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Turntablism is the art of manipulating sounds and creating new music, sound effects, mixes and other creative sounds and beats, typically by using two or more turntables and a cross fader-equipped DJ mixer. [1]
The turntable has been used as a musical instrument since the 1940s and 1950s when experimental composers began sampling and creating music entirely produced by the turntable. However, it wasn’t...
- Precursors
- Experimental Music and Art
- Reggae, Radio and Club DJs
- Hip Hop
- Contemporary Practice
In fact the creative use of reproductive technology started early in the development of the equipment. From the mid-to-late 1800s, buyers of cylinder phonographs and graphophones were using the equipment not only to listen to pre-recorded music, but also to make their own vocal and instrumental recordings. Both Edison’s phonograph and Bell-Tainter’...
In the early part of the twentieth century, a handful of composers became interested in the creative potential of the phonograph or gramophone, and began undertaking small-scale experiments. Paul Hindemith’s Trickaufnahmen(trick recordings), for example, investigated the technical abilities of the gramophone as well as the performer with a range of...
Meanwhile in ’50s and ’60s Jamaica, musicians began a radical relationship with records that transformed recorded music into a live event. Until 1995 Jamaica had limited music copyright laws, meaning that soundsystem and reggae DJs could use records for their own creative ends. Through EQ alterations, sound effects and vocals, as well as pioneering...
Perhaps the best known examples of turntablism sit within hip hop, which has embraced the genre from its outset. Creating original music using records, turntables and microphones from the early 1970 onward, hip hop pioneers and visionaries developed many of the turntable manipulation techniques that are still central to turntablism today. The story...
Turntablism is still thriving today. In 2007 Gabriel Prokofiev composed Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra which, following its performance at the BBC Proms with DJ Mr Switch as soloist, has received critical acclaim. The fifth movement was recently included in the BBC’s classical music initiative Ten Pieces, designed to introduce a generation o...
Sep 19, 2023 · Turntablism is the art of creating new music, sound effects, mixes, and other forms of sound by using several turntables and a mixer. If you’re thinking this sounds familiar, you’re right on...
For obvious reasons, turntablism isn’t readily associated with recorded music (notable exceptions like the track “The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel” aside), but the mid-‘90s did see a few important releases that helped solidify the newly christened culture.
Aug 5, 2018 · Creating original music using records, turntables and microphones from the early 1970 onward, hip hop pioneers and visionaries developed many of the turntable manipulation techniques that are still central to turntablism today.
Turntablism is the art of manipulating sounds and creating music using turntables and a DJ mixer. This technique involves various skills, including beat juggling, scratching, and blending tracks, making it a crucial element in many musical genres, particularly hip-hop.
