Remixing and Mashing Up John Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme”
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 this tune into some kind of song form seemed a bit trite. The answer was to blend it with something drone-like and Indian in sensibility, which is actually where Coltrane was going in those days. Karsh Kale’s tune fit really well.
Call me Musicina Blender. aka Nick Francis
Dayjob--Music Director for KPLU-FM, the NPR/Jazz station serving the Seattle area, as well as KPLU's fulltime online jazz channel, Jazz 24.
Weekends--Producer and host of an independent weekly radio show called Quietmusic.
Major Passion - Remixing and mashing up music in real time, using midi-controllers, aka "controllerism". I designed and built my own controller, called the "Choppertone".
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