Welcome to the new era of our Do You Even Archive? Series. Over the next several weeks we will be talking to some of the world’s most prolific, influential and visible online radio stations to learn about how they manage and preserve their ever-growing archives of DJ mixes, live sets, and interviews. These stations are […]
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Welcome to the new era of our Do You Even Archive? Series. Over the next several weeks we will be talking to some of the world’s most prolific, influential and visible online radio stations to learn about how they manage and preserve their ever-growing archives of DJ mixes, live sets, and interviews. These stations are
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It’s no shocker that RE:VIVE is very envious of the British Library Sound Archive. With over 3.5 million hours of recorded wildlife field recordings, spoken word and music from every corner of the globe, the wealth of treasures held in those depots is beyond fathomable. This Sample Pack is just a fraction of what the
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Welcome to the new era of our Do You Even Archive? Series. Over the next several weeks we will be talking to some of the world’s most prolific, influential and visible online radio stations to learn about how they manage and preserve their ever-growing archives of DJ mixes, live sets, and interviews. These stations are
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The best part of digging through massive digital archives is serendipity. Going in blind, throwing search terms at algorithms and seeing how far down the rabbit hole you can go. A platform like Europeana is perfect for that. It holds about 55 million digital objects from all over Europe; you can spend ages browsing it.
Sample Pack | Xylophone, Sitar, Haarlem, Bagpipes, Shanties and Chants Read More »
After the success of RE:VIVE and SAE Institute Amsterdam’s Conceptual Sampling Workshop during Amsterdam Dance Event the two initiatives have teamed up again for a day of challenging and eye-opening activities re-using archival material at ADE’s Great Test Lab.Image: ADE. On Saturday October 21 from 12:00 – 19:00 join RE:VIVE and SAE at De Brakke
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At Rewire 2017 RE:VIVE teamed up with producer HOEK (Casmir Geelhoed) and visual artist Dieter Vandoren for a special performance that dug deep into the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision archive culminating in a disarming performance blurring lines between found and stylized sounds. We also joined up with our friends at SAE Institute Amsterdam
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First known as the city of Byzantium and then Constantinople, both of which are terms prominently displayed on drum cymbals to this day; Istanbul is a city alive with a blending a crashing cacophony and a delicate sizzle. For this sample pack we gathered field recordings made by Koç University Suna Kıraç Library Digital Collections
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Using the past to inform the present? Look no further than the stage. Centuries old plays and operas continue to grace the world’s most glorious stages with their presence, still marvelling audiences with their timeless mastery that never wavers. Archives and libraries are full of manuscripts documenting these performances, so it’s logical for playwrights, directors,
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After the staggering popularity of our Madagascar, Tahiti, Switzerland an Accordion Sample Pack we decided to dig deeper into some archive collections and came out with 60 songs from around the world, all free and in the public domain for you to sample and enjoy. This sample pack, cleverly titled, Japan, Sicily, Trumpets, Ivory Coast
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