Along these lines you might want to mention
negativland...you know, their big fiasco with U2 and
stuff (the letter U and the number 2). I'm being
vague b/c my knowledge of this is fuzzy, but in a
nutshell they have done fascinating stuff with found
sound and got in big trouble fking around with U2
samples.
--- christopherotto <cotto1@gl.umbc.edu> wrote:
> i think it would also be good to throw in some stuff
> concerning alot of the
> ideas about sampling and appropriation expressed by
> artists. i find works by
> john cage to be some of the most interesting "mixes"
> done - check out
> variations four where he mixes radio stations with
> mics on the street in a
> gallery space - it is really incredible. also john
> nincarrow's plyerpiano
> pieces totaly relate to the ideas in electronic
> music as they are pieces
> impossible to play by human hands, and hence use the
> technology in a useful
> way, kind of like that 1000bpm moby track( anyone
> else hear him play it at
> ultraworld last thnaksgiving btw?) .
>
> christopherotto
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Pedro Cevallos <pedro_cevallos@hotmail.com>
> To: <dchapman@ucla.edu>; <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
> Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 2:58 PM
> Subject: Re: Amen my brother
>
>
> > >Slightly off topic, but I'm assisting in teaching
> a course on >electronic
> > >dance music at UCLA, and I'm doing a talk on
> >breakbeat/drum and bass.
> >
> >
> > That's awesome! I would love to take/teach such a
> class...
> > How about these course offerings:
> >
> > Evolution of electronic music
> > A survey history of breakbeats
> > Introduction to Hip Hop
> > The recontextualization of African Music and it's
> implications
> > DNB 101
> > Sampling, copyright law, art and you
> >
> >
> >
> > >I would really like to get hold of the Winstons'
> "Amen my Brother," >in
> > >order to show the class the initial context for
> that rather >ubiquitous
> > >breakbeat. I just lost a bidding war on eBay and
> I'm >looking for other
> > >ways of getting hold of this track. Anyone have
> >any ideas?
> >
> >
> > Fuck E-Bay Dale! Try this:
> >
> > http://www.dustygroove.com/ultimate.htm
> >
> > Ultimate Breaks and Beats -- Volume 1 . . . LP . .
> . $8.99
> > Monkees "Mary Mary"* / Bad Bascomb "Black Grass"*
> / The Winstons "Amen
> > Brother"* / 7th Wonder "Daisy Lady" / D.C. Larue
> "Indiscreet" / Rufus
> Thomas
> > "Do The Funky Penguin"
> >
> >
> > and while you're at it, I think it might be wise
> to also play for your
> > students Lyn Collins' "Think" followed by DJ EZ
> Rock & Rob Base's "It
> takes
> > two" and then the tons of dnb songs that sample
> the breakdown, the shaker,
> > the "You Bad Sistah!" James Brown scream, etc,
> etc, etc...:
> >
> > http://www.dustygroove.com/ultimate.htm
> >
> > Ultimate Breaks and Beats -- Volume 16 . . . LP .
> . . $8.99
> > Commodores "The Assembly Line" / Johnny Jenkins "I
> Walk On Guilded
> > Splinters" / Le Pamplemousse "Gimme What You
> > Got"* / Marvin Gaye "T Plays It Cool" / Lyn
> Collins "Think"* / The
> Galactic
> > Force Band "Space Dust"* / Steve Miller Band
> "Take The Money And Run"
> >
> >
> > Inevitably if you're talking about classic breaks
> you have to bring in
> > "Apache" by the Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo
> Band:
> >
> > http://www.dustygroove.com/ultimate.htm
> >
> > Ultimate Breaks and Beats -- Volume 3 . . . LP . .
> . $8.99
> > Cheryl Lynn "Got To Be Real" / Incredible Bongo
> Band "Apache" / Herman
> Kelly
> > & Life "Dance To The Drummers Beat" /
> > Incredible Bongo Band "Bongo Rock"* / UPP "Give It
> To You" / Jackie
> Robinson
> > "Pussy Footer"*
> >
> >
> > Probably the most obvious example of sampling your
> students can relate to
> is
> > if you play for them Bob James' "Take me to the
> Mardi Gras" followed by
> Run
> > DMC's "Peter Piper". I think they've probably
> heard the Run DMC and can
> > relate.
> >
> > http://www.dustygroove.com/warehous12in.htm
> >
> > Bob James -- Mardigras/Nautilus (12" single) . . .
> 12-inch . . . 5.99
> >
> >
> > BTW, I don't work for dustygroove but they are a
> great store! :)
> >
> >
> > Amen brother indeed! ;)
> >
> >
> > Pedro Cevallos
> > --
> > "...the world is a comedy to those who think and
> > a tragedy to those who feel..."
> > -- Horace Walpole --
> > http://www.geocities.com/mr_cevallos/
> >
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