Hannes Liechti, This Track Contains Politics: The Culture of Sampling in Experimental Electronica [pkbk_test] In issue 5 of TON

In issue 5 of TON we are celebrating the people who make their own kind of music

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Hannes Liechti, This Track Contains Politics: The Culture of Sampling in Experimental Electronica [pkbk_test] In issue 5 of TONWhat does it mean to process field recordings from the Ukrainian war in an electronic music track? How can the sampling of an Armenian keyboard melody be read as a critique of traditional gender roles? And what does it say about voyeurism in our culture when a techno producer uses viral YouTube videos as the basic material of his compositions? A book by Norient curator and editor Hannes Liechti. Across five detailed case studies, Liechti discusses the