Thursday, 25 August 2011

Chris Carter - Moonlight (NDB Remix)

Neurotic Drum Band remix of Chris Carter's 1985 track 'Moonlight', taken from the forthcoming release on Optimo Music. Other tracks include a remastered original version and a brooding Oneohtrix Point Never remix.
Please note that the tracks aren't remixes but rather reinterpretations as there were no parts to work with and they had to start from scratch.

After Gaddafi

Steve Jobs has resigned as CEO of Apple

PRESS RELEASE: Letter from Steve Jobs
August 24, 2011–To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community:
I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.
I hereby resign as CEO of Apple. I would like to serve, if the Board sees fit, as Chairman of the Board, director and Apple employee.
As far as my successor goes, I strongly recommend that we execute our succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO of Apple.
I believe Apple’s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. And I look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new role.
I have made some of the best friends of my life at Apple, and I thank you all for the many years of being able to work alongside you.

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Analog Vinyl Sampling

Barcelona-born, Copenhagen-based designer Ishac Bertran turns vinyl records into their own sampled mix tracks with 'vinyl analog sampling', a project in which he cuts out and reassembles segments of different records.
After much experimentation with the technique of cutting and appropriate size and shape of the pieces,
Bertran settled upon using a laser cutter to remove relatively large segments of the records (here, Paul Anka,
Supertramp, Lil Jon and Chicago discs, all of which had the same vinyl thickness of 1.2mm) in a common pattern.

He then chooses which pieces to swap into which records, snapping them in after first taping them to adjust
their height for the proper fit.
When played in a vinyl player the needle follows the grooves across these inserted segments, creating sampled tunes or loops.
As influences for the project, Bertran cites a drive to emulate the 'cut and paste' technique for audio tapes, used by early electronic musicians like Delia Derbyshire for looping tracks, alongside an interest in the relationship between the physical and the digital.
(Designboom)