Library of Congress Launches Open-Source Hip-Hop Sampling Tool

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While Citizen DJ will be available for use in other musical genres, Brain Foo’s intention was to bring back the golden age of hip-hop sampling. A data visualization artist at the American Museum of Natural History, Foo pines for the “collage-based” music of the ’80s and ’90s, before lawsuits led to “excessive restrictions on how audio could be sampled.” He said,

“Today, collage-based hip hop as it existed in the golden age is largely a lost (or at best, a prohibitively expensive) artform. I believe if there was a simple way to discover, access, and use public domain audio and video material for music making, a new generation of hip hop artists and producers can maximize their creativity, invent new sounds, and connect listeners to materials, cultures, and sonic history that might otherwise be hidden from public ears.”

Library of Congress launches open-source hip-hop sampling tool

The Library of Congress, led by "innovator in residence" Brian Foo, is launching an open-source hip-hop sample tool called Citizen DJ.

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Citizen DJ Premiere & Virtual Master Class | Calling all music lovers! Preview the new Citizen DJ app from our Innovator-in-Residence Brian Foo, and discover how to make Hip Hop using the Library’s... | By The Library of Congress | Facebook

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