August 2008
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Peggy Lee vs. Bob Marley
Reggae Fever
Peggy Lee’s original recording is about as simple and bare as can be—just a single voice, with bass, finger snaps, and minimalist percussion. I decided to fill the musical space w/cool ambient sounds from Bill Laswell’s dub/remix of Marley, a disc called Dreams Of Freedom. This tune sounds cool on headphones. And the Marley tune, of course, is Exodus.
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Sly Stone / Family Affair remix
Fam Affair
I assembled my first DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) in late 1999. My two favorite pieces of software at the time were the amazing ACID from Sonic Foundry (now owned by Sony) and a sweet little program called ReBirth from a Swedish software company called Propellerheads. (This company later created the very popular program REASON and has since discontinued with ReBirth. You can...
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Lemon Jelly - Soft
Originally released on a...
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Remixing and Mashing Up John Coltrane's "A Love...
A Loop Supreme
Actually, this piece is a mashup of Coltrane, Don Braden’s tune “Cousin Esau” (from a 1995 recording called Organic), and percussionist/electronica artist Karsh Kale’s “Break Of Dawn” (from the CD Liberation). Coltrane’s tune is a true looper’s delight; the four beat bass line is a constant. From the get-go I realized that remixing...
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Mocean Worker - Shake Ya Boogie
This guy is the...
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Bob Dylan Meets The Beatles
Positively Fifth Beatle
Wouldn’t this be the ultimate bootleg? Legend has it that Dylan turned the Beatles on to weed, but conversely, the Beatles turned Dylan on to the possibilities of rock. Imagine them in the studio together, circa 1964. Could this have been the moment when Dylan truly went electric?
Note that the visual mashup of the album cover syncs perfectly with the audio...