Musicina Blender - Remixing and Mashing Up John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme"

Call me Musicina Blender.

I play around with sound: remixing, mashing up, and manipulating music and audio. This blog will feature some of my own ideas and projects, as well as the works and thoughts of other kindred spirits.

This work is also a natural extension of my career as a radio broadcaster. I am currently the Music Director for KPLU-FM, the NPR/Jazz station serving the Seattle area. I also program the music for KPLU's fulltime online jazz channel, Jazz 24.

Top 5 Downloads:
1. Bob Dylan Meets The Beatles
2. Peggy Lee vs. Bob Marley
3. Canto de Wonderwall
4. Coltrane's Loop Supreme
5. Craig Armstrong/Mick Jagger

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Remixing and Mashing Up John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme"

Coltrane 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.

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