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You Just Can't Hijack Nostalgia |
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Status: Available Now!
Type: News
Date: Monday 12 May 2014, 12:00 AM
Media: Mixmag
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About the person Mark Ronson:
Art: Music
Genres: Electronic, Rap, Pop Rock, Hip Hop, Funk, Pop, Turntablism, Rock, Soul, Pop-Rap, Hip Pop, Party Rap, Club, Dance, Alternative, Alternative Pop Rock, Alternative Indie Rock, Electronica, Jazz, Instrumental, House, Jazz Rock, Electro, Trip Hop, Conscious Hip Hop, Instrumental Hip Hop, Synthpop |
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Notable Organizations: Mixmag
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| In his March appearance at the TED Talks conference, DJ and record producer Mark Ronson defended the widespread use of sampling.
Ronson, whose CV includes work on Amy Winehouse's 'Back To Black' album, believes sampling shouldn't be looked down upon as long as artists stamp their own unique take on it.
"In music, we take something that we love and we build on it. You have to take an element of those things and bring something fresh and new to it which is something I learnt when I was working with the late, amazing Amy Winehouse on her album 'Back To Black'."
Citing obscure track samples as working better, he stated that sampling well-known pop and disco records from the 1980s, using David Bowie's 'Let's Dance' as an example, often don't work as well due to the history surrounding them.
"These records don't really age that well, you don't really hear them now because they borrowed from an era that's too steeped in its own connotation. You can't just hijack nostalgia wholesale" |
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