From martin wood Sent Wed, Jan 27th 1999, 15:26
From martin wood Sent Wed, Jan 27th 1999, 15:26
"Nate Harrison [Toshok Laboratories]" wrote: > you wrote: > > It seems to be a first in one respect: How many artists sample their own > music in any major way? You can hear the piano from 'On' in the > background, and apparently the choral voicey bits are from another record. > In fact, it's not very 'IDM' at all, really... > > I write: > > Well I don't know if this counts but Public Enemy were sampling themsleves > back on Fear of a Black Planet...they sampled from their first > record...actually I would say none of the sample fiends we all listen to > today would be anywhere if it weren't for the groundbreaking ideas > committed by PE and the Bomb Squad. All of the PE albums are ace, but > check Fear of a Black Planet for some wicked sampling which was way ahead > of its' time... > > peace > > Nate yes....fear of...is the best album ever...anywhere...shame the bomb squad dropped off after that....but making that lp must have taken it out of them....as for artists sampling themselves, a lot of hip-hop artist have done and continue to do so, particularly people like EPMD , Gangstarr (and other Premier productions), Show & AG, Ultramags etc..in fact in hip-hop its par for the course to sample (or even *scratch*) your old material to make something new...