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THIS TRACK CONTAINS POLITICS: THE CULTURE OF SAMPLING IN EXPERIMENTAL ELECTRONICA

THIS TRACK CONTAINS POLITICS: THE CULTURE OF SAMPLING IN EXPERIMENTAL ELECTRONICA

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165 x 235mm, 354 pages, Colour printing, Perfect bound, Softcover, 2025 What does it mean to process field recordings from the Ukrainian war in an electronic music track? How can the sampling of an Armenian keyboard melody be read as a critique of traditional gender roles? And what does it say about voyeurism in our culture when a techno producer uses viral YouTube videos as the basic material of his compositions? A book by Norient curator and editor Hannes Liechti. Across five detailed case studies, Liechti discusses the culture and politics of musical sampling from a new perspective. Giving

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