Sunday, October 12, 2008

Plunderphonia

Plunderphonics is a term coined by composer John Oswald in 1985 in an essay entitled Plunderphonics, or Audio Piracy as a Compositional Prerogative. It has since been applied to any music made by taking one or more existing audio recordings and altering them in some way to make a new composition. There is no attempt to disguise the fact that the sounds making up the composition have been "borrowed" in this way, and sometimes the sounds may be taken from very familiar sources. Plunderphonics can be considered a form of sound collage.

EDIT: I've corrected the errors in the original download file, and for your troubles, added FOUR bonus tracks, including John Oswald! Praise BOB!

1. The Evolution Control Committee - By The Time I get to Arizona
2. Negativland - U2
3. DJ Pantshead - Don't believe the Sensorair
4. DJ Pantshead - Machines Dehumanize
5. The Evolution Control Committee - Boards of Canadadidadi
6. Anonymous Opus and Green Day mash up - It's a fine Holiday
7. norelpref - PMS 911
8. The Arm - Track 11
9. John Oswald - DAB
10. Phineas Narco and Ronald Redball - Free Will
11. Doom Patrol - Year of the Rabbit
12. Tim Maloney - Thunderclock

FYI, every one of these songs is available for free, somewhere online. You just have to find it.

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