Re: looping turntablist Christian Marclay

[Travis Hartnett <travishartnett@gmail.com>]

Yes, that was Marclay on Night Music.

That was the episode where the other guests where Pops Staple (noted
R&B musician), John Cale and Richard Thompson.  At the end of the show
they'd usually have all the guests play a song together, and this
night it was "Heartbreak Hotel" (the Elvis tune).  Cale sings a verse,
takes a solo on keys.  Thompson does the same.  Then Marclay gets his
solo verse and does something with two or three of his "modified"
vinyl scratching setups, and it's really OUT, while the band cooks
along on a slow swamp blues groove.  Then they cut to Pop Staples,
whose probably about 65 years old and you see him looking over at
Marclay with a "What the hell was that shit?" expression as he sings
his verse.  One of my favorite moments from that brilliant show.

TravisH



On 11/24/05, loop.pool <looppool@cruzio.com> wrote:
> Interesting snippet of an interview with the avante garde turntablist,
> Christian Marclay
>
> "PSF: How did you pick out which records would be used?
>  CM: They were just thrift store records --I never spent more than a 
>dollar
> on a record. It was just junk, and I would stick things on them to MAKE 
>THEM
> LOOP (sic). I even used an old wind-up gramophone that I found in the
> garbage. It was also at MassArt that I found these great turntables
> (Califone) that I've been using ever since. They used to be in every
> school's audio-visual department for instructional presentations. "
>
> Wonderfully creative and thought provoking interview.
>
> http://www.furious.com/perfect/christianmarclay.html
>
> Does anyone, perchance know if he was the experimental turntablist who 
>was
> featured on that amazing music variety show Night Music that David 
>Sanborn
> hosted in the late 80's-early 90's?
> I saw an artist who used colored wax and multiple turntables to create 
>these
> wonderful and strange looping pieces of music.
> The needle would jump over the was and then loop back to it's original
> position.
> I've been googling for an hour looking for who this person was.   Dr. Z.
> would have emailed me back in 10 minutes if he were here with five
> URLS........ :-(
> Happy Turkey (or Vegan Roll) day everyone!!!
> Rick
>
>