• The “Amen Break” and Golden Proportion
  hmmm. this is clever and fun, but it’s also a classic example of analysis with no regard for cultural value or use. it makes no sense to consider the amen break as a whole, since most simply sample a measure (or less). it’s the timbre that’s golden.
  (tags: breaks amen sampling music math analysis)
• dubbed out madness » Blog Archive » Cumbia de Obama
  joining the reggaeton and mariachi tributes, LA’s fosforo recorded a cumbia for obama
  (tags: cumbia election08 obama LA)
• Video Road Hogs Stir Fear of Internet Traffic Jam – New York Times
  “Last year, by one estimate, the video site YouTube, owned by Google, consumed as much bandwidth as the entire Internet did in 2000.”
  (tags: internet nyt tech youtube video)
• Birdseed’s Tunedown: Genre(s) of the Week: Electro
  birdseed makes a valiant attempt to parse ‘electro’ among (at least) 3 distinct constituencies / genealogies
  (tags: electro blogpost hip-hop techno genealogy)
• Birdseed’s Tunedown: Spain: Reggaeton, Minstrelsy, Internet Memes, Oh My!
  spain’s eurovision entry, a reggaeton novelty number, has embraced viral marketing — and maybe a little race-y innuendo too
  (tags: blogpost race reggaeton video internet europe spain eurovision web2.0 poco)
• taxista mix.mp3 (audio/mpeg Object)
  16 min of globetrotting hardcore from filastine (h/t blentwell)
  (tags: DJ mix filastine hip-hop spanish whirledmusic)
• novayork’s Profile » MyDjSpace » Ode to Soundlab NYC
  currently streaming: illbient tribute to NYC’s soundlab :: i used to luuuuuurve this stuff :: the opening track from we is a fave (wish he let the beat drop) :: a sound worth remembering (h/t blentwell)
  (tags: DJ mix illbient newyork)

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