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Musical remixes from non-musical samples
/// The list so far ///
- Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica;
- Nicolas Jaar.
- Rooster Teeth - Facebox;
- Bernhard Ludescher - Retrowave auctioneer.
- Birdy Nam Nam - The Parachute Ending;
- Fatboy Slim - Gangster Trippin, Right Here, Right Now;
- Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger;
- Justice - Newjack, Phantom;
- C2C - Delta;
- The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist, Because I'm Me.
There are some very groovy mixes out there. Which ones are your favorite?
Mine is Alice by Pogo, whimsical and slightly spooky, just like the movie it's sampled from.
So apparently Pogo has held some problematic opinions in the past, I'll go with my second most favorite being this Breaking Bad remix.
Was listening to some playlists while handing out invites, and I think these tracks fit your requirements:
(some are musical sample sources, but so heavily distorted they're barely recognizable as such)
Birdy Nam Nam - The Parachute Ending
Fatboy Slim - Gangster Trippin
Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now
Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
Justice - Newjack
Justice - Phantom
C2C - Delta
The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist
The Avalanches - Because I'm Me
Will add more if I encounter them. :)
Have you ever heard of the band The Books? They used obscure found audio to create music. It’s really experimental, but quite catchy!
Rooster Teeth had a few good ones called Facebox
https://youtu.be/DU3TBWWxuGA
Retrowave auctioneer is great too
https://youtu.be/HzRGkeVySqE
Facebox reminds me of another classic Hyperactive
Boy do I have the album for you: Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica.
Video showing the absolutely wild sources of Replica samples
Honorary mention to Nicolas Jaar as well: https://musicbrainz.org/release/66164486-f28e-37f1-91bd-7462fbd20f73. His catalog doesn't have much that's pure non-musical samples, but I can think of a few creative non-musical sounds in every one of his releases, and they're usually blended in quite seamlessly. He mixes a lot of scratching/object-bouncing/glass-breaking sounds into his work and somehow makes them sound perfectly instrumental. The guy even used AM talk radio (unrecorded, just directly from a real radio) in some of his live sets.
I love "glitch" music like this, and used to love Alice especially too... but after the Pulse nightclub shooting and Pogo's commentary on it, I removed it (and all his other tracks) from all my playlists. I just can't bring myself to continue supporting anyone that openly expresses their hatred of LGBT+ people and celebrates a mass shooting, no mater how good their music is.
I should have known he was a shithead given his channel name was originally Faggotron, but I had always assumed it was being used in a "taking it back" sort of way, because he was himself gay. But nope, turns out he's a raging homophobe. :(
p.s. Please label this comment as Offtopic. And sorry for potentially derailing your topic, @mundane_and_naive. I was a pretty big fan of Pogo's music back in the day, so I still have quite a bit of bitterness about him.
Oh dang, I never knew. I just go to their channel casually and nothing seems out of the ordinary there. Thanks for the background information.
Edit: updated the topic description cc: @cfabbro
(For something more on-topic)
Musical remixes from non-musical samples is pretty common in the Glitch genre. So if you want to hear more, that's probably a good place to start. It's been a long time since I listened to any Glitch music though, and I'm terrible at remembering song names, so I can't really point to any specific examples. :/