Der Sample-Dompteur Christian Marclay
Seit 35 Jahren dreht der in der Schweiz aufgewachsene Amerikaner Christian Marclay Versatzstücke der Popkultur durch den Fleischwolf: am Anfang experimentierte er mit zerschnittenen und deformierten...
View ArticlePalm Trees, Data Moshing and the Sea
Blank Banshee creates audio-visual works full of samples and exotic images. He is often mentioned as one of the pioneers of Vaporwave. Online we found one email interview with him only, so we decided...
View ArticleSampling Place
Norient untersucht im geplanten Projekt «Glokale Sounds», wie Tracks Referenzen auf Orte verarbeiten und neu kodieren. Ein erster Überblick mit Beispielen aus Gegenwart und Geschichte. Die...
View ArticleSwiss Sound Pioneer of the First Hour
Bruno Spoerri (*1935) is a saxophonist, composer, author, and a pioneer of electronic music in Switzerland - he co-founded the «Swiss Society for Computer Music» and was the co-director of the «Swiss...
View ArticleB-movies and Biracial Creatures
It is one of Norient's most favored music videos from the past years: «Nunca Tendremos Mar» from the Bolivian underground band Gato Diablo. Here rock critic Javier A. Rodríguez Camacho analyzes the...
View ArticleThe New Hi-Tech Underground
In the past decade, culture was longing for the nostalgic and authentic. The new Internet underground celebrates the contrary: hi-tech, artificiality and kitsch. Is it a critique of capitalism or a...
View ArticleMusic of Bombs and Bullets
Environmental sounds challenge Matthew Herbert more than a piano does. With noises of exploding bombs, collapsing buildings, and a dying pig he creates both abstract tracks and happy dance music....
View ArticleRegenerative Culture (part 1/5)
Just like words to create sentences, songs and artworks have become building blocks for new ones. In his essay, Eduardo Navas proposes a future in which constant updates and connectivity will become...
View ArticleRegenerative Culture (part 4/5)
Knowledge is becoming fully quantifiable. In the fourth part of his essay, Eduardo Navas explains how the computer keyboard enables sampling work to create image, sound, and text. Classic sample...
View ArticleRegenerative Culture (part 5/5)
Sampling technology compresses the labor of producing in the studio. In the last part of his essay, Eduardo Navas explains how sampling puts the focus on selectivity as the crucial factor in the...
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