/r/plunderphonics
Plunderphonics is a term coined by composer John Oswald in 1985 in his essay Plunderphonics, or Audio Piracy as a Compositional Prerogative. It has since been applied to any music made by taking one or more existing audio recordings and altering them in some way to make a new composition. Plunderphonics can be considered a form of sound collage.
Plunderphonics is a term coined by composer John Oswald in 1985 in his essay Plunderphonics, or Audio Piracy as a Compositional Prerogative. It has since been applied to any music made by taking one or more existing audio recordings and altering them in some way to make a new composition. Plunderphonics can be considered a form of sound collage.
The process of sampling other sources is found in various genres (notably hip-hop and especially turntablism), but in plunderphonic works the sampled material is often the only sound used.
Though mash-ups are technically plunderphonic, please refrain from posting them here and do so on /r/mashups.
Ideally, we want posts here to feature extensive sample manipulation.
/r/plunderphonics
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NEW Phoenix Brown Demos 2X25
18:02 UTC
How can I make Plunderphonics not sound like a huge mess and repetitive?
I’ve wanted to make Plunderphonics for a long time as it’s one of my favorite things ever. I have a Bandcamp with some stuff on it that I’m proud of, but I wanna make something that isn’t just another ambient EP. I wanna make a legit Plunderphonics album and I keep screwing up the samples and I feel like I just don’t have any good ideas.
I’m just here to ask for any sample suggestions and how to make tracks actually sound good together because when I try it always sounds like a mess and I always just end up putting ambient filters on it at the end making yet again another ambient track.
08:24 UTC
Street Portraits (DAWless album made with old TV ads)
Each song uses only a single television ad as its source material. I’m not sure if I’d call it plunderphonics, I think of these like sound-collages. Made DAWless on an SP404.
01:07 UTC
Using only native drums sampled from CD, DR-202, and garageband synthesizer
Made this ambient/IDM stuff with as few elements as possible, and limited editing. Trying to have a different limitation with every release. Do you have any creative limitations through hardware or software? Take care, and have fun ✌️
02:30 UTC
New Over (or The Use of Musique Concrète and Early Plunderphonics Composing Methods Applied Together)
18:21 UTC
TURN IT OFF
New album. Close your eyes, hold yourself closely, enjoy.
23:19 UTC
I Need Help Learning How to Make Plunderphonics
Hello, I have a YT channel, I make music, usually based in Future Funk or Vaporwave. I want to make plunderphonics, too. But when I try I'm never really able to keep it going and I don't know what exactly to sample from and how exactly to remix it well.
I have ideas of what media I want to remix, like for example, Invader Zim. But I don't know exactly what to sample from or how to remix it, any advice?
Btw my stage name is Starstrike.
12:33 UTC
Learn how I make music!!
Hey there! I made a video breaking down the project file of one of my songs called “Everlasting Flame”, and included the stems!! For free!! Feel free to use in any of your projects
03:16 UTC
live plunderphonics orl fl
17:19 UTC
Ho Chi Minh - không có gì bắt nguồn từ hư vô
Found sound footage of a punk band recorded with a cellphone
19:32 UTC
Cinema Hotdogs - Snuffle Tapes Vol 1
I got fed up making "serious" music so decided to make a "Slopwave" album, using various recording from VHS tapes and weird parts of YouTube. Hope you enjoy.
11:52 UTC
NEW ALBUM! First ever collaborative effort with POLUNDRA. Sub Tuo Imperio. What do you think? [Album Art By Polundra]
01:22 UTC
guitar plunderphonics at nite
17:29 UTC
Beck, Ween, Ramleh - the product of a loser's sound (Loser reimagined)
12:38 UTC
Released part 1 of my B Sides double album. Lots of noises, lots of exploring. Lots of samples
02:42 UTC
new plunderphonica single
this might be one of my most genreless yet. it features, i think, a mixture of vaporwave, ambient, synth pop, and downtempo elements. i wrote this about the quiet suffering and uncertainty of loss, whether it pertains to the traumatic events that i’ve bore witness to, or to the many meaningful relationships garnered and lost in my life. bit depressing. but it’s art. i hope u guys enjoy!
01:03 UTC
Anthony Menzia - Madonna
21:32 UTC
My Goofy 90s/Y2K plunderphonics...I make them for fun but also to learn the art because I used to really ignore sampling!
22:30 UTC
I adore remixing and putting spins on plunderphonic music!
17:39 UTC
Full Mixtape
I've been working on this over the last few months and what started out as mostly goofing around turned out to be something I might be a little good at? I made it using Power director which was pretty limiting but I'm honestly happy with what I was able to do and it was really fun to work with samples that are all representative of my taste in music.
Sampled artists and media include Lorde, Frank Ocean, Van Dyke Parks, SpongeBob, They Might Be Giants, Notorious BIG, Star Wars, Chappell Roan, Daft Punk, Dropout's Game Changer, Feivel is Glauque, Fei Yu-ching, DC Talk, Camilo Sesto, Stephen Soundheim, and many many more.
I'd love to hear your thoughts!
16:00 UTC
New Release
https://apricotstreet.bandcamp.com/album/saturday
i just released this lil mini ep, fits into the vaporwave and signal wave genres a bit, id love for anyone to check it out and leave their thoughts! thank you
18:51 UTC
Remix of "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"
06:01 UTC
jade fair - i dont know you but i miss you and love you very much
20:12 UTC
My first LP "Sweet Roots & Other Dishes" is out! It's highly inspired by the works of The Avalanches, early Kanye West and similar artists. I think you guys will enjoy it :) It would mean a lot to me if you could check it out and leave your opinion on it, i love to hear the feedback :D
12:13 UTC
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