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VARIATIONS #5. The Discipline. 28.07.2010 (58' 12'')

As art and industrial practitioners formally map out the discipline, hip-hop's discovery of digital sampling technology in the mid-80's provides a reintroduction to its original roots.

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#99. 18.03.2010 (13' 06'')

John Oswald, one of the leading exponents of sound appropriationism, talks about his work.

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VARIATIONS #4. The Explosion. 07.01.2010 (59' 57'')

The art music tradition of collage music is joined by the popular culture tradition of hip-hop, which established many of the same aesthetics solidly in the mainstream.

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VARIATIONS #3. The Approach. 28.08.2009 (59' 51'')

In the seventies the avant-garde crosses the line into wholesale plundering of pop, and disco and dub become comfortable with manipulating released music.

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VARIATIONS #2. The Globe. 12.06.2009 (58' 46'')

An overview of sound collage during the sixties: from world music collages to the impact of John Cage and Marshall McLuhan on the Beatles.

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VARIATIONS #1. Transition. 28.04.2009 (58' 08'')

The first episode of this overview of appropriative collage in music covers the years 1908 through 1961.