Cassetteboy

I discovered this really cool duo from the UK, called Cassetteboy. Their first appearance was on the Di and Dodi Do Die 7” Record which was released under the label record Barry's Bootlegs. As well they've produced two albums on their own, and have a appeared on an album with DJ Rubbish where they parody a song by Alanis Morrisette and also The Streets. Their musical approach is really different from any other musician out there. Most of the songs are constructed mainly from thousands and thousands of of audio snippets taken from TV, radio, film and popular music. The Parker Tapes which was their first full album release, which had a staggering 98 tracks was constructed using the the primitive process of manually splicing segments of audio together via a two-deck tape system. How many musicians out there still do that???

So, if you want to become like Cassetteboy all you need is:

1. a tv
   
2. a computer
3. an audio out cable
4. Sound Forge, Acid and Vegas
5. loads of free time
6. another computer because you're bound to break one
7. patience, lots and lots of patience, plust a bit more patience if you can find it. You'll need it.

If i've they've caught your attention please check them out on their myspace.

Cassetteboy