Benjamin Reynhart

I have recently been trying to come up with some sound loops and samples that I can use with my Jacket remixer interface, and after some consideration as to what I want to achieve out of the project, I have come up with a few options;

• Firstly find some drum and synth loops that are the same tempo and would fit together well without too much trouble using my interface (Garageband is good for preparing samples like this, however is common and sounds a bit “samey”).
• Secondly, use multitracks from the Radiohead Remixed competition that was held last year, where all layers of some songs from the new Radiohead album “In Rainbows” where released to DJ’s to see who could come up with the best mix. I really like this idea because instead of putting my DJ-prowess to the test, I can purely demonstrate the abilities and features of my jacket interface.  The argument to this is that it is constraining the freedom that the interface allows, and limiting the sounds to that of one song.
• A third option, is taking some very old samples of swing/jazz style fills and solos, cutting them with electronica style beats, playing my own homage to the mashup nature of this project!

I will add more to this later…