Digital Sampling

<p><i>Digital Sampling</i> is the first book about the design and use of sampling technologies that have shaped the sounds of popular music since the 1980s. </p><p>Written in two parts <i>Digital Sampling</i> begins with an exploration of the Fairlight CMI and how artists like Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel used it to sample the sounds of everyday life. It also focuses on E-mu Systems and the use of its keyboards and drum machines in hip-hop. The second part follows users across a range of musical worlds including US/UK garage indie folk music and electronic music made from the sounds of sewers war zones and crematoriums.</p><p>Using material from interviews and concepts from the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS) <i>Digital Sampling</i> provides a new and alternative approach to the study of sampling and is crucial reading for undergraduates postgraduates and researchers from a wide range of disciplines including music technology media communication and cultural studies.</p>