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Haven't read op's comment, just wanted to +1 The Manual. I'm not a musician but it was a very interesting and illuminating read with some unconventional ideas.
by cableshaft 4y ago
Haven't read op's comment, just wanted to +1 The Manual. I'm not a musician but it was a very interesting and illuminating read with some unconventional ideas. I'd recommend it for any creative person. KLF are worth listening to also, even though I was already predisposed to liking them thanks to being a big fan of The Illuminatus! Trilogy books they were inspired by.
KLF - 3AM Eternal: https://youtu.be/HDsCeC6f0zc https://youtu.be/HDsCeC6f0zc
Doctorin' The Tardis: https://youtu.be/DsAVx0u9Cw4 https://youtu.be/DsAVx0u9Cw4
- jstarfish 4y agoThe Manual is a fun read for its own sake, but the "one simple trick" turned out to be: take the backing music from one song, sample enough of the vocals from another song to have parity with the first, and merge the two. Thus: "Doctorin' the Tardis" is a mash-up of that Gary Glitter "Rock and Roll" song and the Doctor Who theme. "Whitney [Houston] Joins the JAMs" is a similar experimental medley. Seemed to work for Fatboy Slim, Prodigy and the rest of the late-90s British DJs too. Not sure it's still a winning formula these days. If you like all things KLF and want an interesting read, try Bad Wisdom (its sequel, Wild Highway, was "120 Days of Sodom"-level unreadable in my opinion). You'll have to find it on Libgen.