misc. music infosnacking

Submitted by smith on Fri, 2007-08-03 13:54.

mpc 2000

It has been a bit of a slow week here at Serial Consign, through no fault of mine the site was down for the majority of yesterday and now I'm feeling a little under the weather. In lieu of a coherent post, here are a few music related links:

  • In writing my foreword to Vague Terrain 07: Sample Culture I had to give a shout-out to The Bomb Squad, the production team behind Public Enemy. I first was exposed to It takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back when I was wee lad of 13 in 1989. I can honestly say the record changed my life. Not only was I listening to intelligent lyrics for the first time (sorry LL), but the production wrapped around said lyrics was dense, frantic and historically charged. I lost track of The Bomb Squad in the mid 90s and haven't heard much about them since. GRANDGOOD just tipped me off about an extended interview with Bomb Squad member Hank Shocklee in Cool'eh Magazine. Schocklee sounds off on artist development, copyright, social media, and reveals he has really been digging the Digital Mystikz dubstep crew of late.
  • Yesterday I had my second piece published on the Torontoist. The article, entitled Techno 2.0 is a crash course in social media and digital distribution in the world of techno with some good perspective from local producers Noah Pred and Vergel Evans.
  • If the above is up your alley then you owe it to yourself to check out Eduardo Navas's amazing resource Remix Theory. Eduardo is quite possibly the most astute scholar of mix culture I've encountered since meeting Paul D. Miller. Navas also wrote an incredible essay on the history of the mashup for the aforementioned Vague Terrain Issue.
  • Last but not least, I've added two more Music related blogs to my watchlist. Check out Curbcrawlers for all your GTA dubstep needs and Allez Allez for mixes by way of many of your favourite producers [via Philip Sherburne].

    • [image: the mighty akai MPC2000 sampler]

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    kudos to you

    Submitted by Christopher de Beer (not verified) on Wed, 2007-08-08 03:37.

    kudos to you (or you-all)

    just came across this blog today. And it looks awesome, and i'll no-doubt be back for more.

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