Kramar Music Theory & Sampling

Aphex Twin/Kanye West

 

 

 

1. challenges barriers between 'high' and 'low' styles. Kanye has sampled a piano/synth style of music for his R&B genre song.

2. The peice of music is that copying doesn't respect the boundaries/conventions of the time it was written.

 

3. Includes quoatations of references to music of many traditions and cultures.

4. Music not as autonomous but relevent to social, political and cultural context

Beyonce has sampled 'Pon De Floor' by Major Lazer for her song 'Run The World/girls'

Coolio's song ' C U when i get there' relates to Kramar's theory that music often 'challenges high and low styles' - for example the song has a classical start and then enter's and R&B genre.

Grimes - alternative music style 'includes fragments and discontinuities'