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DJ / Dance Thu Sep 03 2009
Speedy J's open-source track creation
Dutch techno pioneer Speedy J released last year Kreate, a huge collection of his original loops and samples that allowed DJs to build entire tracks in a live setting. Then he launched the "Open Collabs" project that encouraged producers worldwide to submit samples and loops to him, so that he could build an entire album from them. It's like open-source track creation; open source being a term that, in the software world, allows one to have access to a software's source code--the guts of a program--so that they can use it as they best see fit, and / or continue to develop the program on their own. It's become totally hot as of late, with the internet providing access to many minds and distribution methods.
So how has SJ's methodology affected his DJ performances? Check him out this Friday at Smartbar.
