RE: Miels Davis loop

["sarth" <sarth@sarth.net>]

Wait, but where do the bass playing/drumming come from?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Peters [mailto:mpeters@csi.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 4:47 PM
> To: Loopers Delight
> Subject: RE: Miels Davis loop
> 
> > Is the sample from *Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud (Lift To The
Scaffold)?*
> 
> yes, that's why it's 'music for the lift' . The 'story' page says:
> 
> 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.
> 
> -Michael
> www.michaelpeters.de
>