RTA 905 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Afrika Bambaataa, Player Piano, Dj Kool
29 Mar 2018
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Intensification occurred at the economic zenith of the music industry. Technological changes in the means of production and distribution: digital synthesizers, yamaha dx7, used a fo(cid:396)(cid:373) of sy(cid:374)thesis (cid:272)alled (cid:862)fm(cid:863) (cid:894)f(cid:396)e(cid:395)ue(cid:374)(cid:272)y (cid:373)odulatio(cid:374)(cid:895) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h used waveforms that would modulate and distort each other. References to significant songs, readings (1/3 of the quiz) (not week 11/12), 2/3 lecture, all multiple choice. The break: a short, typically, percussive passage of the song mcs would rap over b-boys/ b-girls for breakdancing, most famous is the amen break from amen brother by the winstons (1969) Sampling: early 80s: white lines by grandmaster flash / cavern by liquid liquid. Late 80s: pump up the volume by marrs; the first song made out of other songs: sampling is no longer possible due to proprietarian copyright law. Fbi complained, the song was censored and banned from many stations. & rakim, de la soul, a tribe called quest, gang starr,
