The First Chop
I often remember the aha! moment that occurred when I first ‘chopped’ my own constructed (blues) phonographic material on the MPC sampler (a Renaissance model borrowed from University of Westminster where I used to work as a lecturer). I was going through an analytically-focused rather than practice-based phase of my PhD, whilst previously, I had been recording multi-layered, overdubbed performances in various styles that could facilitate a...