Drummer uses analog reel-to-reel tapes for freaky percussion

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Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/08/08/drummer-uses-analog-reel-to-re.html

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Subarashii! I didn’t expect him to use the tapes that way!

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Artisanally hand-crafted sampling!

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Ahhh. . . that warm analog sound.

(Except for all the digital reverb they added.)

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Give some credit to Laurie Anderson.
https://www.nytimes.com/1984/05/13/arts/music-laurie-anderson-and-tape-bow-violin.html

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While not nearly as weird as this, I once saw Robert Fripp on a tour (of record stores, oddly enough) demonstrating how to use a couple of tape decks for live looping. He then kindly invited us all to his room at the Driskill later that evening. Pretty neat.

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And except for the brutish digital compression and encoding required for a YouTube video. Which actually makes it much more “digital” than a halfway decent virtual analog synth.

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Groooovy!

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All Things Can Be Funky.

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This guy should get together with the drumming and sax playing bike riding woman. No telling what would come of that.

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Am v.v. jealous.

However, can’t wait to see King Crimson with Fripp later this year :grin:

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laurie-anderson-hello-goodbye

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Play the first video along with this:

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