Wednesday, September 30, 2015
R.R. 9/30
Katz says that turntabalism, among other phenomena, "reveals the boundless manipulability of recorded sound." Watch this video of DJ Angelo manipulating sound, and explain what it says about our relationship to recorded music. You may want to consider which of Katz's phonograph effects this demonstrates and which it ignores.
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This video of DJ Angelo shows that recorded music is no longer a permanent, set-in stone sound. It can be manipulated, added to, changed, so that it sounds completely different from the original. Turntablism has made our relationship with recorded music more fluid, allowing us to reproduce music, recreating and reforming a song to create a totally new one. Manipulability has increased, which is demonstrated in the video when DJ Angelo uses a wide variety of techniques to manipulate multiple songs, mashing them together to create one.
ReplyDeleteI think this video shows that our relationship with recorded music is that we're very open to its interpretation. You can listen to recorded music how it is, or you can alter it, whether through DJing, or taking your own spin on it and adding something to a track. In this video, scratching and meshing lyrics are two of the most popular effects used. They create this infinity of the track, and give the songs a whole new tone than the original. It shows that as a society, we don't see recorded sound as necessarily the final effect. You can alter it, play with it, make it your own: and it's still considered art.
ReplyDeleteThis video shows how we are capable of manipulating recorded sound. The infinite list of sound effects and tracks allows for endless possibilities when it comes to DJing. We can utilize decades of historical music and make it sound new and relevant by elongating the chords or repeating certain phrases. This doesn't really help with repeat-ability because often DJ's will create music for an audience without recording it, so the sound can't truly be repeated (although that's not true in all cases). But with the temporary performances add to the excitement and newness of each DJed set.
ReplyDeleteTurntables affect our relationship with recorded music because it allows us to manipulate songs ourselves. This means that we ourselves become musicians and creationists without having to be singer songwriters. This then allows us to feel closer to our music as we are able to, in a way, create our own.
ReplyDeleteBefore this type of musical manipulation, creating music was for the elite. This allowed the people to put their own spin (literally) on music. Our relationship with recorded music was suddenly much more intimate. This is an obvious example of the manipulability of music. However, this musical method throws Katz's repeatability out the window. Something like this video above will probably not be the same performed twice in a row. We can always make a video of course, but the physical performance is likely to vary. But maybe that's what makes it so interesting. The fact that each performance is so unique.
ReplyDeleteI think that just the art of turntablism says a lot about our relationship with recorded music. DJ's take advantage of the fact that recorded music is so easy to be manipulated and repeated. This shows that we view recorded music as being able to change and make something new from what a previous artist has created. I think that it also shows that we view an artists' recorded album as final, or that it isn't the end of music. DJ's make remixes of songs all the time showing that we can change artists' final songs into something completely new.
ReplyDeleteTurntables shows the incredible ability to manipulate music. It allows musicians to create something new out of something old. There are conflicting beats manipulated to work together in the way the DJ wants them to work. With the constant manipulation of each individual record and the flipping between records allows for the artist to take some original piece and completely change its identity. It shows that even though we may enjoy music, we are always looking for something newer and something better. I think some more modern type of turntabalism is remix of songs. An artist releases a song and then decides to make an acoustic version of it. The acoustic sounds often changes the whole mood of the song and in that changes the identity. Both show us the want to change the identity of music
ReplyDeleteI think one of the main relationships turntabalism creates between us and recorded music is repeatability. By taking tracks and moving the sound forward or backward in time, new music and sound is ultimately created. And I agree with Katz that this manipulation has no limits. Between using different albums and playing certain sections of each, the possibilities to create new sound are endless.
ReplyDeleteThe video shows that recorded music is able to be manipulated into a synthetic version of whatever we want it to be. Although this process could be seen as removing the natural, realistic, or true tendencies from the original music, it allows for our relationship with music to be more unique and personalized. With mixing music there is the possibility of infinite versions of one track existing, which can be tailored to the creators' ear, personality, and desires establishing a closer relationship between a person and the music.
ReplyDeleteTurntabalism is all about repeatability. Without this phonographic effect, this type of music would be impossible. Using turntables allows endless manipulation of sound. A record no longer has to sound the same start to finish every time. Instead, it can become a completely different song. Temporality doesn't play a huge role here, as songs can change so much throughout that how long one track is doesnt matter so much. Turntabalism has completely changed our relationship with recorded music because it allows for a lot more variety of music and sounds.
ReplyDeleteI think this video shows a completely different side to our connection with music. Instead of looking how the audience is connecting to it, we are focusing on how the artist connects to it. I think this video gives the audience a really cool point of view and I think one of the biggest things creating such a strong connection to this music is Katz's phonographic effect of tangibility. The ability to touch and physically manipulate the tracks is how this DJ is creating music, and I would assume most people feel a deep connection with the things they create, it tends to say something about the artist. I think another great thing about this style of music is that it goes against Katz's phonographic effect of temporality, the music can now go on for as long as the DJ wants it to even though the discs can still only hold the same length of music as they used to.
