Recreating the Creation:

Towards a Theory of the ReMix

  • Matthias Tischer Hochschule Neubrandenburg

Abstract

Recreating the creation is on the trail of a theory of remix. Using the example of the debut album of the Icelandic band Sigur Ros, the question is asked how nature sounds and pop songs relate to each other and in the tension between production, composition and sampling. In doing so, contemporary poetics and techniques of music production are historically and aesthetically contextualized with the practice of a music that not only wants to reinvent itself, but refers to existing music and sounds.

Published
2020-02-21
How to Cite
Tischer, M. (2020). Recreating the Creation:: Towards a Theory of the ReMix. European Journal of Musicology, 18(1), 128–137. https://doi.org/10.5450/EJM.18.1.2019.128