laswell on acid

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002E1TTK/

An interesting development for those interested in intellectual
copyright stuff. 4 CDs of royalty-free loops by Bill Laswell,
released by Sony. It's not out yet, but knowing Laswell's penchant
for re-treating other people's stuff (Bob Marley, Miles Davis, Cuban
percussionists, etc.) it will probably contain sources and samples
from other artists in the Sony catalog. So instead of laundering
money, it's like Laswell is laundering audio. You c an't sample a
Wailers' bass line directly without risking a law suit, but now you
can sample Laswell sampling said bass line and it's legal.

Not surprisingly, you pay extra for the royalty-free re-use rights.
It's like the stock photography licenising model with which graphic
designers are familiar. Other royalty-free audio loop CDs exist, but
none (to my knowledge) by anyone as famous as Laswell. It's akin to
buying royalty-free stock photography from Ansel Adams (or Man Ray,
given that it's Laswell).

Personally, I'm still illegally mining this bad boy for all my
percussive needs:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000000HP4/
but then not everybody wants to sound like Adam and the Ants circa 1980.

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