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Re: Miles Davis loop

Michael Peters wrote:

>>Is the sample from *Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud (Lift To The Scaffold)?*
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>yes, that's why it's 'music for the lift' . The 'story' page says:
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>The title refers 1) to Terry Riley's "Music for the Gift", an early tape
>manipulation piece using a Miles Davis piece played by Chet Baker - and 2)
>to a Miles Davis solo from "Ascenseur Pour L'echafaud" which was the raw
>material for this piece. Miles Davis's trumpet is cut into pieces using a
>slowly proceeding loop window. This manipulation has similarities to tape
>loops but these loops move forward in time. This could not have been
>realised without computer based Granular Synthesis.
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>-Michael
>www.michaelpeters.de
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Kewl.

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