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This Track Contains Politics: The Culture of Sampling in Experimental Electronica
Hannes Liechti
2022
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What does it mean to process field recordings from the Ukrainian war in an electronic music track? How can the sampling of an Armenian keyboard melody be read as a critique of traditional gender roles? And what does it say about voyeurism in our culture when a techno producer uses viral YouTube videos as the basic material of his compositions? Across five detailed case studies, Hannes Liechti discusses the culture and politics of musical sampling from a new perspective. Giving particular attention to the reasons behind sampling processes, Liechti’s in-depth analysis of sampling strategies by artists such as COOL FOR YOU and Lara Sarkissian shows that sampling political material, and sampling with political intentions reveals a complex net of contexts, meanings, and often deeply personal choices and creative decisions. Offering tangible tools and concepts for further exploration of sample-based music, the book illustrates the potential of popular music to tell stories about the world, and it describes the habits, thoughts, and realities of the laptop producer, one of the core actors in 21st century music-making.
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Keywords
- Authorship
- Electronic music
- Electrónica
- Ethnomusicology
- Intention
- music production
- Popular music
- Sampling
- thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AV Music::AVL Music: styles and genres::AVLP Popular music
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DOI: 10.56513/xkwv4402Editions