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Johann Sebastian Bach, may be the, “Grandfather” of Remixing
with his “Musical Offering”, a reworking of a theme from the King of Prussia, Fredrick the great in 1747
James. R. Gaines reveals in his book: Evening in the Palace of Reason – that when Frederick the Great met Bach
he tried to out-wit the old ‘bad tempered’ composer, with a musical theme so intricate that only Bach’s son could have conceived.
The result is six variations (canons and fugues) one of the first accounts of a written ‘remix’
So let’s fast forward onto the 20th Century – where the advent of audio recording moves this musical reworking into new contexts.
You can see here, Pierre Schaeffer cuts and re-arranges magnetic tape to create his musical work: ‘Etude aux Chemins de Fer’ (railroad study)
Moving on - in the late 70s we have the beginnings of the ‘Dance Remix’ as we know it today
With DJ Walter Gibbons cutting and looping audio tape as well as using sound effects to create his remix of ‘Ten Percent by Double Exposure
Moving onto the 90s, the explosion of home studio equipment and computer technology gave birth to the ‘Age of the Dance Remix’.
Norman Cook takes the relatively unknown song from 60 to number 1 in the UK charts in 1997, with his Remix of 'Brimful of Asha'.
Also, DJ Ferry Corsten remixes William Orbits’ reworking of Samuel Barber’s ‘Adagio For Strings’, taking the late romantic piece to Dance-Floors across the globe.