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  • The Delian Mode – Delia Derbyshire documentary

    • October 25, 2018
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      The Delian Mode (Kara Blake, 2009) is a a short experimental documentary revolving around the life and work of electronic music pioneer Delia Derbyshire, best known for her

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  • Daphne Oram – Pioneer of British Electronic Music (Audio documentary)

    • October 24, 2018
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      To mark the 50th anniversary in 2008 of the creation of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, the programme examines the life and legacy of one of the great pioneers of British electronic music

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  • How Dilla humanized his MPC3000

    How Dilla humanized his MPC3000

    • October 24, 2018
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    Source: Vox Earworm

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  • Methods to the Madness, Part 01

    Methods to the Madness, Part 01

    • September 11, 2014
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    Spontaneous Grooves: Episode 24 by Es-K Spontaneous Grooves In my series “Spontaneous Grooves” I did a release every 4 weeks consisting of instrumentals that I made during the previous month.

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  • How to cook and steam samples in their own fat

    How to cook and steam samples in their own fat

    • September 4, 2014
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    Left to right, front to back Sampling or collaging for that matter is much like cooking. You can make a juicy meal by just horizontally flipping something. When i say horizontally, I mean building

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  • DJ Premier’s RBMA lecture

    • June 30, 2014
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    The one and only DJ Premier, living legend of Hip-Hop production, talks about his career and shares his insights to upcoming beatmakers and music producers at the Red Bull Music Academy in

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  • Brian Eno: Composers as gardeners

    Brian Eno: Composers as gardeners

    • June 25, 2014
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    "My topic is the shift from 'architect' to 'gardener', where 'architect' stands for 'someone who carries a full picture of the work before it is made', to 'gardener' standing for 'someone who plants

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  • Robot Koch – Beats in the Details

    • June 24, 2014
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    A nice interview with Robot Koch detailing some of his production techniques and favourite Ableton tricks. Source: Ableton Blog

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