Greetings out there: I was wondering if anyone could send some good reccommendations (and links / websites etc. to more info regarding) for experimental music with turntables. I recently saw the documentary "Scratch" and I was familiar with most of the hip hop oriented turntabilists (Cut Chemist, DJ Shadow, Rob Swift, Dj QBert, Mixmaster mike, etc..) but was wondering if anyone could point me to the more experimental side of turntable music. \The only one that I can think of would be like Christian Marclay or maybe evolution control committee or John Oswald (although I think those guys are more samplers than turntablists) I will use any suggestions and include them in my upcoming radio shows for The PCP House of Coffee, an experimental and creative music program. Any help would be much appreciated. Your Zorn and Hip-Hop fanatic, Rich Ladew rladew@attbi.com
Otomo Yoshihide would have to be on anyone's list of avant turntables, especially the still-staggeringly-awesome Ground Zero, his noise rock ensemble of eight albums or so where he played turntables, guitars, samplers, etc. For turntable work specifically, I'd recommend the recently reissued Plays Standards (on Recommended) where he takes on Roland Kirk's Say a Little Prayer; or Null & Void (on Tzadik), where he blends Holger Czukay's offbeat dub version of The International with a dizzying array of other instruments. He's continued to do the occasional turntable gig, occasionally solo. An incredibly versatile and varied performer. Check out the discography at his web site, http://www.japanimprov.com/yotomo/index.html. At 04:54 PM 12/2/02 -0500, richard ladew wrote:
I was wondering if anyone could send some good reccommendations (and links / websites etc. to more info regarding) for experimental music with turntables. <<<<
-- Caleb Deupree cdeupree@erinet.com
I quite like Praxis's Transmutation Live album with the Invisible Scratch Pickles. I wouldn't say it's experimental but there is good scratch in it. - TR richard ladew wrote:
Greetings out there:
I was wondering if anyone could send some good reccommendations (and links / websites etc. to more info regarding) for experimental music with turntables. I recently saw the documentary "Scratch" and I was familiar with most of the hip hop oriented turntabilists (Cut Chemist, DJ Shadow, Rob Swift, Dj QBert, Mixmaster mike, etc..) but was wondering if anyone could point me to the more experimental side of turntable music. \The only one that I can think of would be like Christian Marclay or maybe evolution control committee or John Oswald (although I think those guys are more samplers than turntablists)
I will use any suggestions and include them in my upcoming radio shows for The PCP House of Coffee, an experimental and creative music program.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Your Zorn and Hip-Hop fanatic,
Rich Ladew rladew@attbi.com
I did a couple gigs with Mixmaster Mike a few years back, and he was KILLING. The Invizible Skratch Piklz stuff is still, to me, the height of turntable music. Numark from Jurassic 5 is pretty incredible, too. He usually has a "solo" turntable tune on each record, and he just slays. skip h
----- Original Message ----- From: "skip Heller" <velaires@earthlink.net> To: "richard ladew" <rladew@attbi.com>; "zorn" <zorn-list@lists.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 1:34 PM
The Invizible Skratch Piklz stuff is still, to me, the height of turntable music.
I agree, but there's something somewhat tedious about those Shiggar Fraggar Show CDs (the phrase "cock rock" oddly comes to mind). I think a lot is lost in the translation when you don't see the scratching itself. With that said, DJ Q-Bert's "Demolition Pumpkin Squeeze Muzik" is the best of the lot: it's funny, the samples are great (almost all from the UBB series), and the scratching and mixing is mind-bogglingly good. And Rush's "Tom Sawyer" is in it, too. Later, Ben
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