Bach in business: Why Johann Sebastian is ripe for remixing
Jazz, Afro-Cuban, even brass bands – there's no end to the variety of adaptations you can hear of Bach's music. Suzy Klein on why a bit of Johann Sebastian is a remixer's dreamOne of the more unexpected side effects of the digital revolution, it seems, has been to turn us all into remixers. Unthinkable even a decade ago, we all now routinely borrow and collage, recombining existing text, music or images and mashing them into something new. We crop and manipulate our photos; take a tune and ref...
Guardian Music — Jazz, Afro-Cuban, even brass bands – there's no end to the variety of adaptations you can hear of Bach's music. Suzy Klein on why a bit of Johann Sebastian is a remixer... more info