The concept of music designed specifically as a background feature in the environment was pioneered by Muzak Inc. in the fifties, and has since come to be known generically by the term Muzak. The connotations that this term carries are those particularly associated with the kind of material that Muzak Inc. produces – familiar tunes […]
Sample Pack: Schiphol Airport Read More »
Starting one of these sample packs can be a bit difficult simply because there’s no easy way to explore millions of archival items. It’s not like walking into a record store or even using YouTube where you can just dive in and start randomly browsing. You have to feed the platform some data. Browse features
Sample Pack : Madagascar, Switzerland, Tahiti, China and an Accordion Read More »
You know that roommate who is really loud in the mornings and you think, “How on earth can anyone make so much noise?” Ever record it and play it back to them so that they know exactly what kind of racket that 3-egg omelet and green smoothie breakfast makes? Of course not, that’s crazy. But
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We’re back. On May 14 RE:VIVE will team up with the internationally renowned SAE Institute, Amsterdam for a RE:VIVE Workshop around our Amsterdam Sample Pack. Participants will be provided a curated sample pack of 150 archival materials ranging from radio and TV broadcasts to field recordings from the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision. Participants
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What does your Amsterdam look like? I mean, we all know what it looks like in photos: bikes, canals, canal houses, red lights, flowers, cute cute etc. But what does it really look like to you? Let’s say you have 1,000 photos of Amsterdam spanning centuries and you have to “mosaically” create your own picture,
Sample Pack: Amsterdam Read More »
Welcome to the first of what will be a regular column at RE:VIVE called “Sample Pack”. These sample packs will feature mixes of archival sounds that we’ve come across that we think will be interesting for you to sample. The sounds will range from digitized wax cylinder recordings, old 78s, folk songs, field recordings, ambient