ReplyDeleteTangibility, manipulability, and portability are all past characteristics that Katz has mentioned that stick out to me while watching the video. The video itself blows my mind, I've never seen remixed music from a DJ's point of view, and DJ Angelo does an amazing job of manipulating the tracks to make them anew. The observed relationship between the DJ and recorded music is the boundless opportunity to make it our own, and the malleability that the tracks have is incredible. The relationship as a whole between us and music is ever-changing and provides boundless area for remixing, nothing is ever as concrete as it may seem. Turntabalism is a perfect example of how this relationship works, and although there are many outlets of manipulability between the listener and it's music, turntabalism is very visual and provides the audience as well an external view of the relationship at hand.
ReplyDeleteRecorded music originally existed as a medium that could not be manipulated by the listener in any way. Now, anyone can use a simple computer program, or in more talented cases like DJ Angelo, turntables, to create a whole new sound from snippets of recorded music. These DJ's are able to transform and piece together music from all different genres, while adding their own personal touch. The phonographic effect that comes to mind most prominently is tangibility, which has increased recently. Listeners are able to interact with the music even more so than simply listening to it.
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ReplyDeleteAs a culture, we are becoming more intimate with recorded sound. The way we can edit and redo tracks and songs is more complex than ever, with the technological era accelerating. One of the phonographic effects that is in play here is tangibility, more so than the others. The methods by which we can manipulate music by hand is more prominent than ever. I think that (in)visibility is also in play, or not in play depending on which way you look at it. We, the listeners don't usually see what the DJ is up to behind the board.
ReplyDeleteOur relationship to music is influenced by turntablism by being able to mix pieces of music from different artists to synthesize one fluent sound. It brings us closer to music as DJ's are able to create these mixtures from music we know so well in a way that is both easy to listen to and enjoyable. Katz's phonograph effect of manipuability is increased as DJ's create these songs from music that has already been recorded.
ReplyDeleteI think this video of DJ Angelo manipulating sound helps display the importance of recorded music in our modern culture. The whole art of turntabalism relies on recorded music and through their use of manipulating previous works of music, DJs can produce an exciting and new sound that appeals to the listeners. This shows how our modern culture has grown to appreciate and use recorded music to invent a new sound from an old piece of music. This demonstrates Katz's phonograph effects of repeatability because although the recorded music is being changed, it is still being repeated and used as a basis for the new music. It doesn't demonstrate the phonograph effect of affordability though because Katz explained how expensive all of the equipment a DJ needs is.
ReplyDeleteThis song shows how much we are willing to manipulate songs and use parts that impact or speak to us to create something new and interesting. We are willing to take a song that means one thing and move it around to mean something else. This also shows the portability of music as throughout the entire song the artist is moving from disc to disc to make the song and piece they created into something complete even though it uses only pieces of other songs. It takes the songs out of where they were meant to be and uses them to make a thing that can be enjoyed by even more people. People may not like a song, but if they hear a cool twist put onto that song, they might see something in it that was not there before. Overall, the way that DJ Angelo manipulates this music may not be considered new, but with the amount of work and time it took to manipulate the music so elegantly and perfectly to make a new song completely it is very interesting.
ReplyDeleteI now have a much greater respect for recorded music. I didn't realize how much work and hand-eye coordination went into creating sounds like ones DJ Angelo created. Most people think that the music is just created by a machine while a person hits buttons, but it is more than that. Disks were being switched out seemlessly, the records themselves were labeled with small pieces of tape to make sure they were hit in the right spot, switches were constantly being changed and moved. It was literally a workout for your hands. I feel like more people should respect recorded music more than they do now.
ReplyDeleteI think DJ Angelo does something special with this video. He takes pre-recorded songs, and turns and blends them into something incredible. He can take a jazzy songs and turn it into a beat that sounds like it came from a pop or R&B song. The way he creates his sound, it takes away nearly any possibility of being recreated or repeated by anyone else unless they are a professional. It takes other people's original work and puts his own modern spin on it.
ReplyDeleteTurntabalism is interesting because it's a style more about working with existing music than creating music. It is definitely a form of music, but it only exists because of recorded sound, so in that way it is very dependent on technology. This speaks to our close relationship with recorded sound because turntabalism is a type of music born from this phenomenon of captured sound, and it's interesting and artistic, but it's also dangerous because it recycles old sound, which could weed out a lot of originality in music.
ReplyDeleteTurntabalism made music both more and less original. It is a compilation of prerecorded works but at the same time the DJ's are also making something totally new. It is essentially remixes got started and more than just remixes it created new beats, particularly for rap music. It helps to demonstrate the repeatability and manipulability of music. However, it disproves the affordability of music because of how expensive all of the equipment can be and all the records that go in to making these new beats.
ReplyDeleteTurntabalism changes our relationship to recorded music by employing such phonograph effects as tangibility (because of the physical records and turntable used), repeatability (because of the sample being able to be looped back on itself), and portability. It also demonstrates receptivity in that it is usually very well received and people are/were interested in it. It ignores (in)visibility because there is a physical person with a turntable that is usually being watched during a turntabalism session. It also surpasses the effect of length/shelf time because of it's ability to be repeated.
ReplyDeleteDJ Angelo takes many different tracks and parts of tracks them and combines them to make a whole separate piece of music. This plays into the manipulability of music that Katz mentions. It demonstrates that while the original piece of music may have been great, combining it with others makes a new piece that has his own spin on it. Music today is heavily influenced by recording and manipulation, and DJ Angelo is a perfect example of what can be done by taking advantage of the technology that has been created. This plays into the relationship of the artist with the music instead of the audience with the music.
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