More on phonographic glue, elements and the whole (part II)
Sound travelling through air So, why do we favour the use of live, natural (acoustic and electromechanical) sources as samples? As Schloss (2014) has described, (sample-based) Hip Hop is both live and non-live. You hear the featured musicians as well as the decisions of the beat-maker interacting with them. Importantly, I'd add, you are hearing the interaction between current and previously committed phonographic processes (recording, mixing,...
