for Loveless, although the most I've paid for a release was £30 for Moodymann's...