first episode of a 3 part series by kirby ferguson. its pretty fun and gives good insight to remixing as a type of art. i was writing a manifesto before correlating hip hop culture to collaging and cubism and i think this doc definitely picks up on the same ideas i was trying to put down. in this short 7 min episode he takes us through chic's legendary 'good times' bassline, some william burroghs, and goes through a couple of old blues songs that led zepplin ripped off. nice
Remixing is a folk art but the techniques involved — collecting material, combining it, transforming it — are the same ones used at any level of creation. You could even say that everything is a remix.
very interesting video, thanks for recommending it!
ReplyDeleteGreat documentary. I was surprised chic's bass rhythm was in Around the World.
ReplyDeleteBest bassline ever, am I right?!
ReplyDeleteThere's no such thing as an original thought. Nice video.
ReplyDeleteThis is the most informative thing I've seen in a while.
ReplyDeleteBlogged about this a while back. Some great videos.
ReplyDeleteyep, everything is a remix! :P
ReplyDeletecool remix
ReplyDeleteThis was pretty cool man, that part about William Burroughs coining the term "Heavy Metal" was something I had no idea happened.
ReplyDeletereally interesting insight into Led Zeppelin! everything is a remix :)
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