plunderphonics

Funk Producer Jamma-Dee Distorts Time on ‘Perceptions’

Funk Producer Jamma-Dee Distorts Time on ‘Perceptions’

Despite not playing an instrument growing up, Jamma-Dee’s love of crate-digging and funk soon birthed their own colorful contribution to the genre.

Once Upon a Time in the Northeast with Kid Koala

Once Upon a Time in the Northeast with Kid Koala

The beloved Canadian turntablist Kid Koala knows the secret to success: always push for the new and unexpected. No wonder his new album comes with a board game.

25 Years of DJ Shadow’s ‘Endtroducing…..’

25 Years of DJ Shadow’s ‘Endtroducing…..’

The tracks of DJ Shadow’s Endtroducing….. are constructed from found, and often unexpected, ingredients. Digging is the key to his creative works.

The Avalanches Say ‘We Will Always Love You’

The Avalanches Say ‘We Will Always Love You’

The Avalanches as a collaborative pop project isn't a bad look, but the guests here embarrass themselves in too many ways, mostly through vague polemics.

Negativland Tell the Tale of “Certain Men” (premiere)

Negativland Tell the Tale of “Certain Men” (premiere)

Your favorite sound collage maestros Negativland return with a meditation on greed that could have been written in the 1980s or the 1790s.

Joni Void’s ‘Mise En Abyme’ Is a Shattering Reflection of the Self

Joni Void’s ‘Mise En Abyme’ Is a Shattering Reflection of the Self

On Joni Void's second full-length Mise En Abyme, plunderphonic electronica is not only a technique for sound construction but also a deconstructive method for shattering and reordering the self.

Counterbalance: The Avalanches – Since I Left You

Counterbalance: The Avalanches – Since I Left You

Get a drink, have a good time now. Welcome to paradise, and read all about the 305th most acclaimed album of all time. An Australian plunderphonics pioneer is this week’s Counterbalance.