Sounds very cool! Thanks for all the info, fbk!
On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Kevin Kennedy <the...@gmail.com> wrote: > Guessing I should chime in. > > What Christian Marclay does is actually an extension of what many > of the DMC battle champions started doing. Using tape, or other means > to get a record to skip (in time, or a controlled skip). I've used > the technique before and it is a bunch of fun...When I was creating > musique concrete/experimental works, the turntable was my fourth > instrument usually. > > Using four turntables and marking all your records like Marclay does > is pretty interesting, yet the problem is that after awhile, you just > kind of get the feeling that he was done halfway into his performance? > > You can use glue to do it...DAC Crowell at one point got an old > dubplate from Jamaica which had a skip in it (chocolate...LOL), most > guys that I've known to 'mark' their records used the labels from > cassette tapes (remember those things???) > > Denise, your question just made me nostalgic....I'm remembering how > I taught myself how to cut a locked groove on an old rek-o-cut mono > lathe...and how proud I was:) > > > > > On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 8:07 AM, AntonBanks.com <web...@snet.net> wrote: >> Really interesting topic! >> >> I don't mean to derail the conversation but this link got me thinking... >> >> I'd never heard of Christian Marclay before so I checked out the links. I >> don’t find myself saying this too often but I REALLY don't get his music. I >> thought this wass odd because I've come to really like ambient and >> soundscapes. I can tell that there is a definite purpose behind what he is >> doing. Wikipedia pegs him as the "unwitting inventor of turntablism" and I >> agree with that statement. You can certainly learn a few turntablism >> techniques by watching what he does. It's just that the overall performance >> is totally lost on me. >> >> -ant- >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Mike Taylor [mailto:disconihil...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 6:58 PM >> To: 313-digest-h...@hyperreal.org >> Cc: 313@hyperreal.org >> Subject: (313) Re: Research question about vinyl manipulation >> >> >> I don't know if anyone in the dance scene has done anything like this. This >> kind of stuff falls more into the noise scene. I can remember the Time >> Stereo guys drilling holes in records so that they would play off center and >> sound wobbly, but that is the only thing that comes to mind. >> >> This guy has made a career of that gimmick: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Marclay >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIFH4XHU228 >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVr-_lGxib4 >> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: Denise Dalphond <ddalp...@umail.iu.edu> >>> To: ...@hyperreal.org >>> Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 18:08:48 -0400 >>> Subject: Research question about vinyl manipulation >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Has anyone ever done or heard of anyone doing the following IN >>> DETROIT: >>> >>> Physically manipulating a piece of vinyl by cutting it down the middle >>> exactly and then gluing it to another half of vinyl so that the >>> grooves match up and it can actually play? Or any other kind of >>> dramatic vinyl manipulation? I'm thinking of things beyond concentric >>> grooves, groove reversal (starting a record from the inside to play >>> outward), and looped grooves. >>> >>> Feel free to message me directly if you'd rather. Thanks! >>> >>> -- >>> Denise Dalphond >>> Ph.D. Candidate >>> Department of Folklore & Ethnomusicology >>> Indiana University >>> http://denisedjsdetroit.blogspot.com/ >>> >>> >>> >> >> This >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 9.0.864 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3235 - Release Date: 11/03/10 >> 04:36:00 >> >> > > > > -- > fbk > > sleepengineering/absoloop US > -- Denise Dalphond Ph.D. Candidate Department of Folklore & Ethnomusicology Indiana University http://denisedjsdetroit.blogspot.com/
