John Oswald

John Oswald
Born: May 30, 1953 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Genre: Avant-Garde
Styles: Sound Collage, Avant-Garde, Experimental
Biography: Canadian composer, saxophonist, and sound collage artist John Oswald is best known for his plunderphonics, which involves using samples of existing recordings to create a new work. A year before Negativland got sued for their U2 EP, Oswald was taken to court for his 1989 Plunderphonics CD by one of the ...Read full biography
Plexure
Released: 1993
Label: Avant
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This is perhaps the most unique pop album available, as seen through the kaleidoscopic lens of Canadian John Oswald, who invented a sampling style called plunderphonics that frequently tips the scales ...Read full review
Nine Examples of Plunderphonic Techniques
Released: 1992
Label: MusicWorks
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These are the techniques used to make the legendary, not for sale, but nevertheless illegal to possess "Plunderphonics" (1989). Copies were destroyed by the Canadian Recording Industry Association even ...Read full review
More John Oswald albums: Main Albums (10), Compilations (2)
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