Featuring ‘Otherness’

Following on from the ‘phonographic other’ earlier post, I want to expand somewhat on the concept, discuss relevant metaphors and attempt to define a typology of variables contributing to a phonographic ‘otherness’, as it features in sample-based hip-hop. Going beyond how I originally perceived and explained this sonic otherness, I now want to focus on its implications in the context of (sources) being featured within new phonographic...